Category Archives: Inspiration

For the Silent Generation and many Baby Boomers one career and one job was pretty normal. Today we see Generation Y having not only multiple jobs but multiple careers. On balance this actually makes sense. Challenge is for Generation X who are in the middle. Many Generation X’s look at the resume of a Generation Y and think too many jobs, no career stability. Is this misguided? Is technology at a time where it’s normal to transition through several careers in one working lifetime? How could Generation X relook at the stigma of a mid-life crisis and maybe consider that for some these emotional crossroad situations could be resolved by giving yourself permission to make a dramatic career change without feeling lousy about your old beliefs?

What I love about the Hero’s Journey Making a start in free-enterprise may not be easy, but, when your worst enemy and the one factor that is really putting the brakes on is simply yourself and who you take your self to be, in other words your identity needs a reality check. The best way to access and understand this process is to see how a Hero’s Journey plays out. Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey is a great reminder of how to widen perspective, become resourceful and move into transformation in the flow of life.

This approach was not a question incoming, it was a statement from a courageous woman that I needed to hear more than she needed to say it. Perception is projection and learning how we can serve each other in how we communicate, learn and see the people around us can be helpful on so many levels. How people see you and how you see others can be your greatest motivator or your darkest destroyer. How do you choose and why?

Mistakes are a key part of growth that if celebrated can lead to success and happiness beyond measure. One executive shares the learning process of realising that her references around mistakes were adopted from childhood. As a child mistakes and how an adult addresses them can leave a lasting impression of bad, retribution and wrong. The gift of mistakes is that they are actually life enhancing, evidence of progress and can be given a higher meaning.

Real Leadership “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” ~ Lao Tzu What a relief… I meet so many business leaders who are completely exhausted, battle weary and burnt out.  Efforting to lead, they put themselves in […]

Seizing The Opportunity There’s a blogger out in blogging land who inspires me with his stories every Monday. His name is Darren Zwiers and he quotes himself as putting the “awe-in-some.” Recently he shared a metaphor that reminded me of a parallel in my own life. In Darren’s story he talks about a man who […]

Your Time, Your Self Worth A number of years ago I attended a Tony Robbins Life Mastery event in Hawaii.  Even though climbing a 40 foot power pole was a definite highlight, one story shared at the conference has stuck in my mind. Tony shared a story that has stayed in my mind and changed […]

When faced with the choice of going on holiday and being made redundant while he was away this executive is not the first and will not be the last to question whether he is living to work, or working to live. Even making the choice to go on holiday, knowing you may lose your job can turn something that’s supposed to be wonderful into a miserable existence. There is a solution worth looking into.

Who do you need to be Strange as it may seem I recently decided to spend a few days thinking about how the question, “who do you need to be?” showed up in my life. I want to share this with you because it’s been an expansive journey that has led to some profound learning […]

Goals, are they only scored in team sport? In Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) I have the privilege of learning from many people about their goals and dreams, and through my work I help people to live the life of their dreams. Mostly, I assist people who either want to transition from employment into the world […]