Blogs
FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS TALK TESTIMONIAL
Feeling inspired by the feedback and wonderful testimonial from a recent talk. The content is very close to my heart, with the core message, Dare to Dream. I was the guest speaker at the NZIE graduation ceremony which had 400 people attending. A core message was...
THE IMPORTANCE OF VISION AND PURPOSE TO CREATE A HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM
In this roaming selfie video blog, I avoid the rain and look at two key aspects of high performance, high-productivity teams. These are how a vision and purpose can excite and engage the entire team, to feel part of something bigger. Helping fuel the inner desire to...
FASCINATING SUNDAY TVNZ PROGRAM TONIGHT ABOUT ANXIETY IN NZ YOUNG PEOPLE
Fascinating Sunday TVNZ program tonight about Anxiety. Anxiety is a natural human reaction which most people experience at some point, yet normally people refer to anxiety as when it is an anxiety disorder, which can be...
HOW EMOTIONAL FITNESS AND TECHNOLOGY CREATING HIGH-PRODUCTIVITY TALK BROADCAST VIA FACEBOOK LIVE
Last week felt like a significant junction along the speaking journey. I combined the various angles that I speak on into a new talk format called: How Emotional Fitness & Technology create High-Performance Peak-Productivity "flow.” It is all about how the speed...
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP IN NZ POLITICS?
After the election in the weekend, today is the dawn of the new NZ government, except we don't know who it is! This post is inspired by a number of comments on LinkedIn yesterday. I am going to stay away from any political debate and ask this question. Who is the...
OUR UNCONSCIOUS PROGRAMMING CREATES OUR GOOD OR BAD LUCK IN LIFE AND BUSINESS
Why do some people always seem to have good luck? Yet others always seem to attract disasters in life and business. Is it Karma, or our unconscious programming? Well both I suggest but the only one of the two I can easily explain is the second, our unconscious...
My TED Style Talk in Auckland -From Anxiety to Flow Taking back Control
Last week felt like a game changer doing my TED Style Talk in Auckland. The talk titled "From Anxiety to Flow Taking back Control" was about my journey of understanding along the path of gaining greater emotional fitness. It was a TED Style Talk promoted via a Meet-Up...
TRUE STRENGTH IS VULNERABILITY AND EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
As a generalisation, society conditions people that positive emotions are the only acceptable state, otherwise a doctor may say we are depressed and anti-depressions are recommended. If we are upset as a child, most parents do not validate such emotions, they may say...
WE GET WHAT OUR UNCONSCIOUS EMOTIONS CREATE
I am a big believer that we don't get what we want in life, we get what our unconscious emotions create. Therefore if repeat patterns provide different outcomes to are desires, then it is our unconscious conditioning driven by our emotions that are the fuel on the...
WHAT IS THE REAL ISSUE WITH FOCUS AT THE VODAFONE WARRIORS?
After a horrendous week for the Vodafone Warriors, Radio Sport has been running hot with a huge number of people giving their view on what is wrong with the team leading to such inconsistent results! I have not heard anybody actually talk of the real issue which...