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“One of the common causes of failure is the habit of quitting, when one is overtaken by temporary defeat” -Napoleon Hill Opportunity has this habit of slipping in by the rear door, disguised in the form of misfortune or even temporary defeat. “Temporary” being the operative word here. I think this is why so many [...]

Adversity has the effect of drawing strength and qualities out of a man that would have lain dormant in its absence. Your greatest successes almost invariably comes one stop beyond your greatest failures. You need to keep your hopes up. Why? Because when everything inside you says “quit”…hope will whisper “one more time”.

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed” – Michael Jordon When I found out who said this, I was astonished. Like you, when someone says Michael Jordon, I link him to “successful, wealthy basketballer.” We don’t think about what he went through or how many [...]

I was in a cab the other day and the driver was telling me how he is a qualified mechanical aviation engineer. Wow. He knows how to fix planes. Over the years he had applied to Qantas more than 30 times for a job without success. During that time he also married, had a child, [...]

I killed a tree some weeks back. By accident of course. In the name of beautification I wanted to be rid of the grass and weeds at the base of the tree, then I was going to throw some bark around it…to make it all look nice and pretty. So I thought the easiest way [...]

I am very blessed to have an inner circle of friends and mentors who help and guide me to do what I do in life, spiritually, as a dad, as a visionary, as a business guy, well. As a small sneak peak into my inner circle: A couple of the guys are two of Australia’s [...]

Whether you read the bible or not, I’m pretty confident we all know the story of David and Goliath. David only had a small rock and slingshot when he needed a machine gun. His attitude wasn’t “this dude’s too big”, but “this dude is too big to miss….bring it on”. I reckon David knew he [...]

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of ONE EXTRAORDINARY MAN” –Edward Hubbard All we need to do is add a little extra to our ordinary and we become extraordinary meaning we will live extraordinary lives. Extra planning. Extra budgeting. Extra work. Extra effort. Extra loving. [...]