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“I propose we add a day to the week and call it SOMEDAY. Just imagine all he stuff that would get done on that day….” – Will Ferrell The reality is, when we say “SOMEDAY”, that day seems to never arrive. It never arrives because it lacks commitment. Give SOMEDAY a time and place, and [...]

The above statement was on a billboard I saw advertising Diesel (clothing brand) in downtown Sydney. It’s a clever ad. It’s a true statement too. We can do everything by the book and work within the constraints and parameters of our comfort zone, what we know, or what the world expects. But I think to [...]

B.C. Forbes founded Forbes magazine & built it into a major publication during the darkest days of the Great Depression. He once wrote, “History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeat.” Don’t be duped. What is meant [...]

Henry Ford once said, referring to his Model-T, the best selling car of all time; “The customer can have any colour he wants, so long as it’s black”. Although this quote is widely used in a business sense, ie not giving the customer too many options so they can make an easy decision; it can [...]

“Recently I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000.00. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000.00 training him…!” – Thomas J Watson, founder IBM In my company, my team are familiar with the phrase “permission to fail”. I encourage them to use their [...]

It was Thomas Edison who once said “Discontent is the first necessity of progress”. Mediocrity, contentment, status quo, comfort-zone-living, too-hard-basket…will all hold you back and keep you there. This is when life becomes mundane, ordinary, repetitive, on rinse and repeat. To really make a difference you have to be different and do different. Rise above. [...]

If you are in a storm today, I recommend that you keep walking through it and not stop in it, to give up. This way, you are sure to come out the other side. It’s inevitable: storms end; storms precede sunshine and blue skies. “Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet…” –Roger [...]

Jerry Lynch, Ph.D, said when you believe & think “I CAN”, you activate your: motivation commitment confidence concentration excitement… …..all of which relate directly to ACHIEVEMENT. Disclaimer: You cannot stretch your limits without encountering some rough moments. Failures & losses are acceptable learning experiences that can help improve your performance & lift your game. Planes [...]

JOHN PAUL GETTY, the great oil billionaire once said that one of his secrets of success was to always determine the worst thing that could happen in any investment – and then make sure it didn’t happen. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, so the worst doesn’t happen.