No Time for Fun At Work: Then ‘Get a Life’!

No Time for Fun At Work: Then ‘Get a Life’!

Oliver Burkeman’s piece in the NY Times, “Who Goes to Work to Have Fun?” on 11 December says ‘enough of this orchestrated ‘fun at work’. But I say — if we are not enjoying ourselves — then what is the point? One could argue, as Oliver does, that work...

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Four Lessons for my Younger Self

Four Lessons for my Younger Self

I remember my parents trying to impart wisdom upon my younger self – and my busy little brain was saying something like: “Yeah, yeah, sure, whatever.” And now when I do the same with my teenagers, I think I can hear inside their heads muttering the same...

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Nine life lessons distilled from 770 blog posts

Nine life lessons distilled from 770 blog posts

I was recently asked as part of an awards process to outline the lessons I have learned from starting my own business in 2001. I then referred to my blog to find out that of the 770 blog posts I have written – 164 of the posts have been dedicated to...

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All Expenses Paid and No Surprises

All Expenses Paid and No Surprises

Some weeks ago I was invited to participate in a BRW round table with Paul Bakker, Amanda Gome, and Grant Johnstone on managing costs in business. My initial reaction was “What would I know about that – I believe that  you need to spend money to make...

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Disconnected by FOMO

Disconnected by FOMO

Many people experience FOMO that is the ‘fear of missing out’. What I mean by this is people fear that someone is having more fun or a better time than they are, in that moment. As a result many people are struggling to be present  or truly experience...

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It’s BHAG Day!

It’s BHAG Day!

Today at exactly 10.41 am is the moment in time I have looked forward to for more than a decade. I thought this day would come somewhere in 2015. 16 October 2013 is BHAG day – it feels even more special than a birthday. And it is a day of reflection, laughter, joy and...

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