• I’m hungry

    10 March 2025

    “I’m hungry” …Winnie the Pooh aka A.A Milne. Gotta stay hungry. Check your appetite for wisdom, knowledge, understanding. The leader of a growing business is currently under-qualified. One seed of wisdom can […]

  • Shaping Children into Adults – Freedom Requires Responsibility

    28 March 2020

    What an amazing responsibility every parent has been given to shape their children into brilliant adults. In doing this, the parent has to gradually wean their child from their all-inclusive provision and […]

  • Relationships – Vision & Values

    18 April 2018

    There is Relationship and then there is everything else. It could be strenuously argued that riches in life have more to do with the quality of our relationships than the reserves we […]

  • Personal Development – Listening to Learn

    17 March 2018

    We normally learn and develop by reading, listening and associating. We are made to learn, grow and make progress. In fact, we feel like we’re stagnating if we’re not. Those of us […]

  • Lifestyle – The Mind at Play

    13 February 2018

    It is easy to gloss over Lifestyle as something of lesser importance than many others of life’s responsibilities. There are reasons why it is important to plan and enjoy Lifestyle with equal […]

  • Are We Stressing Out Over Stress

    7 November 2017

    Any conversation about stress should begin with highlighting “good stress.” The excitement of the unknown, the unexplored and the un-attempted is something we have all experienced as we took risks to achieve […]

  • Lifestyle

    25 September 2017

    Lifestyle (Many thoughts from this article have been taken from an article by by Leon Neyfakh in the Boston Globe, July 20th, 2014)  The adult human can be a serious animal: a worker, […]

  • Speculators Anonymous

    18 September 2017

    Hi. My name is David Schaeffer and I’m a speculator. I didn’t know how easily hooked I could be when someone offered me a “too good to be true” financial opportunity and […]

  • Self Awareness

    28 August 2017

    Self Awareness begins by asking the sometimes agonising questions “who am I?” And “why do I behave like this?” A self aware person has a clear perception of their  personality, strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, […]

  • Relationships

    26 July 2017

    Strong relationships build slowly. There is no such thing as an instant friendship. When a relationship goes the distance, it passes through several checkpoints. A. Attraction. It is a positive first impression; […]

  • Listening – The Number 1 Communication Skill

    21 July 2017

    When playing cards, every member of the game would LOVE to know what cards the others are holding. That’s what listening long enough, and asking discovery questions will do for us when […]

  • Challenging Relationships in the Workplace

    3 July 2017

    A common misperception by leaders of any team is that they should achieve harmony between team members where the team works happily together in pursuit of shared goals. In reality, a team […]

  • Middle Age – Where do I begin again?

    14 December 2016

    I recently commenced coaching an exciting, entrepreneurial, high energy, visionary minded, big-hearted guy entering middle age. Sean’s business was now consolidated and strong, and he had become very good at leading his […]