There has been a great deal of research done into the different roles of Coaches and Mentors and I think you can simplify much of this as follows. A coach is required when you would like to accelerate your action through someone holding you accountable around...
I traveled to a small village near Ubud in Bali recently and found myself visiting a beautiful garden called Bali Pulina. I had taken an early morning journey into the mountains to photograph the terraced rice paddies at dawn. On the way back to my villa...
Sitting by the pool late one evening in Bali, I was reflecting on my journey and the constant questioning by my children, “Dad, when are we going to be there?” My reply was always the same, “hurry up and wait”. Have you ever noticed this when you...
I just spent the last 2 weeks securing assets for a new business venture. You know, all those little things like web site domain names, Twitter and Facebook accounts and all those other incredibly important items that are so critical to the success (and ultimately, the...
Do you remember the first time you sold something and made money? How old were you? What did you sell? Do you remember what it felt like? Was that the start of your entrepreneurial career? I often hear these great stories from highly successful entrepreneurs about...
For many years I have enjoyed deep sea fishing and have sometimes spent hours motoring from one spot to another trying to find fish. I have often found you can be just a few metres off a mark and catch nothing. Along comes another boat...
I recently had a client ask me to help them with a perceived problem. That old chestnut, procrastination. Rather than approach the problem from, I guess, the typical premise that it could be “solved” by diary and time management, goal setting and discipline, we took a...
Is reputation everything? I’m not sure about that. You see our reputation is something outside of us. It is a set of beliefs that other people formulate about us. For example, you could show up in the world in one way and 10 different people...
A friend once suggested to me that every business is hurtling toward hitting the wall. Some see it coming and manage to avoid it, whilst others have no idea what is about to happen. The significance of this statement never really hit me at the...
