Holiday Weekend – Poem
There’s a day In late summer When the sun presses Down upon my face like a hot stone, And a […]
In Search of Solitude or Lockdown Burn-Out – Poem
I went outside In search of solitude and peace of mind. Away from the suffocating interior To the quiet of […]
Return to Self – Poem
How can you forget yourself? In the pages of forgotten poems My true self was hiding. Shuttered behind the must […]
Poetry or Prose – It’s all the same to me but why are we more comfortable sharing our thoughts in prose?
A friend once expressed their admiration for my ability to be transparent and open on my blog about my ongoing […]
Fade to Black – How success is a progression rather than a step change
My Taekwondo instructor (a very philosophical person in his own right) said something very interesting recently. He suggested that we […]
In the 20 Mile March of your Lean Journey, it’s OK to Stop to Catch Your Breath
I don’t know what it’s been like in your company since the Covid-19 pandemic started but in ours we’ve been […]
Improvement Thinking is Instinctive and as Natural as Breathing
The other weekend I joined some of my work teammates as we volunteered to make fireplaces for people who really […]
From Intentional Business to Intentional Living – Adapting the Flywheel concept to drive your personal development journey
I am a student of business as much as a student of life. I am fascinated by what makes a […]
Flywheel Mindset – I Now See How Perseverance is Needed for Everything We Want to Do Well
Every musician knows that learning an instrument is a labour of love. The hours of repetitive, frustrating, mediocre practice are […]
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100 Days Sugar Free and the Year of Transformation
If someone had told me a year ago that I would celebrate the holidays without indulging in a single sugary […]
From Intentional Business to Intentional Living – Adapting the Flywheel concept to drive your personal development journey
I am a student of business as much as a student of life. I am fascinated by what makes a […]
Moving forwards when motivation has gone the way of the Dodo
If I’d known that maintaining a healthy, intentional lifestyle would be so hard I probably would never have started. Fortunately, […]
Lean Leadership – The importance of having a clear target vision for your lean transformation.
One of the key pitfalls that companies fall into as they embark on a lean transformation is failing to establish a clear vision of what lean will look like when implemented in their business.
Halfway through the Year of Transformation – Why ‘Being Tougher’ is What’s Next
‘If you want to be tougher mentally, it is simple: be tougher. Don’t meditate on it.’ – Jocko Willink So […]
It’s the process of intentional living that matters, not the results
When we focus exclusively on specific results as the measure of success we rise and fall on those results alone
Last Push in the Year of Transformation – Operation Flight
If you’ve been following my 2020 health and fitness journey, you will know that I have been working through what […]
Minimalism – I can’t believe we ever had that many toys
Recently I was going through some old phone photos and videos. They were from a few years ago when my […]
Intentional Living – The Sugar Free Experiment
It’s no secret that I love sugar in all it’s forms. I have posted many times about my long term […]