With my own children now at primary school age, I realize the importance of them learning some key lessons that should hold them in good stead for the rest of their lives. One of these lessons is learning what “no” means. It’s incredible how many adults I have met who still do not know what...Read More
It’s labour day long weekend (I love how most public holidays fall on Mondays in this country!). “Labour Day” conjures up a few things in my mind – to my wife it probably brings back memories of a 14-hour labour for our first born, to me that too, but also there are images of Red...Read More
Armed with my Banda copies, I would march into 5B business class looking ever so confident with my pre-prepared over head projector (OHP) slides ready for all comers. The burly boys in the back row were suitably unimpressed as I swung into action, but I ploughed on regardless. Business class last thing on a Friday...Read More
Agh the smell of the spirit, the beating click click click of the drum as you turned it, the remnant of wax on your fingers … I come to pay homage to the old Banda machine (as we called it in England). Invented in 1923 and basically not developing much since, destined to be put...Read More
Well, I am on a roll now; so while I am ranting, may I also suggest that lateness is nothing about bad time management, it’s about respect. If you respect the people waiting for you to join the meeting, or the clients you are to visit, or someone who has come to see you, and...Read More
I felt better that I got that off my chest yesterday, so here’s another bug bear. “I’m sorry, I didn’t have the time“. No excuse. Ever! You mean you did not prioritise and make time. You thought something else was more important, which may be true, so at least be honest and say that. That’s...Read More
One of the silliest things people say when asked why things are done in a certain way: “Because we’ve always done it like that.” This is NEVER the answer, and always stifles creative thinking. Ban it from your workplace! Not just $1 in the cookie jar, ban people from saying it. Ever. Shift their thinking...Read More
After my last post about being (literally) hit by a bull, it was perhaps fitting that I would attend a breakfast on Friday morning, with author, comedian and corporate speaker Andrew Horabin talking about his latest book ‘Bullshift‘. He had placed a copy on every seat, and he went through, in a lively interactive manner, some...Read More
The bull came out of the blue … well out of the bush … and slammed into the side of our car. Bouncing off it tried to scramble away as we slammed on our brakes, so it then caught the front bumper as it flew over the bonnet and back out in the bush on...Read More
Busy junction on the way to work. Stream of traffic, two lanes, traffic lights red ahead. The right hand lane includes those that are going to turn right at the lights, but the line is much shorter than the queue in the left hand lane, which is only for those that want to go straight...Read More
