It’s much easier to be like everyone else. Deep down we believe Other people’s lives are better than ours (so we copy them) We are inadequate (compared to who we thought we’d become) If we show our true colours, we’ll be spurned and ridiculed (and die lonely and...
Is your life is boring, friend? Every day the same as the next? Same routine? Same packed lunch? Same profile picture? Same series on Netflix? When I was in Uruguay I used to get horribly bored. In the early days of not speaking any Spanish, the more compassionate...
My foray into the underbelly of kimura shukokai karate holds surprising contrasts. The latest instruction hurled at me from across the tatami was to be ‘soft like water’. For those who don’t know - and let's face it, why would you - shukokai is a full-contact,...
It’s time to banish tentative verb phrases like “I think”, “I feel” or “I just thought” so that you sound more confident and assertive at work. Here are 10 common workplace situations where changing just one word (or two) will elevate your credibility quotient. ...
Yesterday, a client and I spent 20 minutes discussing nail polish. I’ll let that sink in for a minute. Bright and shiny on the outside, but gosh, what’s all that formaldehyde doing to us on the inside? Just like the fixers, the healers, the life-coaches, the...
1. Offer to help 2. Look behind you and fix what’s not right 3. Eat something nutritious 4. Breathe 5. Find the gaps between your thoughts 6. Say something nice 7. Smile 8. Ask why 9. Feed the plants 10. Take someone else’s cup to...
My first real job was PR & Promotions assistant in the fashion industry. It involved sponsoring pantihose for fashion shows, gift wrapping a few ‘one-size-fits-all’ pairs for the lucky, lucky-draw winner, and erecting a surfboard-size, polystyrene logo in the most...
I have two big fears in life. Fear 1: Not getting to the buffet table in time Yes it’s a privileged fear. It’s also irrational, because there’s usually plenty of the good stuff. It’s just that those moments of standing in the queue, waiting for the person in front of...
As part of my Brandheart personal branding process, I take each client through a 360 reputation survey. The client supplies me with names of people who know him or her well, and then through an online software system, these respondents are asked a series of questions...
Have you ever stood in a fuggy dojo with your hand in a vice grip while your knuckles are being examined by a sweaty Sensei? No? Me neither. It was a fellow karateka who pointed out that the red globes on the back of my hand were a telltale sign that I was striking...
