Soft Offence

I learnt this term from one of my mentors He also used to be a mentor to Bill Gates True story He has a photographic memory for anything he’s read (And he’s very well read) So any situation someone finds themselves in, he’s able to bring the most relevant lesson to help at the right […]

Day trip to Seattle

I just got back from a trip to Seattle for a one day meeting. Yep, you read that right I literally travelled 26 hours door to door, one way, to sit with two guys for a day, to talk about my business, and how to setup myself in the best possible way, to give me […]

Dads

I help dads, who are entrepreneurs, spend more time with their kids. That’s the most simplest way I know, to say what I do. Everything I do is congruent with who I am. You likely know I have three daughters. You may not know my partner has three daughters too. That highlights another life lesson:, […]

6wu

A six word update (6wu) is a very powerful tool. It helps you distill what’s going on in your world right now, when you force yourself to summarise everything into six words. “Forced brevity causes you to think” It can be a conversation starter with your team, and a great way to get an understanding […]

Playing Catch

It’s good in your business and life to make mistakes, it’s how we learn. And every time that happens, you should always look for the “upgrades”. What can I learn from that mistake, to make sure it never happens again? However bad it might be, or perhaps however small, you should always be looking for […]

The Psychological Snowball

Some people have this problem in their head: “Why would I give a job to someone else that I can do?” I can do it better than other people I can do it quicker than other people I’ll tell you now: Those two are likely absolutely correct But… what are you after? Perfection or Leverage? […]

Meta, Marie and a Mistake

Happy Monday your side of the world! 🙂  It’s Monday morning, the 1st November as I write this, and a day closer to summer here in NZ – yay!  Though I’ll have to stock up on sun cream soon for this english white skinned chap… …but I’m not here to talk about my white-to-pink-back-to-white inability to tan – No, […]

On your death bed, would you rather…?

I watched my eldest daughter perform on stage today. It was an annual event for her Speech and drama class. All parents were welcome to attend. It was 815-915am on a Tuesday morning. There were Three parents in total. And it got me thinking of the quote “on your death bed, would you rather have […]

Belief (part 2)

In the last note on Belief, it was about making sure you believed in yourself. No one else truly will, so you need to make sure you have that set. But as we dig deeper, and scratch the top of that ant hill, we need to look further into the catacombs of what’s driving us… […]