How clarity defies evil Mordor comes to mind at the moment.   For those of you who are not a Lord of The Rings fanatic, Mordor is a place of doom. It is the seat of the Dark Lord Sauron, whose increasing power over Middle Earth will be complete when he possesses The One Ring […]

Do you know or remember the song MacArthur Park?  The laconic Irish actor, Richard Harris, who played King Arthur in Camelot way back in the 70’s sang it. He had to employ an army of sopranos to sing the closing chorus because there was no way he was going to meet those notes. Ever. The lyrics […]

What ever it is at play, by the end of a calendar year people commonly exhibit fatigue and overwhelm. It’s difficult to get clear at such a crazy time of year. Equally strange in our first world construct of time, is the mood shift that takes place just a few weeks later, as the hangovers […]

There’s an emerald river that flows around huge granite boulders and washes over mica-glinting sand, faded white over millennia. Miles from the nearest village and several from the road, a winding red dirt track leads down to a clear, green pool just as the river plunges 2,000 feet off the edge of the escarpment into […]

Challenge.  Think about the last 48 hours.  Can you metaphorically ‘cross your heart and hope to die’ that you only spoke, wrote or acted 100 percent truthfully?   No little crossed fingers behind your back?   No obfuscation—a subtle way of avoiding the truth, and one in which our politicians are unsurpassed masters.   No […]

  Sourcing creative, good news stories that show the transition of an idea through clarity of intention to a reality is great research to do, but a little harder than I’d imagined.  Many people are on the journey, but can’t fully demonstrate the concept yet. Then I realised I need look no further than TED.  […]

Take a look back over your last five years of doing business. What does it look like? As messy as a child finger painting? A jumble of half baked ideas? Or can you see yourself working on through gritted teeth, day after day just to pay the bills? Did you spend much of your time […]

For a brief time in 2012, we lived in an inner city suburb, north of the city. The local park was an old tip converted into a park with a large man-made hill in the centre.  From the top there was a splendid view of the city buildings. I was writing a book as part […]

  Leaving corporate?  Starting a business?  Launching a new product?  In all of these scenarios, your brain will have been super active over a period of time dealing with countless decisions. Consciously and unconsciously, you’ll keep weighing risk up against opportunities.  That comes with the territory. You’ll also filter dozens of ideas daily and day […]