“I feel like I have done it all, I have made all of the mistakes and now I am fearless.“ - Paraphrased from an interview with Barak Obama on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF. It is not possible to be completely without fear, it is a natural part of being alive. Another way of looking…
You always have a chance if you live to fight another day. If you wake up in the morning to fight again, you are one of the lucky ones. - Howard Davis (My Dad) You can jump off a cliff without knowing what is on the other side. We love stories about people who take…
“You are what you share.” ― C.W. Leadbeater, We Think: The Power Of Mass Creativity What is value? Value is not intrinsic, it is assigned. How do we decide what something is worth? Is it worth our time? What are we getting out of it? If we focus on valuable interactions, we can decide not…
Who? What ? Why? There are so many answers to these simple questions. Who am I? This is confusing because we are more than a one sentence vision statement. We are a person who fills many different roles in life. Our various relationships give us multiple definitions. When we interact with our parents it is…
'Find' someone to love. 'Find' someone to talk to. We are always looking for something and our favourite place to search is the internet. When we are not searching, we are inviting people to find, follow and friend us on social media. We are all explorers. We are all searching for people, places and things…
“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.” - Bill Nye You are valuable. You have knowledge that other people do not. We all know something that someone else doesn’t. What do you want to share? This is the essence of blogging. In today’s world we are all educators. We are out there describing…
Don’t let your Twitter feed control you. Ever wonder why it is called a feed? It can become a hungry beast eating up more and more of your time. Aimlessly scrolling through posts or Tweets consumes vast amount of time and produces very little results. Learn to think systematically about your approach to social media.…
This week in one word would be, ‘networking’. I have accepted a multitude of invites for various events in a very short period of time. An invitation is an act of generosity and it is always a pleasure to be asked. It is lovely to be included in various gatherings, however, I am not able…
It is important to understand your own point of view. Your version of what you are doing and why may not translate into something that other people can relate to or understand. Remember that your perception exists within the context of your life. Without proper definition your vision can get lost in fragmented versions of…
A few years ago I documented my tale of my personal transformation on The Bed Blog. I quit my job leaving me a homeless couch surfer who traveled the world and came back to Melbourne with $20 in my pocket. Every night that I was homeless I took a photo of the bed I slept…
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