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New Years Resolution Hack: Aim for habits
Man, do I love the smell of a fresh year. Crispy new stationery, damp summer evenings, long days and warm nights. It’s hard not to feel excited about...
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How To Find Your Calm
“You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you are too busy, then you should sit for an hour.” -Old Zen saying I’ve talked a lot...
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The Importance of Timing
I had dinner with a colleague in Melbourne last month, who proclaimed at one point that “timing is meaningless. It’s simply a human construct to...
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Make Changes, Not Excuses
I used to work with this chick that drove me mental. Let’s call her Vicki. She was the perennial victim – you know the type, had something new to...
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People Aren't Afraid Of Change
Ever heard that old saying: “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t”? I’ve had a jampacked few weeks facilitating strategy sessions up...
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Embrace Your Journey
I received a great message over the weekend, that totally made my day. I’d just had a total fail of an attempted trail run, and I was feeling all...
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Celebrate Failure
Do you think it’s OK to fail? What about your teams, do they feel able to? I’ve had some interesting conversations with people recently about failure...
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How Running A Marathon Became Resilience Skills Training
I ran my first marathon in September this year, in beautiful Tauranga. It was one of the big-ticket items on my bucket list and with a milestone...
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Embrace Your Inner Rebel
I was at a wedding on Saturday and, thanks to what I was wearing, received some inquiring comments about a tattoo that’s usually covered. It sits...
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Prioritise Recovery For Success
Ever finally gone on a long-awaited holiday, only to get sick? The Dutch call it leisure sickness – the idea that when you finally take a break from...
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The Habit Is The Result
I knocked a big goal out of the park this last weekend – and didn’t keep it much of a secret… anyone who follows any of my social media will have...
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Translate Strategy to Action
All three of my kids are bookworms – influenced, I like to think, by my own love of reading. I’ve enjoyed being part of the “learning to read”...
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How to Make Space When BAU Won't Quit
You know that feeling when you go and do some offsite training or attend a conference and get all inspired and energised? You’re all fired up on good...
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Apparently doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. I think that applies to 'doing more of the same thing'...
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Money Isn’t Everything: How to Uncover False Constraints
What would you do if you won Lotto? I bet you know the answer to that question, and that you've had this conversation at least half a dozen times...
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Start With Now
"Diet starts Monday" - strategy killer number one. Have you ever bought into a new fad diet, only to discover that it doesn't align with what's in...
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Do More of What Makes You Awesome
Did you ever have career counselling at school? The first question you were asked was probably something like "what are you good at?" or 'what are...
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Slow Action Lets Down Good Strategy: Get moving on what matters
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week." General George S. Patton, Jr. Hi, my name is Alicia McKay, and I'm a...
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The Curse of Common Sense
Common sense is a real curse when it comes to solving problems. The Oxford Dictionary defines common sense as: "Sense and sound judgement in...