I’ve recently returned to practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a technical martial art focussing on grappling and ground fighting. There are a lot of lessons to be learned practising this art, the biggest I believe is that ego is the enemy. Being a white belt, I’m rolling against blue and purple belts who are more experienced and I pretty much get… Read More

I was at a conference recently and the concept of ‘priorities’ came up.  The speaker, Gary Bertwistle, jumped all over the word ‘priorities’ in a flash.  He said you cannot have priorities.  You can only have a priority.  If you have priorities, nothing is a priority which is why nothing ever gets done. This came… Read More

Two of my most valuable achievements in 2017 were thanks to two groups I joined. The first was the HRG (Hawthorn Running Group).  Each Tuesday and Thursday I join 40-50 other runners at 6am led by Supercoach JB.  Each time I turn up I strive to keep up with my peers. Some days I don’t… Read More