Every successful person has a great deal of confidence or faith in his/her ability to achieve the goal at hand. Having confidence doesn’t mean you present yourself as being cocky, but rather that you express yourself with a great deal of absurdness and confidence. Having self-confidence is not only a positive feature and quality to have in […]
In 1999, I was deployed overseas on operations and was fortunate enough to work with a Sergeant Major that’d had a long and distinguished career. One day, the subject of success came up. I asked him his opinion on the difference between a Special Forces soldier and everyone else. “What do Special Forces soldiers do […]
Three weeks ago an old army friend invited myself, two others and our families over for a house warming barbecue. The four of us catch up several times a year and always ensure we spend our ANZAC days together, having a laugh and reminiscing about our time in service some 15 years ago. As the afternoon started […]
Three months ago I was running a corporate training program designed to bring a team together and improve communication within the group. As I went around the room asking what they perceived the problem was and why a large number of the group were angry and resentful to one another, I started to find a consensus […]
Make no mistake; we live in the age of distraction, interruption and negativity. I have noticed that my life has become a continuous supply of information, advice, noise, emails, texts, social media, and more TV channels than I know what to do with. Through the media, we are constantly bombarded with negatives, fear, and the […]