Due to some changes made to the printed version and a desire to make sure the book gets spread as far and wide as possible to help young men / men of all ages, The Perfect Gift for a Man ebook is now available free. Read the update. You can...
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Setting Challenges and seeing the humour
29 Oct
This past weekend I helped out as land crew for Sean Smith (aka @fatpaddler), as he navigated the waters of the Hawkesbury River in NSW, to complete a mammoth 111km kayak challenge. The Hawkesbury Canoe Classic is a charitable event which has both a competitive and less so stream to...
The perfect gift for a man – Book Available
28 Oct
A group of Australian men have banded together to create a book about some of the tough issues facing the average Aussie bloke. The book, The Perfect Gift for a Man – 30 Stories about Reinventing Manhood aims to get men talking about their feelings in a bid to help...
Some thoughts for my boys – Man week
08 Jul
What I want my sons to know about growing up as a man. I am a little late to the punch on this one given #Manweek was last week but this post has been in draft since then and has been eating away at me. I first read Mark Pollard’s...
Teamwork is a great thing to watch
13 Feb
Last night we (ireckon) were part of #bnetwestival (The Brisbane Twestival), which was a great bunch of young (and some not so young) Volunteers pitching themselves together to get a result for someone else. What motivates people, already busy and challenged enough, to have 4 weeks to plan a public...
Leaping out of your comfort zone, and Social Media
13 Jan
Ok, so those that follow my tweets will know yesterday evening I took a pretty big challenge for me and did a tandem parachute jump. At 13 I wouldn’t stand on a chair for the height. I have progressively through the years, thanks to Physics teacher Fred Flintstone (nickname), used...
Recruiting, with a little help from your friends!
12 Jan
One of the lessons I learned last year was that not paying attention to our culture when recruiting, was to the detriment of my business. (see point 3 of Riding across bumpy ground). Over my holiday this year, I have reflected on how I used to interview staff at an...
Riding across bumpy ground.
31 Dec
It is New Years Eve down under, and no better time to reflect on the past year than now. It is a hot and muggy day, some might say this is how they feel 2008 has been. Hot under the financial blowtorch and feeling like you have been a little...
internet rights vs human rights?
12 Nov
Brain fodder, I guess you might call this. Certainly it is an observation, personal but then it is my blog, so I guess my observations are the point. Over the last few weeks I have noticed the following topics getting lots of heat across social media and blogosphere: Note: I...
Cover you mean Printed, then that's a rule... 22 days ago