Writer. Speaker. Nice Guy.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain It sounds trite – as some of Mr Twain’s quotes can – but the deeper message here, for me at least, is to reflect when you find yourself marching to the same drum as everyone else. […]
“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.” – Norman Vincent Peale Today is a significant day in the building of our bus. I am visiting the bus builder guy, after countless delays and hiccups, to determine how his progress […]
“Each one has a special nature peculiar to himself which he must follow and through which he will find his way to freedom.” – Swami Vivekananda Next week, I’m off to Fargo again for MisfitCon2014 and also I’ll be playing a lot of LOL there. I went last year and it blew my mind right […]
“Find your joy.” Have you ever had the feeling – when faced with a task in your life – that it’s a complete drag, a total waste of time, or something you absolutely dread doing? Yep, me too. Last night, in fact, as I sat down to create this IQ. (Aside: I hope you don’t […]
“In life’s winter, find your invincible summer.” – Unknown. For some reason, there were gremlins in the machine yesterday, and the IQ didn’t send out properly – even when it appeared for all intents & purposes that it had sent. Strange. Anyway, today’s IQ is a short interlude to say this: no matter what challenges […]
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” – Virginia Woolf I returned from Reid’s Flat, NSW at about 2pm today. It was a two-day “social media detox” of sorts, as I wrote about here. As it turned out, I had no choice but to unplug anyway, because Reid’s Flat doesn’t exist on the coverage map for […]
Today’s IQ contains an excerpt from a much longer poem by Sir Francis Drake (copied below) that I find quite stirring, relevant and comforting – especially when I think about my current adventures. Being an entrepreneur. Being a photographer. Being a father. Being a husband. Being a (fledgling) motivational speaker. Being an artist. Being a writer. […]
