When I started my job in 2016 the office was 100kms away from my home. Each day I’d arrive home exhausted and when you’re a working parent going from a busy working day back into the home to commence that role it’s not good for anyone. The paradigm of work – having a job that […]
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It’s time for change but how can we embrace a new normal? Right now in Australia bushfires roar throughout the country in what has been noted (by those trusted to note) as the worst bushfire season on record. And it’s only just begun. My region in NSW was one of the first to experience the
How to ensure your hand isn’t left dangling in the wind What does the humble handshake mean these days? Is it a punctuation mark to a well-executed business deal? A sign of mateship? Or just a simple courtesy? It could be any of the above but for people like my dad, by his own description
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Another work trip. Another hotel. I’d been doing this for a long, long time and sitting within four walls en route to somewhere should have been a very ordinary occurrence. This time it was not. On this evening the walls became a prison, a prison which was bereft of the oxygen I needed so desperately
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It took me many, many years to express myself as a leader and many more to embrace the title. Why? So many reasons… Because I’m an Aussie and that would mean I’m ‘up myself’ i.e. implying that I’m ‘better’ than others. Because then there were followers and who wants those pesky responsibilities. Because I did
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First published on SMALLVILLE 28 January 2017 It’s Australia Day 2017. I’d planned to head out to a magnificent festival but instead I’m at home, waiting for a plumber to arrive. No, it’s not an emergency rush job, I’m waiting for a plumber to arrive to fix the work he did last week that didn’t
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Happy Christmas eve to you folks. My early gift to me is time, space and state of mind to start writing again. Truth is I just haven’t felt like writing for an incredibly long time. I could say it’s because I’ve been busy with other things and thinking, and I have. But this is certainly
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