Some pics of my recent holiday, and thoughts on life directions, signs, and real beauty.

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New Year’s resolutions can often be based on advice from others.  To what extent do we trust advice based on where another has been versus where they are now? And what does this mean for advice we give to others?

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Habit Seven proposes that the four areas of physical, mental, spiritual and social renewal should be planned and integrated. Far from having all the answers, I explore what may be the most difficult habit from a personal perspective.

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What causes burnout? Is being a workaholic bad? What are the variables to maintaining work-life balance? I find answers in research that points to play and personal projects as possible prescriptions.

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It is usually the player who determines whether a game is boring.  After five months of playing, I find it is Foursquare that makes such a judgement on the player’s life.  I have also discovered how meaningless that judgement really is.

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Year two of blogging and thirty-nine of living.  Through floods and fast growth, I am finding it is all a matter of perspective.

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What is the goal of our day job efforts?  Commercial leaders focus on profits, but to what end? These are my Easter reflEGGtions.

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I was recently asked the question about my profile picture: “why a cartoon?” My response takes me on a journey through options not chosen and an analysis of the choices of others.

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I live in Ipswich, Queensland, a small city of 162,000 people located about a 40-minute drive west of Brisbane.  Theresa and I moved up from Bendigo, Victoria in 2006 in a search for a combination of warm weather and affordable housing.  We found both, and more.

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My work life is a series of controlled scheduled actions.  My daughter’s birthday provides the opportunity to reflect on the value of unplanned events.

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