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To be a great writer you need to practice everyday. What can you write about each day to exercise your writing muscle? Do you mix your writing with images? Photos? Maybe some music? How about all of the above? Find which works for you and give that writing muscle a good workout every day. Who […]

With the Internet of Things (IoT) and our easy access to technology, we can virtually (no pun intended) always find step-by-step guidance on how to reach our goals. As Seth Godin suggests, maybe it’s time to stop being a ‘serial idea-starting person’, and to start being an ‘idea-shipping person’. Begin by dedicating yourself to your […]

Dr Louise Mahler National Speaker’s Association of Australia,Ÿ Canberra, 2015 Understanding that your ‘voice is a choice’ allows you to use your body as an instrument. By combining your voice, mind and body, you can find your vocal intelligence. And by making conscious decisions about how you sit and stand, you can develop positive habits […]

The cocktail party effect is the ability of the brain to pinpoint specific information in a sea of information. For example, in a noisy room, you can hear and understand a conversation with a person near you. There has been extensive research into this effect as it is a complicated process that the brain needs […]

The other week I listened to a podcast called – The Business of Stories. This particular episode was Why Storytelling is Essential to Science with Randy Olson. What was particularly interesting was the analysis of the ABT formula. That is And, But Therefore and how Randy Olson came to this initialisation by understanding how the […]

The diagram of what success looks like compared to what it is, is a strong visual reminder of what it takes to succeed. The quote ‘Success is going from failure to failure without the loss of enthusiasm’ – Winston Churchill should be kept at the front of your mind. It is a great mantra to […]

You never know who you will run into in the strangest places. The other week, while catching a lift in a high-rise building, Buzz Aldrin walked in. What a laugh. Someone somewhere will have the algorithm of the number of hands he has shaken hands over time. Now that I have shaken Buzz’s hand – […]

Seth Godin posted a blog about SUSDAT, which stands for Show Up, Sit Down and Type (or Paint). His message is that the key to getting words on the page is ‘just doing it’, even when you don’t feel particularly motivated or inspired. But what if writing eloquently just doesn’t come naturally to you? Personally […]

In my reading recently, I’ve had a real sense of appreciation for those people who can write with an almost musical talent; the way their words flow tunefully like a wonderful song. I think of the hours that Roald Dahl spent ensuring his manuscripts sang to children. It is easy to understand why they are […]

Give me pencil and paper and I’ll be entertained for hours, while my mind wanders away, and ideas, images and words fill my page. All I really need are the stories in my head and those of people around me. Maybe that means I’m a bit crazy but, then again, who isn’t? Does it also […]