A lesson from a bike!

A lesson from a bike!

You may have gleaned from my occasional mention of it that I enjoy my bike riding. Well, that was until a little while ago when I began to find that, due to the ravages of age, keeping up with my mates was becoming more and more difficult. And despite my bubbling...
The glass is half full!

The glass is half full!

What’s that old saying? An optimist sees the glass as half full of opportunity whereas a pessimist sees it as half empty and bereft of opportunity! (Engineers, on the other hand, see it as the wrong size glass.) That’s why, in these post-Covid times, when the big...
Getting it right

Getting it right

Sometime ago in my blog A Portent of the Future! I said that in our businesses we must take account of how the world is changing around us and the direction in which it is heading. I included an article from The Age titled ‘ABC’s new diversity rules guide content’...
Be on time

Be on time

If there’s one thing I abhor it’s lateness. I just hate being late, so I am rarely, if ever, late. I’d rather be early for an appointment and relax so that I am properly prepared for whomever I’m meeting. However that doesn’t seem to be an accepted standard for many...
Get Results By Listening!

Get Results By Listening!

It’s important for us to listen during all of our daily interactions. Don’t just give people the impression of listening if you’re not actually hearing and understanding them. To effectively understand and communicate, you should be listening for around...