"Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you." - David McCullough One of my mentors, Scott McGee, once asked me "What do you think your purpose is?"... Continue Reading →
Character First
"Life is short—the fruit of this life is a good character and acts for the common good.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations We've been led a stray, down a dark and slippery path. One where there is a warped sense of success. One where we are constantly judged against a criteria of money and career status, when... Continue Reading →
The claret of growth
Watching and leading our girls development is inspiring. It's inspiring to watch them learn and grow, and inspiring us as parents to always have new answers and explanations for each interaction. Over the weekend, the learning was about climbing trees better and jumping off the swing set for a dismount. Both come with inherent scrapes... Continue Reading →
Be a little bit Cowboy
"Why join the Navy when you can be a pirate?" This quote by Steve Jobs really captivates me. Steve coined this quote in the very early days of Apple, in a way to inspire his team to continue to push the envelope and not bow to the big tech companies. A way to stay rebel.... Continue Reading →
What would you tell your friend?
"What would you tell me if I was in a funk?" That's the simple advice I got a few weeks ago from a friend when I was having a down day. My first thought was "Yeah, whatever" but after some more pushing it became clear that I knew exactly what I needed to do to... Continue Reading →
Resist the urge
"It's all just about resisting the urges. If I can resist the urge more often than not, I'll continue to succeed." The urges I'm talking about come in many forms and all through out the day. The urge to leave a bit of rubbish we walk past. The urge to not put our shopping trolley... Continue Reading →
Character by repetition
"Our character won't stand strong in the storm if we haven't sat in the rain." Character needs to be developed to be available at the time of need and we get the opportunity to do this hundreds of times per day, every time we pick the right thing over the easy thing. You know it,... Continue Reading →
Thoughts at Thirty
Earlier this week I turned 30 and I wanted to capture my thoughts at this time of life. I started working on this entry two weeks ago with no real plan and this is what I came up with. Character First - This one has become important to me recently as I realised that it... Continue Reading →
Ripples
"The chance to affect someone's ripples is always present. Be purposeful with your words and actions." I'm sure it's happened to you plenty of times, someone says or does something that can affect the rest of your day, good or bad. My recent one was good. After having a talk with a friend of mine... Continue Reading →
Character is my currency
“Don’t do favours to receive favours back, do favours to inspire further favours forward. Help for the sake of helping. Give for the sake of giving.” When I do something, I want to do it because it’s the right thing to do versus because I’m gaining something from it. I want to act and serve... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 