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Best Thing I Came Across Online: Parenting Advice in Pictures (sample of How to Stop Choking article below).

Best Thing I Came Across Off-line: The twister-like phenomenon near my house. By the time I got the camera and snapped off the photo below, it had begun to dissipate. But this is something you don’t see in [...]

Yes, I know, I’ve been away from the blog for a while. Life happens, I guess. It’s been a busy few weeks with:

Two Mentoring Workshops at a local school where we helped set up a Student-Teacher mentoring program last year (that’s Teachers mentoring Students not the other way around - just thought I’d clarify that before [...]

80% of Companies Won’t Fail in 5 Years - Do you own a start-up business and hear the horror stories and statistics that tell you you’re probably doomed? Think again…
Operation Order - a terrific lesson from the US Army on effective event planning for the frazzled leader.
The Benefit of Mistakes - a B&B owner takes a blogging-detour [...]

Is this confidence, adrenaline addiction or mere silliness?
You be the judge…

Gotta admire their kahunas! (or Photoshop skills!)

I’ve really enjoyed the Let’s Be Brief festival of ultra-short stories hosted by Middle-Zone Musings.
I don’t know what other people liked, but here are my ten faves:

The Axis in WWII: haiku! Gesundheit. (Howard Waldrop)
ball, pumpkin, slipper, wedding. then what?(Isabella Mori)
He said “I am your father”. (Scott Bird - I had to like this one, being a Star [...]

I just read the latest post by Rosa Say & it really got me thinking (particularly the question she leaves us with). My thoughts go something like this:
So often

… we rush on to the next thing without enjoying what already is
… we reach a milestone but see it as a measure of how far we still have to go
… we tell our coaches and [...]

Gotta love the relational-ness and playfulness of blogs. 
I’ve been tagged by Rosa Say over at Say Leadership Coaching to share five things with you which you may not know about me. (Then I gotta tag 5 more people to play)
So, here goes (deep breath):

I am a HUGE Sci-fi geek-nerd-nut. I know where George Lucas stole his ideas from, [...]

 
A great friend of mine has added an oh-so-helpful resource to his blog: the 5-word Coffee Shop Review. If you are visiting Melbourne Australia or live in this wonderful city, this is a must. My favourite review was for Starbux: “The Antichrist of coffee. Resist“)
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