Musings
How Many Weeks?
How many weeks do we have? I’m serious – take a guess – no cheating – how many weeks long is a life? A few years back my wife and I impulsively decided to get Shamrock tattoos to celebrate our St Patrick’s day meeting. I remember sitting in a tattoo studio and talking about hunting… Read more »
More on those minor inconveniences…
A few weeks back, I wrote about how the world can feel like it is falling apart in the absence of some of life’s conveniences that we tend to take for granted. The same blog spoke about my mate who was spun around in his car when a bus hit him. What I didn’t say… Read more »
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions….
I had the good fortune of sitting down with 4 lovely people this week who have some decisions to make, and I got to thinking a bit more about this decision making process. The absolute key when making a big decision is ensuring that you have ‘really’ explored the options. Often we will feel cornered… Read more »
This blog is late this week… Well, because of writer’s block
This blog is late this week… to tell you the truth, because of writer’s block. I know enough about creativity to know that if it’s not there, it’s not there. You certainly can’t force it. I also know enough about myself to know that if I am not overflowing with ideas something is likely not… Read more »
Impact – You have to be in to win
Kim and I entered ourselves in the Trade Me Impact Awards that were presented at the end of July at Ahi Restaurant in Auckland. We put our names forward for the ‘Innovation Award’, outlining the work that we do around our systems and processes that allow Independent Agent to successfully execute what we do to… Read more »
Building your team and building yourself.
We are in the middle of a pretty tough winter of real estate’ says just about everyone I am speaking to at the moment. Even after over 20 years in the business it still surprises me when we get to winter and just how long it can be between drinks some years. So it may… Read more »
Headlines Fade. Integrity Doesn’t.
As I drive to appointments I’m listening to the story of newspaper baroness Katherine Graham at the moment, in her memoir ‘Personal History’. The story is based around a family that acquires the Washington Post Newspaper. It follows their progress through the 1940s and 50s. Katherine‘s husband Phil, who ends up running the paper in… Read more »
Leading and Scrutiny
If we are going to lead, we had better be ready to be scrutinised. The recent demonstration of this was all over all media with some ‘unlucky’ tech folk at a Coldplay concert. But this scrutiny applies to you and I as well. We are now working in a space where our moves are being… Read more »
Where does Inspiration come from
Where does Inspiration come from? That seed of an idea that pops into your mind, or that fully formed end to end concept. I have used two photos here, one certainly inspiring one certainly not. Did inspiration come from Mount Doom, or the Job of Dread? Weirdly it was in the weekend waterblasting our slippery… Read more »