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The delusion that being busy is being effective. Wether it’s a world pandemic or personal crisis, we all end up against the wall of self reflection. More often than not we don’t like what we see, blaming the crisis or circumstances for our discontent. The only place the sun shines more than any place on earth is the desert. The very notion that happiness should follow us wherever we go has is… Read More
Category: 90daychallenge, Favour, Leadership, Motivation, Smart Living, Social Capital, Spiritual Tags: Artist, Business, CEO, Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Disruption, Empath, Entrepreneur, Futurist, Hope, Joy, Leadership, Love, Market, Motivation, Relationships, Smart Living, Social Capital, Spiritual

Unless you’ve been here, you’ll never appreciate the sweet sweet taste of life’s beauty unraveled by the oddest people we meet. Here’s just one glimpse that will last a lifetime. 1987, My wife, our baby girl and I are living thousands of kms from our family and community trying to build another community to give people hope. I worked a full time job which barely paid the rent and place food on… Read More
Category: 90daychallenge, Business, Character, Disruption, Entrepreneur, Favour, Smart City Perth, Social Capital Tags: Artist, Blogger, Business, CEO, Change, Disruption, Empath, Entrepreneur, freedom, Futurist, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Leadership, lifestyle, Love, Manhood, Market, Marriage, money, Motivation, Rehab, Relationships, Smart Living, Social Capital, Spiritual, Teachers

“Who’s your Master?” He said (a comment made to me by a client) For though I am free from all me, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more ~ Paul, known as the Apostle ‘Who’s your Master”? To the modern day slave, that’s easy to answer, to the free person, that’s an entirely different equation. Truly free individuals become servants to all humanity. Sometimes it’s… Read More
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Casual Friday – For city Folk, it means not wearing a tie, for us, it’s a little bit more relaxed. What does an XCOP, XCRIM and an XPREACHER have in common? I often catch up with my oldest friend Mario on Fridays, we shoot the breeze and enjoy coffees at the beach. It’s good to disrupt our routine from time to time I felt to take to Mario to Shalom House, no… Read More
Category: 90daychallenge, Character, Community, Disruption, Entrepreneur, Favour, Futurist, Smart City Perth, Spiritual, Team, Wellbeing Tags: Artist, Business, CEO, Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Disruption, Empath, Entrepreneur, Futurist, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Leadership, Love, Market, Marriage, Motivation, Rehab, Relationships, Smart City Perth, Smart Living, Social Capital, Spiritual, Teachers

They accused him of associating too much with the Scum Of The Earth. Who did and why did they accuse him? Lawyers & Do-gooders Individuals that just see with shallow eyes and not with the heart. He rebuffs these legalistic and self riotous accusers with a classic line. “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. … a saying, “healthy people don’t need a doctor… Read More
Category: 90daychallenge, Character, Community, Disruption, Entrepreneur, Favour, Futurist, Smart City Perth, Spiritual, Teachers, Wellbeing Tags: Blogger, Business, Change, Disruption, faith, Futurist, influencer, Jesus, lateralthinker, Leadership, lifestyle, Love, Manhood, Market, maturity, Mental Health, millennial, money, Motivation, Prison Reform, Smart Living, socialcapital, Spiritual, tomsmiliovitis

Longmore, Riverbank juvenile prisons among others was the main topic of discussion with John, who’s now retired after decades of serving our youth. Retirement should be eliminated from our vocab, the moment we stop giving is the moment we start dying John is in his mid 70s and shares that he is soul searching when he goes for his one hour walks in the mornings. His life work sounds like a war… Read More
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I raced my dog on a track and field and he didn’t stay in his lane, he just raced all over the field having fun. Then the thought occurred to me ‘The day I stopped running in the fictional white lines painted by my previous task masters was the day I discovered a new world’ I’m all for boundaries set by my creator, moral law, integrity. I can assure you, they are… Read More
Category: Business, Character, Corporate Social Responsabilty, Disruption, Favour, Influence, Leadership, Marriage, Motivation, Prison Reform, Rehab, Smart City Perth, Smart Living, Spiritual, Teachers Tags: Artist, Business, CEO, Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Dating, Disruption, Empath, Entrepreneur, Futurist, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Leadership, Love, Manhood, Market, Marriage, Motivation, Prison Reform, Rehab, Relationships, Smart City Perth, Smart Living, Social Capital, Spiritual, Teachers

When they give you an ultimatum, they lose My encounter with a bully that equipped me to deal with other bullies We sat on a park bench discussing the affairs of the organisation and I shared my concerns. He was being polite and understanding to a point. He then goes on to say words to this effect “You’ve only dealt with the nice side of me to this point” It was a… Read More
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Nothing makes a troll feel better than tarnishing your character as they create an unreal image of their power in your mind. It’s no different to the classroom or workplace bully. If you’re in the public space, let’s face it, you’ve become a target of Chucky, the undeveloped mind. Chucky is an undeveloped creature who only appears at night and when you’re vulnerable. Chucky unsettles every area of your life because we… Read More
Category: 90daychallenge, Business, Character, Community, Corporate Social Responsabilty, Disruption, Mental Health, Motivation, Relationships, Smart City Perth, Smart Living, Spiritual Tags: Artist, Business, CEO, Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, digital, Disruption, Empath, Entrepreneur, faith, Futurist, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Leadership, Love, Manhood, Market, Marriage, Mental Health, Motivation, Rehab, Relationships, Smart City Perth, Smart Living, Social Capital, Spiritual, Teachers
Boxer walks around a construction site with a sense of urgency and purpose, like name like character. Boxer is one of those rare people that reminds me of the marble in a paint can, when the can is shaken the paint mixes well because of the marble. Guys like Boxer bring order to urgency as he challenges men sixty years younger than him to work ethically and not cut corners. I’ve heard… Read More
Category: 90daychallenge, Business, Character, Community, Corporate Social Responsabilty, Disruption, Favour, Leadership, Smart Living, Social Capital, Teachers, Team, Trust, Wellbeing Tags: Artist, Business, CEO, Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Disruption, Empath, Entrepreneur, Futurist, Hope, Joy, Leadership, Manhood, Market, Marriage, Motivation, Relationships, Smart City Perth, Smart Living, Social Capital, Spiritual, Teachers