Yesterday I was working on my business plan. Reviewing it to see if I was staying on track. After a bit of tweaking I decided that perhaps in the next few months or so I should try and concentrate on targeting work from the corporate sector. This is a daunting task. Recently however, I was…

To overcome the fear of the unknown is often hard to do, especially when you’re travelling to unfamiliar places. I am writing this while I am in Guangzhou, China on a three week teaching gig. I speak very little Cantonese, no Mandarin and I’m not sure my body language is all that crash hot. Last…

I was listening to a couple of young men talking two days ago. One of them was trying to describe to the other what mindfulness was – It”s all about being in the present moment.You know,” he said “like us sitting here talking about it now. I figured I knew what it was, my mother…

I was talking to a friend recently whose mother passed away just over two years ago.  We had a conversation about grief and how it affects us in different ways.  I am aware of a heaviness inside my chest that feels like it is slowly pulling my shoulders arms and torso downwards.  It feels a…

‘A Happy New Year’ it is often what we wish people without really thinking about it. Our intentions are good as we wish people well at the start of a new year. We hope that they will have happiness, prosperity, health, love, and more. A few minutes ago I rang a friend to thank her…

Although I’ve called this post ‘Dealing with Difficult Customers’ it’s really about dealing with anyone whose interaction with you feels difficult. It’s to do with how to manage talking to someone who pushes your buttons. We all have that certain someone in our life who manages to push our buttons when we are with them….

I am currently working away from home for a week in a small town in central Victoria called Hamilton, which is a 300 km drive away from my home. Assured by several people that the drive here would be pretty  straightforward I headed off with my car heaving (piled high with creature comforts).  It was…

I recently came back from a four week trip to China. I went there to teach students, in English, several units of a Diploma of Marketing. I found it a very enjoyable experience, and learned very much about the people. As I discovered there are many Buddhists in China I thought it would be relatively…