WEDNESDAY WISDOM AND WIT

WEDNESDAY WISDOM AND WIT

Could geniality and longevity be natural bedfellows? While professional speakers might have a signature keynote that they deliver, it still requires a lot of time before the event to prepare and customise to the specific audience. Before I started to get known as a...
Understatement to command attention

Understatement to command attention

WEDNESDAY WISDOM If you have ever been hit by a Mack truck you will get what I am about to say! Leonard Cohen went on a 5 year retreat to become a Monk, and on his return discovered all his millions had gone. He says of that time “Money has a certain way of...
Types of Humour and Application in life

Types of Humour and Application in life

Tom Hopkins, US speaker and perhaps the worlds best sales trainer says you can learn to laugh even if you have a Ph D in pessimism!  What needs to happen is the replacement of the strong silent type for a few sense of humour types!  Understanding the different forms...
The health in humour!!

The health in humour!!

Laughter is a great medicine. Like intense exercise, laughter increases brain levels of serotonin and endorphins that can calm and relax the mind. Every year there is more evidence that your thoughts, moods, emotions and belief systems have a fundamental impact on the...

Invitation to announce yourselves to each other !!

Invitation to announce yourselves to each other !! 20 years ago In New Zealand I presented at their first “Be the Change” conference. Today as I reflect, I see what was put in place that day paved the way for us to be experiencing our current reality with...
March 21st, 2020

March 21st, 2020

Once upon a time earlier this week I was being interviewed….or about to be interviewed by Mary Brotherton, Editor of bUneke Magazine in the USA. A fairly new offering they have is a series on Blog Talk Radio and they booked me in to do a show on humour! ​We...