What would happen if you simply just decided, when you woke up tomorrow morning, that you would change the way you think about: your job, your boss, your organisation, your partner, your family, your friends etc, etc. Well guess what? It is as simple as that! One thing we all have control of is our… Continue reading Flip Your Thinking!
Category: Optimistic Disturber
Be Bitter Or Be Better
Every one of us has gone through things in our lives that have tested us. Things that we thought were unfair, criticisms that were not called for, or tragedy that we were not ready for, and after the event were left with our own feelings and emotions and the decision as to how we would… Continue reading Be Bitter Or Be Better
Get out if you hate it!
Hate is such a strong word and I don’t like using it unless I have to, but so many people that I come across tell me how much they hate their job or hate their personal situation or hate their manager etc. So here is my response – Do something about it! If you don’t,… Continue reading Get out if you hate it!
National Business Leader Award
Hello disturbers. It is with great joy and humility that I advise you all that the Optimistic Disturber, this week at Star Casino in Sydney, was presented with the award for: Best Business Leader at the National MyBusiness/Action Coaching Awards. I really am thrilled, especially when I know that getting disturbed enough to make change… Continue reading National Business Leader Award
National Disturber Week!
Hi Disturbers, One of the main reasons that I created this site was to get great positive people disturbed about the things happening around them that are not right. With that in mind I am declaring next week national Optimistic Disturber week. The challenge is to find at least one thing that you are not… Continue reading National Disturber Week!
Breaking The Circuit
Have you ever been so exhausted that you can’t even hold your head up and know that your interactions with people and your communication and decision making abilities are nowhere near as sharp as they should be – then you need a break! “But I can’t, I don’t have time, the place won’t survive without… Continue reading Breaking The Circuit
Sheep Country – The Best Change Management Program I Ever Attended!
Hi Disturbers how are you? Recently at the Proteus Breakfast series I read a story from my book, Life Eyes, entitled Sheep Country – the best Change Management program I ever attended! The event was filmed and so I have attached a copy of that section for you to watch. It is about 7 minutes… Continue reading Sheep Country – The Best Change Management Program I Ever Attended!
Get Involved And Be Exceptional!
Why would you just want to be good when you have within you the ability to be Exceptional? I am not just talking about people with position or rank, or even those who consider themselves to be entrepreneurs; I am talking about YOU and ME! Being Exceptional is not about being a workaholic or a… Continue reading Get Involved And Be Exceptional!
Reinventing Yourself And Your Organisation
This article was taken from the August edition of Proteuslife magazine. When we hear the word reinvent, it conjures up all sorts of thoughts and emotions, but usually people think that it means to completely change who we are, what we look like and what we do. In some situations all of these things will need… Continue reading Reinventing Yourself And Your Organisation
Just Be There
Sometimes I’m Just down At my recent breakfast series I spoke on the topic of, Living and Leading with Insight. During a presentation I shared a poem that I had written on just being there when people are down and not trying to solve all of their problems or give them all of the answers.… Continue reading Just Be There