From Two Suitcases to Ten Years
Photo: Manly, June 2016. Our first week in Australia. This Saturday marks exactly ten years since we landed in Australia. A few days earlier we’d…
- Books | Career | Motivation
Unhinged Habits: Fewer Commitments, Clearer Priorities
Most of us aren’t short of effort. We’re short of focus. In Unhinged Habits, Jonathan Goodman challenges the idea of constant balance and argues that progress comes from cycles of focus, reduction, and knowing what actually matters.
- Travel | Career | Mindset | Motivation
Twenty Years Abroad: What Happens When “Two Years” Becomes a Life
Twenty years after leaving the UK for what was meant to be a two-year adventure, I reflect on the trade-offs of living abroad, from Bermuda to Sydney.
My Year in Review: The Dots Only Connect in Reverse
This year forced me to learn the difference between having a plan and surviving the reality. Redundancy hit early. Terrible timing, a tight market, and…
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Filtered Out: How AI Decides You’re Too Old for the Job
Ageism is the one bias none of us can avoid. It shows up in restructures, where experience is traded out for cost savings. Now it’s being automated, with AI quietly rejecting older candidates before a human even sees their CV. The irony is that every leader applauding this ‘efficiency’ will one day face the same system themselves.
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The Puzzles My Family Taught Me About Work and Life
☕🐶 + 🧩 = Clarity.
Most mornings I start with coffee, my dogs, and a puzzle. My mum, in her late seventies, ends her day with Sudoku. My dad was the crossword man, the full Times crossword, day in and day out. I never asked him to teach me, and that’s a regret.
Different puzzles, different times, but the intent was the same for all of us: a way to pause, focus, and bring clarity to the noise of life.
Maybe that’s why sales and consulting feel so natural to me. At their core, they’re puzzles with higher stakes: structured challenges, incomplete information, and the satisfaction of seeing the solution finally click into place.
If I’ve inherited even a fraction of my parents’ puzzle-solving discipline, I’ll take it.
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The Connection Myth: Why Balance Beats Being ‘All In’
During COVID, I joined a company without ever stepping into an office. I got the work done, but I never truly felt part of the team. Later, at Salesforce, I saw how a quick chat in the barista queue or an overheard problem-solving moment could build connection in ways formal meetings never could. The research agrees: the best results come from intentional connection, balanced with time apart for focus and recovery.
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The Monster Under the Bed: Lessons for MarTech, CRM, and Every Other Three-Letter Tech Acronym
Monster wasn’t just another job board. I found one of my early roles there and later used their hiring plans to bring Sales Executives to Bermuda. Back then, they were the dominant force, with the reach to pull talent across oceans.
Fast forward to 2025, and Monster has filed for bankruptcy. No drama. No spectacular implosion. Just a slow fade.
That quiet fade should terrify every business and every career. Because complacency kills.
For companies, it means innovate or fade. Build ecosystems, rethink your models, embrace AI. For individuals, it means keep learning, stay curious, adopt new tools.
Standing still is what Monster did. And we’ve just seen how that ends.
- Sales | Career | Management | Motivation | Technology
From Alliances to Enterprise Sales: Why I Came Back to the Front Line
Most mornings, I’m the first one up. I feed the dogs, make myself a coffee, and sit down for a few quiet minutes before the…
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From WFH to WTF: Why Full-Time Office Life Feels Impossible
How did anyone used to do it? Five days a week in the office.School drop-offs. Dog walks. Hour-long commutes.Dinner on the table, footy training, homework…
