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Superhero’s within our community
As we enter communities on the North Shore, throughout New Zealand or around the world, we often see this wheel. Who does it represent? What does it mean? This is the Rotary wheel, a global association of people that live for purposes beyond themselves. When I...
Desire through to action
One of the biggest challenges facing millions of people daily is getting out of bed in the morning and looking forward to going to work. A lot of people go through the motions to fulfill a function, to earn some dollars, to live a life .We all know that there is...
Facing the Fear
Fear has many different levels. If public speaking is a 10, bungy jumping a 5 and a phone call a 1 we don't need to be taking on tens everyday. Sometimes we let fear replace the anticipation of adrenalin as a result of conquering something that may not be an...
Where do you put your vision board?
Vision boards, traditionally a mixture of card, PVA Glue and magazine cuttings. These (many of which go on to be collections of Art) personlised goal-setting charts are the artwork of champions. Many who I admire within various spheres of this world use a vision board...
Celebrating our uniqueness
Here in New Zealand we may be at the bottom of the world but we are famous for what we can do with our imagination. It’s our imagination that sees us standing on the highest pinnacles, sailing the seas and flying the skies to make a world of difference. On my...
New York, New York
I have a goal of living in New York City because in the words of Frank Sinatra "If you can make it in New York you can make it anywhere". But bigger than that is, if you want to be among the best you’ve got to surround yourself with the best. In the...
Carabiner Mentoring – 5 years of linking potential with success
Carabiner came through a reflection of a few significant experiences both positive and negative which as a result the negative became a positive. Yes I really dislike reflecting on something as a negative because everything is a learning and therefor positive –...
Unleashing your superpower
“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success”- Dr. Joyce Brothers Last blogg I spoke about the super-heroes of our community that has led on to thinking about the superpowers of humanity. Within all of us we...
Palmerston North Boys High School
Inspirational speaker Cam Calkoen shared his story to students and staff at Palmerston North Boys High School. Cam's cup is definitely half full... there's not much stopping him from achieving his dreams and bending the perception of others to do the same. As...
