The Gift of Pain
I borrowed the title of this post from the book of the same name by Dr Paul Brand and Phillip Yancey. As the Zondervan synopsis puts it Pain is not something that most of us would count as a blessing; however, what it is and why we need it if we're to live life fully...
What do we mean by “Rich?”
This week's edition of BRW is another of its so called 'Flagship editions'. These editions invariable involve a list of the top so many of such and such. It was a landmark when they produced the first BRW 1000 list of the top 1000 companies in Australia. However, I'm...
Clash of purpose
Therese Rein has decided to sell the Australian arm of Ingeus - the business she has built up from herself and a part time assistant to a multi-million dollar company employing over 1400 people over the past twenty years I hesitate to mention that Rein is married to...
Feedback on this blog
Due to an overwhelming amount of comment spam, I have changed the restrictions on commenting. If you do want to comment you will find you now have to log in via Typekey. It only takes a moment to get a Typekey account and you can use the same account for any blog...
Changed Perspectives
It's amazing how a seemingly small event can so profoundly change your perspective. Two events have had this impact on me in the past week. The one that made me think about this post was actually the second event – the resignation of Margaret Jackson as chairman...
Avoiding Boring Meetings
Leon Gettler has a good piece on meetings here. The trouble with meetings is not meetings themselves but the people who attend them. None of us say what we really think. Although how we create an environment in which it is OK to say what we think is another matter....
Lucky Entrepreneurs
What type of person makes a good entrepreneur? I am currently a student at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship. It won't suprise you to know that we spent one semester studying Entrepreneurship and Innovation. One of the big questions of the seminar...
Churchill’s never give-in speech
I have often retold the story of Winston Churchill visiting his old school, Harrow during the second world war. According the story, the boys were told that Churchill, as Prime Minister of Great Britain was a very wise man and they should listen very carefully to what...
65 Roses Day Volunteers
I just received this email from Cystic Fibrosis Victoria: CAN YOU = HELP? We would love the support of volunteers to help us = promote National Awareness of cystic fibrosis on 65 Roses Day, Friday May = 25. We need volunteers to = help at 14 locations around the CBD...
Lest we forget
There is no greater story in western Australian culture than that of the ANZACS at Gallipoli celebrated throughout the country on 25th April. Now let us make it known right away that The Spiral Path has no interest in glorifying war. However, this is a phenomemon I...