Is It Ever Ok To Compare Ourselves? (Even to teens?)

When you’re focused on a goal, pouring effort and energy into getting somewhere, it’s easy to feel… inadequate. To begin comparing yourself when things don’t come quick enough. Like to a 16 year old on Tik Tok who has way less experience than you, yet talks to 1.7 million people per day, and can ‘print money’ by making a single …

What’s Your Story?

I’ve been feeling flat this week. It’s not that I’ve lost inspiration or anything. Far from it. The sessions I’ve had this week definitely kept that pep in my step. One in particular stands out: a member of my family who shared how one thing I said when we were 9, gave him the will to keep living. At the …

Chocolates, Ping Pong And Keith Urban

I’m writing this on a plane to Coffs Harbour. You won’t read it until Sunday (it’s Friday right now – hello from the past!), but my fingers itched to get this down. Because when inspiration knocks, you listen. My partner, Aaron, is snoozing next to me. Looking dashing with that ‘headrest tilt’ and signature plane nap move: the slackjaw half-snore. …

5 Levels Of Leadership

Achieving leadership is not easy, nor is it like earning a degree. “You don’t achieve it and then leave it.” Once you achieve leadership it does not guarantee you will stay there. Leadership is a verb (doing word) not a noun. C W Perry states “leadership is accepting people where they are and taking them somewhere.” To succeed, you help …

Overwhelmed

We broke a personal record here at Maximum Growth last week. Most number of NEW students on a Masterclass EVERRRR. Can I get a Woop Woop! (Apparently everyone’s way more into shmexy talk than we realised. Lol. We’re so weird. I love that about us.) Anyway, tonnes of work, but the crowd loved it. (Which is a crucial yardstick of …

For You, My Overthinker

So the final Q&A session in the 2021 Ultimate New Year Workshop series took an unexpected turn. Almost everyone had some version of “This year’s been so full on already. I feel totally overwhelmed/numb/in my head about things. What do I do?” Grateful you asked. Because I’ve spent YEARS getting overthinkers out of their head and into their heart. (Some …

*Technically* I Can Predict The Future (True Story)

I did a palm reading course once. Mmhmm. Truly. Got the certificate to prove it and everything. I could throw a silky blanket over this table, slip on a few too many rings and pin a scarf on my head with a giant, sparkly jewel. You could come to me wondering what great fame, fortune… or lurrrrve awaits you in …

Weird Tingling (Feels Like Pregnancy?)

Full disclaimer: it’s not me. I’m not pregnant (one was enough for me) but… Do you ever get that weird tingling under your skin? That niggle at your spidey senses, telling you something’s changed within you. Like the planets are aligning and great things are coming. I dunno what it is but the last couple of weeks the world’s felt …

The Brilliant Function Of Pain

This book is perfect for anyone who is experiencing pain and would love to understand the concept of pain. As human beings with a physical body, we all suffer from pain. We can be physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually drained from the pain. If you fight it, you might find yourself endlessly seeking healers and doctors to rid you of …

How To Eat An Elephant

You know those people who do the unthinkable? They bite off more than they can chew and then they chew like Pac-man to make it happen? And it happens?! I have two questions for you: How do they actually do it? (Cause it’s usually not just a combination of hustle, skill and/or talent) and Is that also YOUR best path …