Command: Napoleon Bonaparte

Who do you think of when I say the word “Command”? What do you imagine when you think of the word Command? Does it conjure up images like this: One of Gallup’s CliftonStrengths is COMMAND. People with COMMAND, command your attention. Gallup defines people with the COMMAND talent as: Unsurprisingly, it resides within the INFLUENCING […]
Out on the edge

Sometimes circumstances have pushed us there. Sometimes our yearning for something greater, a grand passion we’ve yet to pursue, has us standing on the edge of the precipice. You walk to the edge, and you peer over. A shiver runs through your body. It’s an awfully long way down. You come back from the edge […]
An awesome coach

No matter whether you are interested in sport or not, you can’t help but be amazed by high performance athletes. Usain Bolt pelting down the track at full speed. Committed body, soul and spirit. As awesome sight. We have an aspiring athlete in our house. When I watch her on the basketball court, something in […]
Belief: Queen Lili’uokalani

I greatly admire Queen Liliʻuokalani, First Sovereign Queen and Last Monarch of Hawai‘i. Her core values were evident from a very young age and continued to guide her to the point of facing death for her “treason” and loss of her sovereignty. She was passionate in her service to her people and in her fight […]
Possibilities

There’s something about babies. Look into their eyes and you see eternity, all who went before, all who will come after. Look into their eyes and into their souls. Experience wonderment, at their glory, at the possibility of all that could be, at the gifts inside them that await unveiling. Look in the mirror. Look […]
Arranger: General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC

In 1999, the tensions in Timor Leste captured my attention, perhaps because it was so close to home. It fundamentally disturbed me. The chaos caused for the people and the loss of life over resources was irreconcilable. His leadership in bringing order into this chaos made me first aware of General the Honourable Sir Peter […]
Hey, you, GET OFF THAT FENCE!

In the past few weeks, I have met a lady who unashamedly walks to the beat of her bright, loud, vivacious drum. I was immediately drawn to her. She is authentic. I felt she would be as honest with me as she is about herself. I sensed she would accompany me on a deeper dive […]
Analytical: Marie Curie

As a woman scientist, I am in awe of Marie Curie. She was the first to win Nobel Prizes in two scientific fields. She received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, along with her husband Pierre Curie and Antoine Henri Becquerel, for their discoveries in radioactivity. In 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in […]
Adaptability: Malala Yousafzai

Imagine a girl. Imagine a girl in a regime that discriminates against women and girls for the ‘crime’ of being born a girl, that believes you are the source of sin in society. Imagine this girl, despite the oppression, standing up to call out this regime. Imagine this girl being shot in the head. She […]
What happens when you feel you don’t exist anymore?

I want to write about things that real people struggle with. This one is a BIG one for me, and perhaps some of you struggle with it too. So, let’s go back a few years. I was in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, a land I love. I had great friends with whom I could […]