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Posted in Blog on Apr 6th, 2008
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I try to approach each day with a sense of anticipation. Some days are easier than others. It is Sunday evening here in Sydney and I am beavering away on my computer. I’ve just done a rewrite and edit [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 22nd, 2008
I spent this week conducting a boot camp. No, not a military training school. I had young trainees who were starting a career in sales. I had five days to turn them from novices to sales consultants with a level of competence that would enable them to suceed rather quickly.
They arrived here in Sydney, bright [...]
Posted in Tips on Nov 29th, 2007
NEWS AND MUSE
Hello, it’s Sunday 25th November 2007 in Sydney Australia. We had an election last night and, for the first time in this country’s history all levels of government, State and federal, are controlled by the Labor Party. This means we have a socialist government running every aspect of political life for the [...]
Posted in Blog on Nov 10th, 2007
Each week I write the notes for at least one workshop. Each week I research, structure my plan, look at the concepts and then write the reference notes. During this time, invariably, I discover something.
It may be about the concepts, the purpose of the course, another viewpoint on the philosophy behind whatever the subject is. [...]
During the period of the imprisonment of Socrates he was surrounded by his students and admirers constantly. Except for one man. That man was Plato.
Many bitterly criticized Plato, accusing him of treachery and lack of faith in Socrates. Others thought that, because of the social prominence of his family, he stayed away so as not [...]