Tag Archives | personal development

The biggest lesson I’ve learnt in Bali

By on July 2, 2012 in Lessons learned, Travel, Video

When I asked my readers last week for blog post suggestions for my thirty days of blogging, I got some really great suggestions. One of which came from Benjamin Jenks, film maker extraordinaire and creator of one of my all-time favourite websites, Adventure Sauce. Benjamin, suggested, amongst other things, the ‘biggest thing you have learned in [...]

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Spotlight on Benjamin Spall

By on November 13, 2011 in Interviews

Welcome to the latest in a series of spotlight posts, aimed at introducing you to some of my favourite bloggers. People whose words I read on a regular basis and who provide a source of inspiration to me. Today’s post is all about Benjamin Spall. Ben writes on a range of topics including entrepreneurship, travel, [...]

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What is personal development?

By on September 7, 2011 in Miscellaneous

My passion for personal development has definitely been a talking point at times. It’s something that I’ve noticed people are quite intrigued by and seek to understand better. Some people get it completely because they share the same passion, while others question it and see it as a sign of discontent. Within the second group [...]

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Ten tips to help you become a better speaker

By on August 17, 2011 in Lessons learned, Personal challenges

Last week I gave my first Toastmaster speech, aptly named ‘The Icebreaker’. In fact, despite having given numerous presentations over the years, this was actually the first speech I’ve ever made. The speech lasted for six minutes, 6.01 to be precise, but as a result of the hours of preparation before it, the detailed evaluation [...]

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There is no such thing as weakness

By on July 20, 2011 in Lessons learned

Yesterday I spent just under eight hours undergoing corporate training on how to manage remote teams effectively. This might sound tedious to most but what the training actually boiled down to in my opinion was one big personality test, which actually proved to be quite enlightening. Love them or hate them, I think that personality [...]

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What living without limits means to me

By on June 29, 2011 in Lessons learned, Personal challenges

I’ve been writing this blog for a little over two months now and I thought that it was time to expand on what I mean by the term ‘life is limitless’. My ultimate goal is to live a life without limits and encourage others to do the same. Over the last couple of months I’ve [...]

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