In my early 20s I suffered a pretty severe relationship trauma, and the circumstances surrounding it led to a prophecy. Now I’m not really much into “hocus-pocus” stuff but every now and then, things have happened that if I am honest, I have to ascribe to God.
This prophecy was one of those times. A bunch […]

A friend recently came to me for help in promoting his business. It’s cool when that happens - it makes me feel like I might have something to offer.
I don’t have all the answers but I have been around long enough to know that I know enough to know that I know that I know […]

Last year I purchased a web development company that was in decline. Unfortunately after we purchased it we found a few more skeletons in the closet than we had first anticipated and for a while things were looking rather challenging.
When we undertake to buy something (a business, a car, or whatever) we obviously aim to […]

I hate Religion. It really, really sux. Fortunately I’m not alone in this, and I’ve got some notable company that agrees with me, and with a vengence.
Jesus held back His greatest verbal condemnation for the Religious leaders of the time. It’s not a popular message, the wrath of God, because we all naturally want to […]

Understanding that the word translated “Go” in the Great Commission (Go into all the earth and make disciples etc) is continuous, present tense in the original text changes the generally accepted meaning.
Instead of implying that we should uproot ourselves, turn ourselves into a “Missionary” and then head off to distant shore to change the world, […]

I’m an entrepreneur. I love being creative in business. It’s not money that drives me; it is the deep satisfaction I have by pulling together lots of different factors, like people resources, physical and financial resources, ideas, concepts and opportunities, and being creative with them all. I love it. One day, I’ll hopefully get something […]

I’ve observed a distinct difference between people who just have action or even people who combine action with skill, or people with both of these plus passion, and those who really seem to know their calling, or destiny.
What I call “the belly-button experience” is a little something that happens when our hands, heart, mind and […]

As we mature, our focus moves from doing things (our Hands), to thinking about things (our Head), to dealing with our feelings (our Heart).
It has been said that the longest distance in the world is between a man’s head and his heart, implying that getting in touch with our feelings is a challenge. It is, […]

Having first established our capacity to produce (the Hands part of this series), the next natural process is to focus our energy into the Head - our thinking, cognitive part of the body.
At school we used to be encouraged to develop thinking skills. HOW do we best do things? WHY do we do them? […]

Let’s bring a little slice of heaven to earth.From our earliest years, our energy focus is on the physical. We put our energy into growing, to feeding, learning to walk and talk and “DO” things. Our parents put their energy into showing us how to interact with the physical world. Mum is excited when we […]

The sale of TradeMe for a gazillion dollars created a flurry of requests to web developers nationwide. All of us (web developers) were inundated with people wanting to jump on the bandwagon, and create clones, copies, and competitive auction sites to do just the same as TradeMe did.
Copying anothers success story is futile as the […]

Aiming to be the best is a noble goal.
In business being the best in our market segment usually brings us success in due course – certainly all things being equal.
Mediocrity abounds in New Zealand, so putting just that little more effort, thought or passion into your business reaps rewards. My father said to me in […]

While a business can still succeed without these attributes, if it is FIRST to market, the BEST in its niche or is DIFFERENT from the others it has a distinct advantage.
Being the first to market with a particular idea, product or service is something that can never be taken away from a business. Almost 10 […]