Andrew May

Now that borders are open after years of restricted travel, for many people this means jumping onto planes, trains, and automobiles – traversing around the state, country, and globe doing what they do. What often starts out as an exciting adventure exploring new places and cultures can quickly become tedious...

How Wendy from Billions Helped Explain What I do

I don’t watch a lot of telly these days, but one show that did draw me in during COVID was Billions. Yeah, there’s the sex, the politics and the power games of big business. All of which is entertaining even before you consider some of the uncanny parallels to the...

5 Factors That Inoculate You Against Burnout

Achieving success in your career is a fine dance between pushing yourself to bend but not break. The upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic has however pushed more people to breaking point and burnout among Australia’s workforce is skyrocketing. Having spent the last 25 years working with CEOs and many of...

The power of Grit, Gratitude and Striving

Would you consider yourself a mentally tough person? Maybe you’ve never had a chance to find out how well you can perform when you’re faced with adversity. Well, now your chance has come. How we handle the current COVID-19 crisis – as leaders, as workers, as human beings - will...

Why we need to connect with discomfort

People tend to shy away from hard feelings. And why wouldn’t we? After all it’s part of our survival instinct to avoid pain and suffering. But the reality is that we all experience pain at some point in our personal or professional lives and learning to meet and manage our...

Why running a business is survival of the Fittest

Running a small business, there are many times when we are challenged and required to dig deep. Right now, it’s COVID-19, at other times it could be bushfires, drought, flooding, an economic downturn or challenges from competitors. Small business owners need to be resilient and at times like this, it...

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What I learnt about optimal performance by making myself a human Guinea Pig

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