Yesterday I was lucky enough to deliver a speech to Citi WIBF Toastmasters entitled “Toastmasters – What’s In It For Me?’
My focus was on the bigger picture of Toastmasters. Toastmasters providing the communication tools and techniques that empower us to become the confident and effective leader in our life.
That to me is what Toastmasters is. Read more →
Mal Hewitt (aka Uncle Mal) a man of music. This is a man who inspired more than one generation of school kids with music.
I first met Uncle Mal on a State Music Camp in 1996. I wasn’t a musician! I wasn’t serious about music. I didn’t even take music as a subject and had taken the trombone up as a joke several years before. I felt a little out of place at music camp but my life was touched and changed by this man. Read more →
Reflecting on life can be a funny thing. As I look back I laugh at how laid back my family were about achievements and our approach to them.
So many things I did in my teens because I didn’t yet know I couldn’t, shouldn’t, or wouldn’t if I knew enough to be scared!
When I played trombone I did a performance major for my HSC. That year my trombone teacher had other stuff on so I missed almost the entire school Read more →
Three years ago Good Friday turned bad.
I visited my sister who shouldn’t have still been alive. That day was the last day I saw her and burned into my memory are the green skin and yellow eyes of failing liver and kidneys.
Nick went to the Easter Show with a mate at my insistence. That one act was something my sister had done to me. Yes I pushed him away – not knowing Read more →
Better World Books – way to go! The email (text copied below) is a great way to make me a customer for life!!
“(Your book(s) asked to write you a personal note – it seemed unusual, but who are we to say no?) Read more →
Late last year my life underwent a revolution thanks to some great chiropractic care.
To be honest I wasn’t expecting it nor did I think I would ever see another chiropractor again. However after spending time interviewing Paul Calladine I wanted to see him – I felt he was real and would act in the informed, best interests of my health Read more →
