I was thinking the other day about happiness and what drives us. Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them at least don’t hurt them. Dalai Lama It seems we are conditioned to think happiness comes from enriching ourselves, by enriching I mean with items, goods, stuff…

On Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending the graduation ceremony of DOXA Cadets. DOXA is an organisation that attempts to improve the life and opportunities of disadvantaged children and young people. They have a number of programs including the Cadetship program that helps disadvantaged students attend and complete University studies. This is done with…

Yesterday was fascinating insight into changing ways to interact with clients and the way technology is changing the way services are delivered and what clients and the public expect. In the morning I took part in a Discussion Panel at a Superannuation Conference. A 10 minute presentation for the three participates followed by questions from…

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many…