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Happy New Year!  I wish you all the very best for the year ahead. In this first newsletter for 2024, I don’t want to talk about the importance of establishing personal and business goals.  Not that it’s not important, however, social media is saturated with enough guidance on those topics. Instead, I want to share […]

With two teenage sons who are learning to drive, I get to sit in the passenger seat quite a lot these days. This provides a different perspective for me. While I have enjoyed seeing them learn the skills and become confident, I also see that they’ve picked up a couple of bad habits from me,

During my working-holiday in Sri Lanka earlier this year, I caught up with one of my high-school friends who is now a captain with Qatar airways. Given my fascination for aviation, I’m always curious to learn more about what happens inside the cockpit. He was sharing an unforgettable experience he had during his time when

This is not a brag post. I’ve just landed in Shanghai after being to Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka over the last 11 days. While this is the most strenuous work travel schedule, I’ve been through to date, it has helped me make some interesting observations that could help our productivity journeys, no matter where

Recently, I needed some documents printed over the weekend and went to my local office stationery & equipment store – most Aussies would recognise these mega shops. They used to print whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted, provided you waited in the queue. On this recent occasion, I was told that they no longer print

The first weekend of Oct was a long weekend for us. So, we took the opportunity for a family get away, making full use of the fabulous spring weather. The drive was about 3.5hrs – easy cruising. We tend to use the drive time for family chats and games – the old-fashioned ones like ‘I

There’s a new Motorway (M8) in Sydney which makes my trips to the airport even faster. In a recent trip, I had an early morning domestic flight (6:30am) and I was keen to catch the earlier 6am flight to get to my destination even earlier. I left home early enough and was making good progress

During a recent flight, I was asked a question by a flight attendant that certainly got my attention. On a 6:30am domestic flight after the breakfast service I was asked, “Tea, coffee or anything from the bar?” The person next to me did – he has been travelling from the US for a holiday. I

We just returned from a short family holiday at the Gold Coast (to our international readers, it is a popular beach-side holiday destination). One morning, I was walking on the beach with my younger son watching the sunrise when I noticed that he was drifting towards me as he walked along. I had also noticed

I try to streamline all processes associated with domestic business air travel. It helps to reserve my energy for more important things during the day. Pre-booking airport parking is one of those activities. I normally take a printout of the booking (yes, still a bit old-fashioned with certain things) and save the booking into my