Gazza"s Corner Podcast

When my father graduated from university and got his first job as an Electrical Engineer, his manager told him the following on his first day:"Congratulations on earning your degree. But I want you to know the only thing it shows me is that you know how to learn."My father was stunned. He had worked hard to get his degree over several long years; surely all of what he had learned counted for something! Engineering was a hard degree to get and covered a lot of knowledge areas in depth...what

"I got here first!" "No, I did!" "Me!" "No, me!" I just got back from a three day school camp with my youngest son. We went to new and interesting places each day, and everywhere we went, walking or driving, the adults were constantly serenaded by the same chorus when we arrived at each destination. "I got here first!" Somehow, it seemed vitally important to be the first one to arrive wherever we went, or at least it was if you were under 10 years old. The playground is a useful place

Today's interview is with Lynne Schinella, an expert on building “whole brain” organizations and teams. Lynne Schinella is an authority on masterful communication in the 21st century. She believes that at the heart of all great communication are 3 elements: empathy, understanding and respect for diversity. No stranger to these qualities, she discovered their great power early on in life. Before starting Schinella Incentives in 1991 and then Ripe Learning in 2001, Lynne worked at Qantas,

Definition of PAINa : a state of physical, emotional, or mental lack of well-being or physical, emotional, or mental uneasiness that ranges from mild discomfort or dull distress to acute often unbearable agony, may be generalized or localized, and is the consequence of being injured or hurt physically or mentally or of some derangement of or lack of equilibrium in the physical or mental functions (as through disease), and that usually produces a reaction of wanting to avoid, escape, or

When I was younger, I was quite risk-averse. I said "no" to a lot of things that some might consider a "safe-ish" activity - like Bungee Jumping or riding a motorcycle. (Dirt bikes were OK though, because I never got going that fast). So why did I find myself backing away from a snake charmer who was walking towards me with a fully loaded Cobra held out in front of him? More to the point, why did I let him put it around my neck in the first place? Most would say that this definitely falls