10 myths about introverts

Last week I saw someone tweet a blog about introverts and after a couple of days of visitors in my house I am now relating to it even more. When I read the myths I felt rather relieved to know that dealing with small talk isn’t just something that I’m inept at and that enjoying the…

Looking through the window

I have an irrational fear of house inspections. When I was a kid we lived in a commission house and my Mum was pretty crafty about getting us to keep it clean, she’d tell us that if the house wasn’t spotlessly clean then we’d be kicked out at inspection time and we’d be destitute…

Love.

Yesterday I watched as my sister Kate married her Christian and it was incredible to be able to witness it, to see the love that they have for each other and the childlike joy that was emanating from both of them.

When?

When was the last time you had a truly honest conversation, no posturing, no ego, no BS and no agenda?

Imagine what it feels like to be yourself and not be scared of what people will think?

The challenge for external recruiters

I’m being interviewed at Follow Us this week, which is part of the Australasian Talent Conference (ATC), the session is around recruitment and how it is evolving with the use of social media. I read an article yesterday which got me to thinking about the…

Once bitten, twice shy

I’ve been having a lot of confronting and raw conversations lately, sometimes it’s me spilling my guts, other times it’s one of my friends and I’ve realised that the only way that we can have these conversations is if we drop the facade and stop being scared of what people think. We have…