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#staythefhome Why people don’t follow rules even in a pandemic
August 4, 2020

Ever noticed that it’s always a ‘Top 10’ list and never a Top 11 or [...]

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Asking questions makes you more likeable. It may even score you a date!
August 2, 2018

When I was studying psychology, our statistics professor had a strategy to get people to [...]

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Why we look like our names…or does this mean I look like a duck?
December 13, 2017

For many of those who know me, I have had a bill for a mouth [...]

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Self-talk and persistence. What do you say to yourself?
December 5, 2017

When I decided to embark on a marathon it was not the result of a [...]

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Not interesting in having you mind blown? Stop reading now
November 16, 2017

Ok, so if you’re not in the mood for having your mind blown, stop reading [...]

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Weinstein, the Nazis and you
October 23, 2017

In the red corner is Harvey Weinstein. Weighing in at over 250 pounds and a [...]

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It’s simple, just do the Opposite
October 18, 2017

I started our business Opposite two years ago.  Since then I have done the complete [...]

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A few misconceptions about working for yourself
October 11, 2017

Running my own business, I don’t presume to know it all. But now that I’ve [...]

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How I apply Twin Peaks to work
August 3, 2017

‘People will be looking at this. We don’t know what will be there in 50 [...]

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Don’t blame me. The ‘system’ wrote this
April 18, 2017

My friend was holding a can of soft drink and as he checked his watch [...]

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Stairway to heaven…sorry, work
April 7, 2017

As a youngster, the sight of the escalators at Parliament station in Melbourne was the [...]

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What Super Mario Bros teaches us about motivation
September 19, 2016

People who were around during the moon landings often tell me what it was like [...]

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Seven Dwarf leadership styles. Which one are you?
July 31, 2016

My first job ended with a triumphant walk out. I threw my Safeway name badge [...]

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A brief history of every superhero movie ever made
May 24, 2016

‘You are not taking me to the cooooler’ decalred Mr Freeze, played by former Mr Universe, [...]

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Which Game of Thrones characters will have revenge?
May 16, 2016

The Game of Thrones characters have been through many ups and downs (mostly downs). Many [...]

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Leadership styles may predict who will win the Game of Thrones
May 3, 2016

Last year I blogged about the different leadership styles portrayed on Game of Thrones. Here’s an [...]

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To Russia without much love…why you need to be careful with freelancer websites
March 16, 2016

‘No, Nicholas, this will not do. Pay me my money now!’  I was being pursued [...]

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What I learned selling shoes at Myer
January 12, 2016

‘Hi, I’m after a pair of shoes. Preferably in black.’ I’d heard this one a [...]

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5 times Disney used the force with Star Wars: The Force Awakens
January 5, 2016

A long time ago in a blog far far away… Star Wars: The Force Awakens [...]

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6 times to try the opposite at work
December 14, 2015

Don’t trust your anxious gut It can often be difficult to differentiate between our gut—our [...]

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How do we understand our customers when we barely understand ourselves?
December 7, 2015

What if you were running a busy café, churning through five customers every few minutes [...]

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7 things Seinfeld taught us about work
November 5, 2015

Although often referred to as a ‘show about nothing’, I seem to have derived many [...]

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Are safety practices scientific?
October 8, 2015

Don’t be too quick to take on the advice in this blog. Avoid nodding in [...]

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Reassuring people can make them worry
October 5, 2015

I have a relative who described how he worried for several months leading up to [...]

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How much choice do people want?
September 24, 2015

One of the things I’ve learned is that every time you offer a choice you [...]

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Running away or chasing? What are you selling?
August 21, 2015

As a naïve, young researcher, I walked into an advertising agency hopeful that they would [...]

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Can you control the odd billion changes that are occurring right now?
August 13, 2015

In just one minute, 243,000 photos will be uploaded to Facebook. One-hundred and forty four people will [...]

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get obsessed! get obsessed!
October 21, 2014

People who are passionate about a achieving a goal—to the point of obsession—can help increase [...]

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