In this week where many people celebrate Valentine’s Day, others say love should be celebrated every day. The cynics say it’s just a commercial opportunity made famous by Hallmark cards and Interflora, so let’s talk about how love fits in to the PEPP® model for a life with more vitality. PEPP® PEPP® is a re-frame [...]
Living without some sort of a plan is like starting the engine of your car and not knowing where you’re driving to. In my world, “plan” is one of the words I’ve selected as an extension of “Purpose”, which is a fundamental in PEPP® – Purpose, Energy, Pleasure and Profit and fundamental to live with [...]
Because I wanted to have some Friday FUN, and tomorrow is “World Flamingo Day”, yes that really is a thing (recognised on 23rd June since 2007), I thought I’d share some random thoughts about PEPP® (Purpose – Energy – Pleasure – Profit) and Flamingos. I’ve loved flamingos for many years perhaps because they are [...]
So… it’s all well and good having a new marketing pull-up banner and business cards with the words “Vitality Expert” and putting #vitality wherever possible, but I just Googled “what is the opposite of vitality?” I’m trying to find vitality in death. And if I’m to refer to a Vitality Journey going forward I need to embrace [...]
We all want great service with every business encounter these days. Sometimes our expectations are met with no further thought or need for comment, sometimes we are disappointed and sometimes we are so happy we are “blown away”. At play are the expectations of the customer and the degree of employee engagement. If both are [...]
Sometimes (read often) even those of us who are fiercely independent need help. I won’t even say “want” help, but definitely “need” help. If we’re not in the habit of asking for it, it can be hard. Really hard. And really humbling. Sometimes having FUN whilst exercising backfires. Really badly! So this was me 4 [...]
#NeverTooMuchPink * *insert your own favourite “thing” here My “PINKness” has gone from a personal love to a personal brand. Never has that been reinforced so much as during a week in February 2018. I attended the Global Speakers Summit 2018 in Auckland and wore a different pink frock each day for 4 days. And [...]
