S.M.A.R.T Goals have been around in the business and education fields for a long time, but they are also interesting at a personal level. SMART is just an acronym for a set of characteristics that help us define whether we think that a goal will be useful and effective or not. So each letter stands Read More
Reviewing this goal setting material is always helpful for us at Promise Keepers as we look forward. It refreshes what we are doing and helps us to stay sharp and focussed. Fulfilling our vision of Embracing, Encouraging and Empowering Men in Aotearoa New Zealand. Setting goals that are useful is a simple process but it Read More
Where do I start? As with going on any journey knowing where you are starting from is vitally important. Unless you have a good idea of where you are departing from you are unlikely to plan well. So when setting goals for achieving your vision you must be able to pinpoint where you are right Read More
What do you mean I need a vision and goals? I realise that if I don’t get myself organised I won’t achieve half the things I want to. I know I have a certain amount of working life left and then there is that wonderful term ‘retirement’. So how would I go about thinking that Read More
The Connector – Link, relationship, relation, interrelation, interconnection, interdependence, association, attachment, bond, tie. These are all words that a have a similar meaning to connection. With a connection we often need a connector of some sort. When we are talking friends, a connector is a bridge-builder; someone who bridges the gap between people you don’t know or may want to know. Having worked with the Read More
It is said that life is an adventure! Hopefully that is true because it makes it all the more interesting, challenging and fun. There are times however we need someone to help us get through the rapids as safely as we can. In the rafting picture that’s the guy at the back who still has Read More
Our cultural context, social context and technological advancements are so rapid that it is hard to keep up. I struggle to believe the first smartphone was only 11 years ago. Today we are so entrenched in our anywhere, anytime, online lifestyle! Change is here to stay for the foreseeable future so how do we adapt? Read More
Companion planting – now there’s a strange thing for me to be thinking about, seeing as I am not much of a gardener. However one of the definitions of this concept is which plants grow best together. Fittingly, this explains the next type of friendship because these are friends who grow best together. Our companion type of friend Read More
The Energiser – I don’t know if you are into personality types but there are quite a number of them around. One of the ones I am most familiar with is the Lion, the Beaver, the Golden Retriever and the Otter – which can also be called Powerful, Perfect, Peaceful and Playful. Each has a different Read More
The Collaborator – After 15 rounds in V8 Supercars there are only 14 points between the first two drivers. With 300 points on offer for this next round in the Newcastle 500, the tensions are high. The Supercar circus arrived in Auckland two weeks ago and left with the unlikely result of no change in Read More