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08/01/2022

Last few days to get your ticket!! This is going to be incredible, we got some fantastic leaders from across Perth coming along, come join us!

Join us for a night of fun and learning with James Bryant as we discover tools and skills to make 2022 your best year yet. We’re going to talk about Mastering your Momentum (Direction, Speed, Power) We’re going to talk about solving your biggest enemies in Chaos and Inertia. It’s brand new stu...

10/12/2020

To the year that saw me lose every single work contract.
To the year that saw people go into isolation.
To the year we first learned what "social distancing" is.
To the year that brought on a recession.
To the year that saw a plague infect millions.
To the year that saw a plague take untold thousands upon thousands of lives from us.
To the year that brought on hunger for millions of people around the world.

Thank you.

You taught us how much we need each other.
You taught us to value this planet.
You taught us to slow down.
You brought social justice into our thinking.
You made us aware of how we impact each other.
You helped us be grateful for the little things.
You gave us the opportunity to be creative in how we do the little things.
You helped us focus on what really matters.

I wouldn't wish 2020 on my worst enemy, but I'm so grateful I got to go through it. It's changed me, I've learned lessons that I could not have learned any other way. I'm different. In good ways.

My family and I had such fun looking at Christmas lights in the city on the weekend. The lights were a little brighter this year. They shone through the dark with a greater focus and clarity.

08/12/2020

'...But there's still hope for the future.'
Had a great interview with Ignite Alumni, Tarryn Dana Scott, and asked what she'd say if she were to toast 2020. Encouragement for all of us as we close the year.

03/12/2020

'Tis the season to give thanks! Thursday afternoon, drinks, and good friend Kieran Johnson from Opportunity International! Special thanks to Emmanuel Ihanimo for hosting this sundowner.

03/12/2020

Did you read or study Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken"? About a fork in the road and which one to take?

Here's Ewan McGregor's story of a truly momentous fork in the road for him and the huge consequences of the choice he took - https://youtu.be/lerV8xDgfE0

What's your fork in the road? Where's your two diverging roads?

01/12/2020

We caught up with Digital Team Coach founder Evan Englezos for WHO NOT HOW - a video series about creating a better relationship with 2020. Evan shares about how he led himself in 2020, leveraging self-leadership principles in the midst of the country's strictest lockdowns. You don't want to miss this interview - https://youtu.be/po_8FgX4pBQ.

We speak with Evan Englezos, director of Digital Team Coach, on how he's dealt with 2020 and leveraged the principles of self-leadership to set himself up fo...

27/11/2020

Is it still possible to build a better relationship with #2020? I recently had an illuminating chat with Jo Koepke about how she perceived the events that occurred this year and how she led herself through it all. Here's our full conversation.

Jodi, wife, author, entrepreneur, author, speakers talks with James Bryant, from Lead Different, on how she led herself through 2020.

25/11/2020

--KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR--
I love the Lakers, the NBA basketball team. There isn't much about them that I don't know, I've been a fan since I was really small.

First off, they won the championship this year, the first time in 10 years. But it was an incredible season navigating the Covid 19 crisis in the USA by creating a "Basketball Bubble" to play out the season.

Three years ago Alex Caruso, a player on this championship team alongside LeBron James was undrafted and unwanted by the NBA after his college career. But he played a big role for the Lakers this year and ended up starting in the championship game for the Lakers.

His path to starting on this championship team was in the "G League". It's a development league for players not good enough for the NBA; it's low paying, tiny crowds, travel in buses not private jets etc. Alex was one of the few players who "escaped" from the G League and is now forging a long career in the NBA. Along the way he became a cult hero; he looks like an accountant but has landed some of the biggest dunks and his defensive statistics are some of the best in the league. It's not bad for a short, bald, white guy!

In an interview about his journey he made an interesting comment about how he got out of the G League.

"A big reason guys get stuck in the G-League is because they don't realise the position they are trying out for. It's like going to a job interview thinking you're going to be the CFO of the company and they're looking for someone to clean the bathrooms."

What do others need right now? What are they looking for? Even if you can be the CFO, they aren't going to hire you if they really need a janitor. If you want to get "lucky breaks" - know what people are looking for.

23/11/2020

I talked with The Generosity Guy, Johnson, about how he led himself through this interesting year. His advice is simple, yet effective - you can see the full video at https://www.leaddifferent.org/kieran

18/11/2020

I used to hate losing. I thought it reflected I was a lesser person/athlete/student... I remember not even trying a few things because I was so scared of losing.

Then I came across this quote from Star Trek.

"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life."
Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

It changed how I related to losing, which in turn changed how I became more courageous in trying things with an uncertain outcome.

2020 is drawing to a close. Six weeks to go.

What can you try that scares you between now and the end of the year? It may work. It may not work.

But remember:

"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life."

13/11/2020

Are you tired or frustrated these days?

They’re easy to confuse. After thinking about it, I realised I was frustrated more than I was tired. A few months ago, I decided to do something about it.

To creatively change things up, I decided to do a challenge. I would climb a few “mountains”. Now I put that in inverted commas because what WA has to offer in the way of mountains is barely a molehill on a global scale, but being border locked into WA - it’s all that’s on offer!

This is what happened that weekend. And the amazing thing is that it applies to any challenge that I face in Lead Different and life.

Find out more in my blog post at http://www.leaddifferent.org/blog/2020/10/29/the-difference-between-tired-and-frustrated