I framed the title of this article as a question, because I feel the jury’s still out on this one. Why? You may ask. We’ll while at face value we admit ‘no man is an Island’ and a self made man is myth. Behind every...
As we continue to explore the question of ‘Who am I?’ The question I must ask is; ‘how much work are we prepared to do to get to the bottom of our identity?’ I remember reading in Robert Bly’s book Iron John which is a...
The ‘Who am I?’ question goes deeper than you think. In our present climate, people are doing a number of different things to try to get to the bottom of their identity, from DNA tests, to surname research and in the process re-evaluating and excavating...
What have you discovered as you explored the query, ‘Who Am I?’ has yourself revealed more of themselves to you or are you still confused. If confused I would like to suggest this is not a bad thing at all. The reason I say this...
David Deida in The Way of The Superior Man states from the beginning of his book that a man needs to find his purpose if he is going to be trustworthy. He goes on to explain that ‘If we are willing to discover and embrace our...
‘Man Know Thyself!’ — It is such a profound command because of its complexity. And as we begin to get a handle on what potentially it is that we are, we additionally realise that much of who we are can only be discovered when we...
I really believe we are all here for a reason. I was in a rundown area today not far from where I live and I witnessed a fellow swaggering along and shouting in a hostile tone to people he had been interacting with. He was...
The problem with coming to know your purpose is that you have to have done some work to get to know yourself first. Getting to know yourself however, comes in different shapes and sizes. For me, I had the backdrop of some lived experience. I had...
Okay – Responsibility. It’s one of those words, it’s like ‘Discipline’ it reminds us of school, parents, and church – bosses, police and other authority figures and their imposed regulations, demands and requirements. Oh, and always when you least want to - ‘tidy your room’,...
So recently I had the privilege of being asked to provide insight (via a masterclass) into my perfect system for creating my track record of failure, unfulfillment and dysfunction. Frankly I thought you’d never ask; ‘how do I do it?’ - but seeing as you...
