The Hidden Blessings in Failure

My twin daughters turned 18 last week and eagerly headed off for their driver’s license test. One passed and one failed.  This is a much more confronting experience than when a single child fails – aside from the obvious comparison issues, there is...

The Ultimate Creativity

A Creativity course led by an art teacher makes us think about drawing and painting and pottery types of creativity, but in its broadest sense, creativity is about creating anything, including one’s life – as my new Mastery Club Trainee Facilitator, Joan Marie,...

Blasting Political Correctness in Schools

This week I’m posting a blog that TMC fan Elaine Stoeckel kindly sent me with  the line, ‘Wonder when we’ll get THIS sort of straight talking in Australian Schools?’ It turns out to be a radio announcer’s sample of what he would...

Writing a book? Do your homework!!!!

I was recently contacted by a new author who has had a rather frustrating experience since publishing her first book, and so thought I’d share some of her story in the spirit of ‘Buyer Beware – Publishing Traps for the Unwary’. This highly...