I am so often asked where I find my motivation, why do I do what I do and what is the vision I have for my life.< The truth is I'm not really certain ... Things just evolved over time ... I guess I am curious, want to have fun and grew up with the desire to do something legendary. I have great big goals for the distant future, a general idea of what the medium term will look like and a pretty good idea of what my focus will be over the next to 6 - 12 months. What surprises me most is how little some people know about themselves. They are on autopilot! Out of curiosity, I as ask them...

What's your favourite food ... "I don't know" What's your favourite colour ... "I don't know" What did you dream about as a kid ... "I can't remember"

This same person could probably name every player of their favourite sports team, but is dissatisfied at work because they feel trapped. Of course this isn't true of all people, and we all have different examples of this but if they don't even know what they like eating what hope is there for confidence in the rest of their life. Enjoy this video where Anthony Robbins talks about motivation. He is an extraordinary speaker, entertaining and deeply insightful.

The eternal question of life for many people is "how do I find the energy for that"? Here I share my thoughts and what we can learn from children. One of the most common things I hear parents say of their children, as the little ones rush past, is : "OMG the energy ... If only we could bottle it" I wonder what it is that causes us to have unlimited energy as children, but as we get older our energy wanes ... or at least, should I say, that's what happens to some of us. If you look carefully you'll notice some really big differences between how children spend their time and how most adults do. They move constantly. They learn through playing games. They don't take life too seriously. Actually, to them almost everything is a game. I believe, however, there is one other thing, much more important than all these, and that is ... "How much are we enjoying what we are doing?" Instead of just settling, we need to make sure we do things that we are passionate about. If we are to keep our energy levels at their highest levels, this is a must. That is, we need to make sure we are happy, passionate, inspired and having fun. I always say to my staff that ... "They need to be happy" ... "They will spend more time on average with me than their wives, their kids, almost more than sleeping." The bottom line is, in business you need to be doing something you really are passionate about ... Find this, treat life like a game and your energy levels will be high, just like a child's. Do people agree, or am I over simplifying things?To read other stories in this series so farclick here

I was reading Paulo Coelho's blog today, and came across a wonderful post from a few days ago, discussing ones "personal legend". It is a wonderful reminder of our need to pursue what is deep within us, what it takes and why some fail.

Like so much of his writing, I would thoroughly recomend taking a few minutes to read it.

Conversation with the master the personal legend

FilmFellas from Steve Weiss, Zacuto USA on Vimeo. I just came across this short film by Steve Weiss, that I thought was amazing and wanted to share. Watch it now and tell me what you think. It's a discussion over dinner about the future of movie making and TV vs publishing films on the internet. I found it profound, I mean think about the contrast between the desire to have your work seen on the big screen, a goal most film makers aspire to but few reach versus the ability to publish tomorrow on the internet and be seen by millions. Oh and BTW isn't the quality of Vimeo mind blowing. just think about the possibilities. Enjoy!

Well after less than a month with iPower I have moved web hosts due to their unreliability. I am sure this isn't the way they are permanently but over the last week my site was down on a number of occasions for hours, and I have lost my confidence. I am very sorry for the inconvenience caused ... grrr. One of the interesting observations is that they weren't prepared to go into detail of what the technical issue was, just each time that "it was a router and it's now fixed". I guess companies do this due to being scared of looking bad, but left with no convincing information I was forced to move and protect myself. I wish them luck, but at least now I have some confidence that things will be even better than before. Maybe they could have shown me that they care and there should have been a strategy to not made the situation worse. Hopefully I have done my homework a little better this time, and have moved to Host Gator. I've read lots of positive reviews, they consistently rate high on "Best ISP" lists, and I love that they have an environment policy and plan. I also really love how they present themselves giving a sense of size, combined with the promise of support from the owner ... You can even chose for your support ticket to go to CEO Brent Oxley if you're not satisfied with the help you're getting. Anyway setup was easy, registration and getting started took less than 20 minutes, just like it should be. Once again, thank you for your support of me, and I trust that all will be good now and in fact the site even feels a little faster.