Unique way to keep your head warm in winter (job satisfaction #9 Perth Busker)
Monday … ponder this … its winter. The sun is shining on a beautifully clear blue-sky day. But the wind is absolutely freezing. It’s also strong enough to get you…
Browsing: Pondering Life
Position Vacant in Burger Restaurant: psychopaths welcome
I’ve driven past the Jus Burgers stores, winner of Best Burgers in Perth, many times and always wondered what their burgers were like. I finally made it into the Subiaco…
100 tips for a guilt-free Work Life Balance (Me Time now online)
Most of you will know I am passionate about helping people find more ‘me time’ and have more balanced lives. Last month I was invited to speak at a conference…
How to be a cultured inner city cool cat (Main Coone)
So you want to be a cultured inner city cool cat hey? In tune with the latest trends or better still way ahead of them. Then you might want to…
Why iPhones should come with a safe sex warning
Last Thursday night I took part in a common modern day phenomenon … multitasking. Those of you who’ve read my book Me Time will be aware of the health risks I…
Have you ever imagined a different world? (MoMA Van Gogh, Dali and Beyond)
According to the Director of AGWA, Dr Stefano Carboni, that is exactly what the 90 artists included in the Van Gogh, Dali and Beyond: The World Reimagined exhibition did. And…
Taking a walk on the wide side
Last week I went for a wander and a ponder on a crisp winters day, and looking down I came across this …Prints © The Ponder RoomConsidering my proximity to the Perth Zoo…
Perth’s latest traffic strategy – the World’s Smallest Car Park
No doubt like me you’ve noticed that things are getting smaller, phones, cameras, houses, even pets. I mean have you seen a Great Dane lately, I haven’t? Great Danes seem…
Buying on an iPhone uncovers the Research Gene
Working in research has a myriad of benefits. Like helping design a new product that actually makes it to market, refining an ad before it goes on air, or providing…
9 restaurant marketing lessons learnt at Jamie’s Italian Perth
Last week I went into the city for a meeting, and as luck would have it, the end of the meeting coincided with the opening of Jamie’s Italian restaurant… I…
New free Apps to help quit smoking (Inside the World No Tobacco Day Campaign)
As you’ll no doubt know today is World No Tobacco Day. Over the years Quit campaigns have won numerous awards, and with that in mind I thought some of you…
Have you been doing it wrong all these years? (toilet training 101)
Community service announcement: I saw this sign the other day and pondered … Option one must be for Olympic gymnasts … I mean who has that kind of balance and…
A Seven Step Sales Approach to Mother’s Day
Last Friday and Saturday I found myself ensconced at the National Achievers Congress 2013, listening to the likes of Richard Branson, and The Apprentice’s Mark Bouris, fascinating speakers. Supporting them…
When life is good # 2 (When the show is free)
Last week I spent most of my evenings at the Perth Comedy Festival, which was held at the Astor Theatre, on busy Beaufort Street in Mount Lawley. As you’ll know from some of…
When life is good #1
Sometimes you don’t need a reason to post other than to share something beautiful in the hope that it might brighten someones day. Oh and welcome Estonia, the latest place…
Can you keep a secret? (PostSecret in Australia)
Have you ever been told a secret, a really big secret? How’d you go, how long did you keep it, a day, a month, a year? What impact did keeping…
Would you go to a nightclub reunion? (Red Parrot Reunion 2013)
If school reunions fill you with an air of trepidation, try a nightclub reunion, and not just any nightclub, a club embodied with a ‘coolest of the cool’ tag. If…
What do you call a collection of comedians? (Perth International Comedy Festival 2013)
When I first read the Perth International Comedy Festival program I wasn’t sure who I wanted to see, then I got side-tracked by life and didn’t commit to anything. Last…
