In the 4th century BC they were the most feared and revered men on Earth, their reputation went before them and their legend has lived on long after them. They are of course the Spartans, men with untold mental and physical strength. Whose power and prowess has been attributed to 4 core values every man lived by: Temperance – having restraint and delaying gratification; Prudence – the ability to [...]

“In order to have health, you must first earn health” – Dr Robert Rakowski Too many of us take our health for granted, or seek a silver bullet solution. In reality good health is far more complex than simply the absence of disease. Health impacts almost every aspect of our lives – how we work, play, think and our relationships. Thus improving ones health requires a lifestyle change [...]

In our 20s and 30s thoughts of retirement are few and fleeting, by our 40s and 50s we start to worry about how we are going to plan and pay for our “golden years”, by our 60s we are wishing the days away until those magical years are upon us. Yet in a decade or two retirement could be a thing of the past, as people carry on working [...]

“It’s time to stop following the herd” - easy to say but difficult to do. Yet if you CAN observe the masses and ARE able to do the opposite you are almost certain to get ahead in life. Why? Because following the masses, consuming what everyone else is, doing and thinking the same as the rest, stops you from living your life and following your dreams. Being like the [...]

Life is one big journey filled with many chapters, when one ends another begins. Some chapters are long, others much shorter, some chapters will pass by easily, others more difficult, but all need to be embraced. With anything, it is far easier to embrace the ‘pleasant’ rather than the ‘painful’ and yet it is the chapters that hurt us the most that need embracing the most. WHY? Because these [...]