Laurie’s Rant: How Sharp Is Your Axe?

Laurie’s Rant: How Sharp Is Your Axe?

Let’s picture two lumberjacks. They both have the exact same strength, axe-swinging technique and level of experience with chopping down trees. If they were to have a competition to see which one could chop down the most  amount of trees in a day, who would win? The...
Laurie’s Rant: Results Must Be Earned Not Won

Laurie’s Rant: Results Must Be Earned Not Won

No doubt you’ve heard the stories of people winning huge amounts of money on the lotto and then only a few years later being back to where they started as they either squandered all of the money, gambled it away, put it into bad investments and/or had it taken from...
Laurie’s Rant: Live Outside The Box

Laurie’s Rant: Live Outside The Box

After many years of working closely with people, I have observed that the vast majority, if not all, of us live in a ‘box’. Now, of course the box I am referring to is the self-imposed and self-designed set of values, beliefs, ideas and opinions that control who we...
Laurie’s Rant: Intentions and Knowledge

Laurie’s Rant: Intentions and Knowledge

I was giving a presentation recently and at the end of it a lady raised her hand and asked me: “Why should I listen to or believe you when there are so many other people, companies, TV shows/commercials, magazines and books telling me how to lose weight and get...