Last week I posted a piece on my site about how we are struggling to find a level of happiness in our lives with a perspective that life has become very fractious. When I make the decision to post something […]
As a child of the post-World War II generation, life was relatively simple. Built on a mixture of social and family values, for the most part, times were pretty austere. Over the decades we have witnessed a steady rise in […]
February 2019 marked the 17th year of operations for Banyan Management. I would like to thank those who have sent messages of support and send my best wishes to all business friends and contacts. This year will signal a major […]
First of all I would like to apologise if some people are offended by the title. These words were spoken to me from a very clever nineteen year old as he was on his way to an open air concert […]
It’s the start of a new year, I don’t usually make resolutions as I have learned from experience I break them, no point to continue to delude myself. What I have decided is to make a single pact with myself […]
It is traditional at the start of every year for people to make an assessment of their respective goals, I am no different. To perform this task I decided to go back to last year and analyse what I had […]
For those of us of a certain age, the book: “The Lucky Country”, penned by Donald Horne in 1964 was supposed to be essential reading. On my arrival here nineteen years later in 1983, I am afraid the book’s irony, […]
One of the greatest challenges we face in our modern society is the issue of mental health within our population. We are witnessing alarming unprecedented levels being recorded here in Australia. It is has been said that 1 in 5 […]
Some months ago I wanted to conduct some research into the general mood of Australians (something I have written about several times in recent years) between the generations. I came up with the idea of doing a short stint as […]
Over a lifetime if you are lucky, inspiration will visit you many times, in a variety of different guises we can be influenced by people, events, music etc., the avenues are endless. Those moments tend to stay with us throughout […]
