Ordinary - Bernadette Jiwa / Story of Telling (Fri 08 Dec 2017)

Crossing / Intersection - Fremantle (Mon 27 Nov 2017)

Bernadette Jiwa on Ordinary:

Thoughtful, human acts carried out without applause are worth more than grand gestures made under bright lights. The ordinary is underrated.

via In Praise Of The Ordinary by Story of Telling.

Passion - Peter Diamandis (Thu 06 Dec 2017)

Intersection - Fremantle (Mon 27 Nov 2017)

Peter Diamandis on Passion:

People who pursue their passions inevitably create beacons that attract others who share their vision

via 3-Minute Entrepreneurship Course by Peter Diamandis.

No Stopping - Luca Turrini (Thu 30 Nov 2017)

No Stopping - Fremantle (Mon 27 Nov 2017)

Luca Turrini on No Stopping:

This has never been about breaking records. It has always been about doing something we love and help other people. And, maybe, just maybe in doing that, achieving something incredible and that is what we did today. And I think sometimes we don't believe we can do amazing things. That is what this is all about.

via Outrun Cancer by Tenplay.

Learning to Fly - Patrick Overton / Cassandra Kelly (Tue 29 Nov 2017)

On the Edge - Fremantle (Mon 27 Nov 2017)

Patrick Overton on Learning to Fly:

When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for you to stand upon or you will be taught to fly.

via tweet by Cassandra Kelly.

Community - The Story of Telling (Wed 01 Nov 2017)

untitled - Melbourne (Thu 21 Sep 2017)

Story of Telling on Community:

A fantastic list of alternatives. One that stands out..

Building community

via A List Of Alternatives To Winning by Story of Telling.

Spontaneity - Peter Maddison / Ian Cuthbertson (Sun 29 Oct 2017)

A Pod of Dolphins - South Head / Sydney Harbour (Sun 29 Oct 2017)

Peter Maddison on Spontaneity:

I find the best way to go is not to rehearse and prepare too much, to just go for it in the moment. It's about being more spontaneous and free with yourself.

via Grand Designs Australia host Peter Maddison talking about house design by Ian Cuthbertson.

Art - The Story of Telling (Fri 18 Aug 2017)

Abstract - Glebe (Sun 30 Jul 2017)

The Story of Telling on Art:

Art allows us to be remembered for our humanity and make meaning part of our [life].

via The Art Of Customer Loyalty by The Story of Telling.

Teaching - Sigourney Weaver / Spectrum (Sat 15 Jul 2017)

Bike - Alexandria (Thu 06 Jul 2017)

Sigourney Weaver on Teaching:

Teaching art is a tough thing to do. It's a great thing to do and an important thing to do. But not everyone can do it with grace and generosity.

via Sigourney Weaver, kick-ass queen, swaps Ripley for granny, but don't expect nice by Sigourney Weaver.

Hope - CounterCultureWarrior (Wed 22 Jan 2017)

Water - Lake Albert / Wagga Wagga (Thu 21 Apr 2017)

CounterCultureWarrior on Hope:

Hope helps our ideas grow and bear fruit. Hope is not a dream, it is a force that gives our life meaning.

via Customer Review of Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit by CounterCultureWarrior.

Solutions - Albert Einstein / Kaveh Rajab Khalilpour (Tue 11 Jul 2017)

Rose - Joey - Woronora (Fri 30 Jun 2017)

Albert Einstein on Solutions:

we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them

via The Conversation - Kaveh Rajab Khalilpour (Profile) by Kaveh Rajab Khalilpour.

Competition - Matthew Syed (Mon 10 Jul 2017)

Mural - Camera - Melbourne (Thu 22 Jun 2017)

Matthew Syed on Competition:

Competition is tough but it drives innovation and creativity.

via Shattered dreams are what makes Wimbledon by Matthew Syed.

Calmness - Cadel Evans / Rupert Guinness (Sat 01 Jul 2017)

Pacific Dragons - AusDBF Nationals / Albury (Mon 24 Apr 2017)

Cadel Evans on Calmness:

Stay calm. Enjoy the race. Do your best

via Tour de France 2017: Cadel Evans tells Richie Porte to 'stay calm' and cycle on by Rupert Guinness.

Familiarity - Paul Ford (Wed 28 Jun 2017)

bookshelf - 3 years on and I love it - Alexandria (Sat 24 Jun 2017)

Paul Ford on Familiarity:

Let people get used to you.

via Ten Minutes of Silence by Paul Ford.

Engineering - Alan Finkel (Wed 21 Jun 2017)

Untitled - Chippen Lane / Chippendale (Fri 02 Jun 2017)

Alan Finkel on Engineering:

engineering is the art of optimisation, it's not the pursuit of perfection, certainly not at the other extreme - the acceptance of compromise

via 'National Electricity Market reform – a blueprint for the future' National Press Club Address (Wed 21 Jun 2017) by Alan Finkel.

Curiosity - Bernadette Jiwa / John Gregory Olson (Wed 07 Jun 2017)

Torn - Glebe (Wed 07 Jun 2017)

Bernadette Jiwa (from Story of Telling) on Curiosity:

the first key is curiosity. You can’t see problems worth solving unless you’re curious, and you also care about solving them.

via Birth of a breakthrough idea by John Gregory Olson.

Decisions - Bernadette Jiwa / Sally Haldorson (Tue 13 Jun 2017)

Leaves - Glebe (Thu 08 Jun 2017)

Bernadette Jiwa (from Story of Telling) on Decisions:

we don’t need more time, we just need to decide.

via Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into the Next Big Thing by Sally Haldorson.

Change - Ian Goldin / Tim Elliott (Fri 09 Jun 2017)

Broken - Learning to Fly - Glebe (Mon 05 Jun 2017)

Ian Goldin on Change:

The challenges are great, but change is incremental. If you can make a small contribution, then that's great.

via Nelson Mandela adviser Ian Goldin on our chances for a new golden age by Tim Elliott.

Blue - Peter Orner / After Water (2016)

division - Glebe (Thu 18 May 2017)

Peter Orner on Blue:

How many shades of blue do you think there are?

via After Water Fiction: The Last Cribkeeper by After Water.

leprechauns - Bertrand Meyer (Mon 29 May 2017)

Untitled - Kingston / Canberra (Tue 30 May 2017)

Bertrand Meyer on leprechauns:

it is healthy to question revered truths

via The mythical Brooks law by Bertrand Meyer.

Life - Tim Winton / Richard Watts (Tue 30 May 2017)

Untitled - Kingston / Canberra (Tue 30 May 2017)

Tim Winton on Life:

Life’s a bit hard to predict.

via 'It gets harder': Tim Winton on writing by Richard Watts.

Hope and Action - Shepard Fairey / Darryn King (Fri 26 May 2017)

Dolphin - Brisbane (Tue 23 May 2017)

Shepard Fairey on Hope and Action:

without hope you won't act.

via Vivid Sydney: Shepard Fairey hits George Street with his largest ever mural by Darryn King.

Belief - Abigail Forsyth / Simon Leo Brown (Mon 22 May 2017)

Make Art - Crossley St / Melbourne (Wed 03 May 2017)

Abigail Forsyth on Belief:

if people believe in you, they will help you if they can

via 'Stupidest idea ever': KeepCup founder Abigail Forsyth on how the reusable cup nearly didn't happen by Simon Leo Brown.

Fiction - Charley Locke (Mon 11 Apr 2017)

Sunset - Mount Lofty / Adelaide (Fri 08 Apr 2016)

Charley Locke on Fiction:

Fiction acts in some ways as a thought experiment

via Void Star: Terrifying Silicon Valley Sci-Fi Only an AI Expert Could Pen by Charley Locke.

cli-fi - Bruce Meyer (Thu 11 May 2017)

tree - Murray River / Albury (Tue 25 Apr 2017)

Bruce Meyer on cli-fi:

the way we which we change peoples perceptions of [..things..] is to change the way we imagine it

via Cli-Fi by Bruce Meyer.

Getting to the Core of It - Julie Snyder / Monica Alford (Mon 01 May 2017)

Eiffel - Docklands / Melbourne (Wed 03 May 2017)

Julie Snyder on Getting to the Core of It :

[what] has been very helpful to always keep in mind when approaching any story is that for the most part, people always have a reason for doing what they’re doing, even if it’s one that they can’t necessarily articulate – sometimes it’s even subconscious.

There are reasons to not jump to conclusions and not assume intentions, but instead to really pursue what those reasons are and what the mindset is behind them. I think that has really yielded for us sometimes the most interesting and emotional and meaningful stories. I think it makes the story better.

via Binge-Worthy Podcasts: "Serial" and "S-Town's" Julie Snyder by Monica Alford.

Doing - Dan Coyle / The Unmistakable Creative (Mon 04 Apr 2016)

Glasses - Canberra (Sun 30 Apr 2017)

Dan Coyle on Doing:

You don’t get better by listening. You get better by doing.

via Unlocking the Talent Code With Dan Coyle by The Unmistakable Creative.

Doing It - Writing a Novel - Marija Pericic / Linda Morris (Thu 27 Apr 2017)

Mirrors - Prague (Mon 31 Aug 2009)

Marija Pericic on Doing It:

I always wanted to write a novel, and then I just did and I didn't tell anyone I was doing it.

I did it alongside my work as an English language teacher. It took me about five years. I found it hard to talk about it, but I also didn't want to talk about it in case I never did it or I never completed it. I had a daily quota of 1000 words and I just did that and, after a while, I couldn't have stopped even if I wanted to.

via Marija Pericic wins 2017 Vogel Literary Award in a prize worthy of Kafka by Linda Morris.

Why - Donna Leon / Susanna Rustin (Sat 15 Apr 2017)

Markets - Venice (Mon 15 Sep 2009)

Donna Leon on Why:

"I’m interested in why people do things."

via Donna Leon: Why I became an eco-detective writer by Susanna Rustin.

Time - Russell Ord (Tue 21 Mar 2017)

Hour Glass - Glebe (Wed 12 Apr 2017)

Russell Ord on Time:

"That's all it is. It's just a moment in time."

via Creatives: Russell Ord by Russell Ord .

Is Comedy the New News? - Dan Ilic / Andrew P Street / Spectrum (Fri 07 Apr 2017)

Poster (Pauline Hanson) - The Monthly / Glebe (Fri 07 Apr 2017)

Dan Ilic on Comedy:

[Andrew P Street] is comedy the new news?

[ Dan Ilic ] Politics is often dense and obfuscates intent, so there's ... value in breaking down, in simple, clear language, what the hell is going on.

via How Donald Trump killed comedy - What happens to satire when the world of politics is a joke? by Andrew P Street.

Expectation - Lao Tzu / Paulo Coelho (Thu 06 Apr 2017)

Wave - Melbourne (Thu 30 Mar 2017)

Lao Tzu on Expectation:

Act without expectation.

via Lao Tzu > Quotes by Lao Tzu [via How one of the most important books in the world came to be written by Paulo Coelho.]

Science - Peter Cox / Marcus Strum (Tue 04 Apr 2017)

Poster - Victoria Markets / Melbourne (Thu 29 Mar 2017)

Peter Cox on Science:

Science is not a collection of absolute truths. Scientists are delighted when we are wrong because it means we have learnt something.

via Professor Brian Cox on elections: don't vote for politicians who say they have all the answers by Marcus Strom.

Belief - Drew Ginn (Wed 17 Oct 2012)

Believe - Glebe (Fri 31 Mar 2017)

Drew Ginn on Belief:

Creating belief is about what you do daily and with out reservation for everything counts towards those peak moments, those events and collective rise to events we dare to dream about. Daily practice and training build that belief in self and the team.

via Creating Belief by Drew Ginn.

Twitter - Limitations - Mitch Joel (Fri 31 Mar 2017)

Be Nice - Victoria Markets / Melbourne (Thu 30 Mar 2017)

Mitch Joel on Twitter:

There is a charm in its [twitter] limitation. There is a beauty in that simplicity. It means so much more

via The Power Of Limitations by Mitch Joel.

The Future is Already Here - Douglas Coupland (Wed 29 Mar 2017)

Poster - Docklands / Melbourne (Wed 29 Mar 2017)

Douglas Coupland on Future:

The thing about the future is that is actually already here [..]

We've never been smarter. We've never felt stupider.

via Douglas Coupland at Konica Minolta's Spotlight Live by Douglas Coupland.

Empathy - Eric Kim (Sun 26 Mar 2017)

Vic - "10 years since I was last here, but he remembered me" - Downtown Milkbar and Coffee Lounge / Manuka / Canberra (Mon 27 Mar 2017)

Eric Kim on Empathy:

To shoot personal street photography is to only photograph what appeals in your heart. To use your street photography as a tool to empathise with your subject. To show your own soul through the photos you shoot of others.

via How to Shoot Personal Street Photography by Eric Kim.

Learning - Seth Godin (Tue 21 Mar 2017)

Untitled - Chippen Lane / Chippendale (Sat 25 Mar 2017)

Seth Godin on Learning:

Learn something new and difficult and valuable. Learn it today and continue learning it tomorrow.

via Three simple and difficult steps by Seth Godin.

Doing it - Addy Osmani (Mon 03 Oct 2017)

untitled - Canberra (Thu 16 Mar 2017)

Addy Osmani on Doing it:

first do it, then do it right, then do it better.

via Comments to How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 (Jose Aguinaga) by Addy Osmani.

Learning - Gina Trapani (Wed 22 Mar 2017)

Leaf - Double Bay (Mon 20 Mar 2017)

Gina Trapani on Learning:

Doing is learning. Doing it badly? It’s still learning.

via Modern JavaScript for Ancient Web Developers by Gina Trapani.

Action - Marcus Aurelius / Ryan Holiday (Mon 20 Feb 2017)

Red - Glebe (Fri 17 Feb 2017)

Marcus Aurelius on Action:

The impediment to action advances action.

What stands in the way becomes the way.

via The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday.

Perspective - Drew GInn / Rapha (Sat 04 Feb 2017)

races - Tweed Valley (Tue 03 Jan 2017)

Drew Ginn on Perspective:

We are far more capable than we realise.

via Perspectives by Rapha by Rapha.

Perspectives from RAPHA on Vimeo.

Travel, Distance and Perspective - Ribbonfarm / Breaking Smart (Sat 04 Feb 2017)

on the road - Cooperabung / Pacific Highway (Sat 14 Jan 2017)

ribbonfarm on Perspective:

One of the benefits of travel and distance is perspective.

via Life in the Time of Choleric by ribbonfarm.

Geography - Tim Winton / Catherine Noske (30 Jan 2017)

On the Road - Cooperabung / Pacific Highway (Sat 14 Jan 2017)

Tim Winton on Geography:

I’m very conscious of the specifics of geography and the way it shapes us, whether we recognise this or not.

via From Tim Winton to Gail Jones: why writing matters in WA by Catherine Noske.