Manifesto Musings

I came across a word and a concept when reading David Brooks’ The Second Mountain. (I am loving this book, and it will be the focus of my next Book Recommendation blog). It was the Greek term agape. Brooks writes that the Greeks distinguish between three types of love: philia  friendship, eros — passion, and… Read More

While I was poring over wonderful handmade craft ware in my neighbourhood café, one of our my manifesto mates greeted me. In chatting, they said, “You know I have finished my personal manifesto, and it is up on my wall!” Well, no, I didn’t know that and told them that the only way Justin and… Read More

“No matter how difficult our lives, how harsh our histories or limited our choices this we can do: we can find a way to walk at least one other being home once we have found a way to come home within ourselves with love.” These words from Dr Maria Sirois, which we quote in our… Read More

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give, is that of your own self-transformation.” Lao Tzu. I found this amazing quote on the VIA… Read More

In this fabulous time of our book launches, I want to take a moment to reflect on the word ‘synergy’. I have spoken and written of the synergy that Justin and I experienced when I first began coaching him at Geelong Grammar School. The energy generated in a coaching session, which was the result of… Read More

Could I start by asking you three questions: What’s your middle name? What’s your favourite colour? What’s your personal manifesto? Can I guess that you found the first question very straight forward to answer. Even if you have no middle name, or if you have three middle names – your answer was clear and immediate.… Read More

We make the claim in our upcoming book, My Manifesto: a compassionate guide to reveal your best life, that the seven steps will minimise internal conflict; help you navigate life; build hope; raise your awareness of what is important to you; provide greater clarity in your life; uncover rich personal insights and assist you to… Read More

At my manifesto we are passionate about introducing individuals to the common language of character strengths. We think of character strengths as the positive human qualities that, when used effectually and morally, support us to bring good into our world. These universal tools support us to live a good life, and we view these strengths… Read More

A client of my manifesto, when conversing on his personal manifesto, was prompted by our comment that a personal manifesto is both ‘stable and dynamic’, to offer this quote by Heraclitus: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man”.  When referring to… Read More