Manifesto Musings

“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

Over the past month, several national and international leaders in the fields of psychology, leadership, coaching, or change management have kindly reviewed our manuscript. One such review arrived this week that contained the following sentences: “Authors Robinson and Wong take us through a gradual process, in accessible, yet significant steps, that enable any one of… Read More

Justin and I coached each other and co-created our individual personal manifestos when we were developing our initial concept for our my manifesto experiences. Even though we have since both written a current version when developing our book My Manifesto, I still love that version passionately and its phrases still dance around my head and… Read More

A central purpose of having a current, unique, and personal manifesto is not to be happy. This may surprise some of our readers, and please don’t think we have anything against being happy – we are big fans of this feeling. We are also delighted when many of our clients report increased levels of calmness,… Read More