Albert Einstein is often credited with stating that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. As with all of these inspirational quotes, Einstein may never have uttered those…

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I’ve been a firefighter for well over two decades now. That period has seen, as they say, the best of times and the worst of times. I have attended some horrific sights – terrible motor vehicle accidents, intense housefires,…

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I grew up hearing stories of my heroic cousins in Israel who, due to the parlous state of their nation, had to serve in the army from the tender age of 18. As a young, impressionable lad who had…

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My eldest son is this week, turning 21. While I could go into a philosophical conversation about how birthdays are just another day, and 21 should really be no different from 20 or 22, the fact of the matter…

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The apparel company I’m a part of, Cactus Outdoor, is all about under-promising and over-delivering. And when you’re a company that claims to make the toughest trousers in the world, over-delivering is no small feat. But, while we’d never…

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I am the epitome of uncool. While others drive nice cars and wear fancy clothes, I’m in an old Subaru with a quarter million kilometres on the clock and still wearing a pair of prototype Cactus shorts that should…

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Growing up in a Jewish family, there were really only two ambitions that were had for me. The first was that I would become a Doctor. Indeed, there is an old Jewish joke that goes something like: Is there…

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I’ve got a friend who is well known for always dressing in a highly elegant manner. We often share an office, and she spends a lot of time commenting on the fact that, sartorially, I look like a scumbag.…

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My mate Mat is a military guy. In fact, he’s pretty high up in the military and has spent 30-odd years doing all the things that our military does – disaster relief, peacekeeping and the odd bit of defence.…

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I was not, by any stretch of the imagination, an exemplary pupil at school. While I was blessed with a reasonable level of intelligence, I was more interested in applying that intelligence to things other than scholastic pursuits. In…

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