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There is a tendency in individuals of my demographic, and by that I mean of course those of the white, middle-aged and male variety, to get incensed by something they read or hear, and to feel an intense need…

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I always remember a mentor early on in my governance career giving me a piece of advice that stuck with me even though at the time it seemed almost impossible. He said that a professional director’s political leanings should…

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I’ve never been big on organised religions. Famously, one of the leaders of the Jewish congregation I grew up in suggested that I wouldn’t be permitted to undertake my Bar Mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age, because I wasn’t…

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Last week saw me make my annual pilgrimage to Westport to race in the Old Ghost Ultra. I have written plenty of times about the Old Ghost Road and its eponymously named ultramarathon, and regular readers will know I…

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When receiving some personal coaching recently, the coach I was engaging with casually talked about everyone’s personal strength also being a potential weakness. It was something that I took and placed somewhere in my head, and that I have…

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I’m of a certain age that a particular cohort of Kiwi artists takes me back to days of warm summers, marginally street-safe old vehicles and Lion Brown out of 750 millilitre glass bottles. One of those artists is Jenny…

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I am decidedly middle-aged. Despite the fact that I run 100 kilometres or so a week, and can still knock out a half-marathon in under 90 minutes, the reality of chronology is that, unless big pharma comes up with…

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Regular readers will have worked out that I have a tendency to take a negative slant on any issue. I am not consciously oppositional, but it seems that this is my regular modus operandi, something I am aware of…

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The other day I was chatting with a friend of mine who has had some truly momentous personal changes in the last couple of months. Said individual is a wise soul, who could well be expected to be wallowing…

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Most days, I spend at least two hours in my car, and the obvious question that nags away at me is how I’m meant to appease my guilt about my impact on the climate while sitting in traffic, watching…

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