by Byron Mccaughey | Jan 17, 2025 | Values, Article
For some tasks in our work life, urgency comes easy. You know, preparing for a pitch, sending a sales contract or hitting our boss’s deadline. Urgency tends to emerge when there are external drivers like being evaluated, accountability or immediate consequences. Let’s...
by Byron Mccaughey | Nov 28, 2024 | Article, Creativity
It’s early 2000s and Metallica are well established heavy metal gods. But progress on their highly anticipated new album St. Anger is plagued with issues, including creative tension between frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. Ulrich reflects during...
by Byron Mccaughey | Oct 7, 2024 | Article, Performance
Nathan Florence is a hellman. That’s surf slang for someone who rides waves of serious consequence, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on a surfboard. He’s been recognised as such, this year winning the prestigious Waterman of the Year award. Nathan recently...
by Byron Mccaughey | Sep 2, 2024 | Article, Doubt
Misty Copeland became the first African American female principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre—but that wasn’t supposed to happen. Told she didn’t have the ‘right’ ballerina body—too muscular and curvy. Her background didn’t fit the mould of...
by Byron Mccaughey | Aug 15, 2024 | Article, Wellbeing
Craig Foster, from the documentary My Octopus Teacher, was on his morning ocean swim in the Great African Seaforest when suddenly he spotted a giant 17 x 14-foot stingray, the largest species in the world. Keeping his movements steady and vibrations low—essential...
