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Last updated: 17 April 2025
Updated regularly. Inspired by Derek Sivers and nownownow.com.
SPIKE
Taking on new done-for-you email marketing clients. This is year 20 at spike.co.nz.
RACER PRODUCTS
I’m the Head of Marketing at Racer Products. My role covers our three main brands: racerproducts.co.nz, scarles.co.nz and mudstuck.co.nz.
THE BOOK
The book I co-wrote with best-selling author and Psychology Coach Charles Donoghue, Light Your Own Fire, is published. Charles and I spent 12 months putting this together from the best of both of our writing. Alison Rowe, winner of both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon in the same year, wrote a fantastic endorsement for us.
You can buy it from Amazon now: Light Your Own Fire
WRITING
I’ve been kickstarting people’s thinking with the MondayMotivator for over 18 years. Sign up here
READING
I read two amazing books that changed my mind on trees and New Zealand history. Well worth your time:
- The Overstory: A Novel by Richard Powers
- Tupaia: The Remarkable Story Of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator by Joan Druett
FITNESS
I’m working on A Well-Rounded Man, a guide to building strength, calm, and presence. It includes The Swearing Project — a 30-day challenge to help you master the magic pause that changes your life.
- 100 Hindu Squats a day – Day #1181
- 10 Hindu Pushups a day – Day #1099
- Rebounding – Day #67 (great for lymphatic system)
- 1 Minute Plank a day – Day #1052
Push-up and Pull-up Ladders 3x per week
Usually combined with Hindu Squats and Push-ups as a circuit. Each round increases difficulty:
- 10 Hindu Squats
- 1 Pull-up
- 1 Push-up
- 10 putts
- 5–10 elastic band pulls (with good form)
Then rest 30s and increase reps each round. Keep going until your form breaks. I add burpees, shoulder presses and other exercises, but this is my baseline.
Exercise Tracking
Added: Jan 2024 – Disc Golf Putting
10 putts per round (at least 50 putts)
Added: April 2024 – Skipping
One minute of skipping before my circuits
Removed: January 2025
Added: January 2025 – Rebounding
One minute of rebounding before my circuits
Challenges
Are a great way to get into the habit of doing something when you said you would do it. For example rebounding started with Rebounding for One Minute a Day for 30 Days. As I write this I'm at Day 67. It stuck. Anyone can do something for a minute a day. Find a challenge, track with an app like Way of Life App and you might be shocked what you're doing in a year
Walking
Lots of walking and sometimes climbing fences and bush-crashing to find discs. LOL! I go on regular walks and play Disc Golf at courses like Woodhill, Pae O Te Rangi and The Orchard once or twice a week.
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