Roddy Galbraith Blog

How to look effortlessly brilliant Oct 17, 2016

As I was walking Amelie and Leon to school this morning, we had a fascinating discussion about miracles and whether nothing was miraculous .. or wheth...

It was never about you and them anyway Oct 14, 2016

A few months back, Sooze and I went to Starbucks for lunch as we very often do.

‘Aren’t you coming in too?’ she asked me, as I pulled up outside.

‘No, ...

The OTHER perspective Oct 13, 2016

One of the great things about staying on Necker Island, is that almost everything is included. And not just food and drink and things like that, but k...

If you needed me, I'd be there for you .. Oct 12, 2016

On one of my calls today, we got into a really juicy, soul searching topic that reminded me of a story from a few years back.

When Leon was born, it wa...

Have you got a growth mindset? Oct 11, 2016

A week before we left for the British Virgin Islands, Leon and Amelie got invited to a roller disco party. Amelie is 3 years older and had been before...

The 5 Billion Dollar Question Oct 10, 2016

And we are back, finally! Wow .. what an incredible couple of weeks in the British Virgin Islands. It was our first visit and so we didn’t really kno...

The formula for failure Sep 21, 2016

I just got off a call where we were talking about a program we’ve been running for a number of years, and how when we changed the access to the progra...

How do you get good judgement? Sep 20, 2016

Ahh, sorry!! I didn’t mean to leaving you hanging yesterday .. I forgot to come back to the gun after the story took a different turn.

The good news is...

I know nothing .. Sep 19, 2016

‘Do you wanna go to Starbucks?’ Susan asked me.

‘Sure, let’s go!’ I said and we jumped in the car and sped off.

About 2 miles from home I slowed down to...

Louis and the storm Sep 16, 2016

Last night marked the end of a few days of tropical weather here in the UK. We’ve had three or four of the hottest days of the year in a row, and then...

Perception is not essence .. Sep 15, 2016

My daughter is 'chillaxing' on the sofa watching Aladdin as I type. I walked in briefly, just as the Genie was saying ‘It’s what’s on the inside that ...

You, but on a good day Sep 13, 2016

I’ve just finished up a call with Mark and Kelly for people who are interested in joining the John Maxwell Team. It’s 10pm here in the UK and Sooze an...

What's your 140lb problem? Sep 12, 2016

We were talking about the Paralympics today and a good friend told me a story today about Matt Stutzman, the ‘Armless Archer’ who broke the world reco...

You are a work in progress Sep 09, 2016

In a meeting in Orlando a year or so back, John said ‘Linda, can you get Roddy the recordings I’ve done on connecting, I think he’ll find them useful ...

How convenient is that? Sep 08, 2016

‘Ok, so ethics is very important when working with your clients. But there’s something else that I want to cover now, that is also a key consideration...

Making the effortful seem effortless Sep 07, 2016

On one of my mentorship calls today, Cornelia asked a question about how you can tie together multiple personal stories into one, homogenous ‘keynote’...

Know thyself, Know thy audience, Know thy stuff :) Sep 06, 2016

I heard it said that just 5% of people learn from other people’s mistakes. About 15% of people learn from their own mistakes. And a whopping 80% of pe...

Two Dads... Sep 05, 2016

I loved playing soccer when I was young. From about 7 years of age, up to about 20, I played all the time. I got the sporty genes from my Mum. She was...

Once again, you can't judge a book by its cover .. Sep 02, 2016

The builders had just started doing some work in the garden but they had enough to keep them busy for an hour or so without my input, so I thought I’d...

It's just us chickens .. Sep 01, 2016

‘How long do we have to keep them in the coup before we can let them out?’ I asked the lady as she passed the last cardboard box to me with 2 chickens...

Well, I didn't see that coming .. Aug 31, 2016

In the early 90's I went travelling in South East Asia and stayed on a beautiful island in a little hut right on the beach. It was paradise! Each day,...

If I can master my hand gestures, anyone can Aug 30, 2016

‘Oh, did I tell you that Nick said he’d love to do the Q&A with you?’ Paul said.

‘Oh that’s fantastic!’ I said, very excited. Nick Vujicic is one of th...

You need to keep well back (further than you think) Aug 29, 2016

I remember when I was little, me and all the other kids in the road absolutely LOVED fireworks! They didn’t sell them all the year round in England li...

Everything changes, but dreams don't Aug 26, 2016

When we moved into our house in 2005, the first thing we thought about doing was having the house extended. As it was an old house that was listed ...

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