The Power of a Personal Connection

I was sitting down last night contemplating the last couple of weeks, as we have been hosting an overseas guest, Kaplan Mobray. Kaplan was in NZ, all the way from New York City, for four speaking engagements on the topic of his best-selling book … The 10ks of Personal Branding.

BRAVEday General Launches 1 July

I can't believe the time is finally here….BRAVEday General Insurance is about to launch.

How technology can save you time

Life is getting busier and busier and it is getting harder to find enough hours in the day to get everything done. Here are some simple ideas to make the most of timesaving technology:

5 Days in 5 Minutes

The Heaphy Track was a very long 5 day walk - here are a few of my thoughts along the way. Notice how my enthusiasm and energy wanes as the days progress - glad to have knocked that bugger off. - Dean

5 tips to speed up your computer

I spend most of my day working on a computer and one of the things that frustrates me the most is when it is running slow. Here are some simple things you can do yourself to help your computer run faster:

The Heaphy Track - 5 days out

Tania and I, and a group of our friends, spent five days last week out of the office, and out of our comfort zone. The Heaphy Track proved to be a wonderful five days, and 82kms of tramping through some of New Zealand's best wilderness.

Differently Successful

Have you ever wondered how it is that people like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg actually got where they are today - did they just stumble on success, or did they do something markedly different from the rest of us?

Nothing is more certain

Benjamin Franklin once said "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes". If he had been an insurance adviser, he would have said "…death, taxes and insurance premium increases".

And the winner is...

Last week the BRAVEday team attended the Westpac Auckland North Business Awards, where we were finalists in three categories, the Eclipse "Employer of Choice", the Zeald"Small Business of the Year" and the Simpson Western "Excellence in Customer Engagement".

Success - it's all in the execution

Our morning routine at BRAVEday changes dramatically if it's an America's Cup race day. We usually have a firm 'no interruptions' policy between 8am and 10.30am so that we can all get a good solid couple of hours work underway each day.

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