Matthew Kelly is a fellow Australian based in North America. He is a real force for change in the world of great work and following your dreams. In his 12 books, his consulting work and speaking work (he’s spoken to over 4 million people in the last 20 years!) he addresses how we fulfill the best version of ourselves.
Matthew has sold millions of books, including The Dream Manager, The Rhythm of Life and The Seven Levels of Intimacy. He has also created the The Matthew Kelly Foundation to spread his strategies on how we become the best version of ourselves and to help high school kids figure out what they’re going to do with their life.
In this interview we talk about:
- The insight that people don’t exist for organizations. Organizations exist for people.
- The 12 dream areas: physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, psychological, material, professional, financial, creative, adventure, legacy and character
- How to get members of your team to become dream managers for each other
- Why you need your own dream manager, whether you’re the janitor or the CEO
Visit www.floydconsulting.com or www.thedreammanager.com to learn more.
Posted on August 18, 2010
Michael Port is a best-selling business author. His first book, Book Yourself Solid was on the best seller lists for months, and this week he’s publishing his latest, The Think Big Manifesto. Its subtitle says it all: “Think you can’t change your life (and the world)? Think again!”
I’m thrilled that Michael wrote a piece for Do More Great Work.
In this interview Michael and I look at:
- Why you should know your limits and avoid the Bonk
- The power of goal setting
- How to create a To Not Do list
- The Think Big Revolution
This interview is approximately 20 minutes long.
Posted on February 11, 2010
Tags: Author,
Coaching,
Goals,
Happiness,
Impact,
Marketing,
Right People,
Satisfaction,
Self-reflection,
Support,
Think Big
David Allen wears the title “business guru” lightly. He’s well known around the world for his first book Getting Things Done (recently acclaimed one of the top 100 business books) and for his most recent Making it All Work. But while he heads the GTD movement (and you can Google that to see how deep and wide it goes), he does it was a sense of humour, a humility and a wisdom that is a delight. I have the pleasure of being David’s “creativity coach” on his membership site, and this interview is the latest in our on-going conversation on Great Work, productivity and doing the stuff that matters.
This interview is approximately 20 minutes long.
Posted on March 19, 2009
Tags: Author,
Business,
Choices,
Coaching,
Comfort Zone,
Preparation,
Productivity,
Right People,
Risk,
Self-image,
Stress,
Support,
Trust

Tim, a fellow Australian, is creative director for Ogilvy & Mather in New York. Tim is the man behind the Dove Real Beauty campaign, and in particular the award winning “Evolution” ad in which you see a fairly ordinary looking woman in the space of thirty seconds get transformed into a supermodel beauty. When “Evolution” was first launched online as an ad, it had and extraordinary two million views in the first two weeks. In this interview, Tim shares some of the insights and struggles that went on behind the scene to create this powerful message.
This interview is approximately 20 minutes long.
Posted on March 19, 2009
Tags: Advertising,
Australia,
Counter-Cultural,
Creativity,
Evolution,
Long-term goals,
Opportunity,
Right People,
Risk,
Support,
Trust,
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