Have you ever broken a bone?
Two years ago I went in for my dental check up and was surprised to be told that I had a cyst in my check bone. After getting it checked by a specialist I was advised that I would have to have it removed . The only way of getting this done was to break my checkbone and have it removed. After having day surgery I had it successfully removed and I now walk around with a plate in my left cheek bone!
How do you balance work and home life?
The key is having goals in both areas of your life and switching off. Do not bring either to the other. If you are at a family dinner be body and soul 100% there. Likewise if you are at a work meeting be 100% there. Teaching spiritually and mentally to live in that moment of surrounding is important.
What sacrifices have you made in life?
Whatever I have had to do to get ahead in life and achieve my goals for myself family and friends I will sacrifice whatever it is to get there. In the past I have done without many things to get to wherever I have had to go. Having a purpose in life and goals is a true compass for your mental and spiritual mentality.
What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?
My marriage ring is the oldest thing I am wearing today. I have been married 27 years to my beautiful wife Frances. We were married in March 1998. I have been blessed to have a remarkable person by my side and I do not know what or where I would be without her.
Are you a leader or a follower?
I am a leader. To be a leader though you have to be a follow. All great leaders were great follows. You can look at all the great leaders at some stage in there path to great leadership they were great followers.
Traits of great leaders are many.Leading by setting a great example,empathy ,training,decisive decisions and taking responsibility are some examples that make a great leader. I have lead for most of my life in most things I have done and achieved. I have lead with purpose and a positive mental attitude.
List your top 5 favorite fruits.
My five favorite fruits are mangoes,peaches,strawberry,watermelon and pineapple. As you can see I love my summer fruits.
It is important that you eat your fruits in the right seasons to get the right flavors in your fruit and vegetables . I love eating them fresh and plain to enjoy the natural texture and flavours of all the fruits.
Nothing beats a fruit salad with theses 5 fruits on a hot summers day.
What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?
One improvement I can make in my life is lettings things go. Not to sweat the small stuff. Understanding that you can not please everybody. You can not control everything and letting things go. Family ,health and time are the most important things to me.
Sea Eagles v Sharks
Great Day at Brookvale Oval yesterday watching Manly v Cronulla at Brookvale Oval. Cronulla beat Manly 30 to 14.
Even though my side lost it was fantastic to go out to the game live. Nothing beats watching sport live.
What does freedom mean to you?
The best way to explain what freedom means to me is the poem that Nelson Mandela recited daily when he was a prisoner in South Africa . He fought his whole life for freedom of mind and soul. Freedom is captured by this poem………
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
Great words. It is so important to have freedom of speech and mind. To be able to express an opinion. Never take freedom for granted.
What public figure do you disagree with the most?
DONALD TRUMP the less said the better. Has been the worst president that the United States has ever had and has divided the world and his own country.
Tony Monteleone 