Whatever business development or promotion and marketing workshop I go to the message that constantly rings out is that we will only be successful if we are passionate about what we do. That always made perfect sense to me. Of course, if we are passionate, people will experience something pretty special when they interact with us. They will want to get to know us better and will want to engage with us in what we do, what we have to share. That's the theory anyway.

The challenge is finding our passion. I have many things I am passionate about, but what animates my professional and business life is the passion I have to see people become empowered, energised and enthusiastic about what they are doing in their lives. So few people are.

Did you realise that every year in Australia, almost 800,000 adults experience a depressive illness? One in every 4 of these people will be women, and one in every 6 will be men.

Did you also know that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that by 2020 depression will be the second biggest health problem world-wide behind heart disease?