Motivation

Ahh, For the Good Life

January 7, 2012

Bemoaning the loss of her favorite lingerie store (blamed on the GFC), Jacquie Hayes, writing in the Financial Review, had this to say: “I sorely miss the La Perla boutique buying experience.  This may sound superficial, given what’s going on in the world.  But it doesn’t hurt to use beautiful things occasionally to distract yourself [...]

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Quotes That Move Me

December 21, 2011

As we move closer to Christmas I like to look back over the year. Lots of mixed feelings about 2011 but one of the small but important highlights for me, has been all the great comments people make on my Facebook page. Often a lot of these comments are prompted by the ‘wise quotes’ I [...]

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Ya Gotta Laugh

December 19, 2011

Here is a true story that will put a smile on your face. (Being Xmas and all, it’s good to have a laugh.) This story was reported in The London Times newspaper recently. Read it………. “Outside England’s Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, it’s parking [...]

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Got the Employee Blues?

December 7, 2011

Read  an article on the weekend by Ruth Ostrow.  She made an interesting point about people and their relationship with their jobs. Many don’t like their jobs and want a divorce! In a global study by the Wall Street Journal, it found that almost 25 per cent of the global workforce is depressed.  Golly, that’s [...]

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Guilty as Charged. I Am an Instant Gratification Junkie

October 17, 2011

Yea, I admit it.  I like quick results.  That includes having a predilection for making quick money.  Can’t see the point of working my butt off for years before I make good money. What about you?  Go on, admit it.  You want the adrenalin rush that comes from getting a quick result, right? Don’t get [...]

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Use Your Creative Spark To Recruit Like a Superstar!

October 9, 2011

You Don’t Have to Be a Steve Jobs to Harness the Power of Creativity “Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have.  When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D.  It’s not about the money.  It’s about the [...]

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Getting What You Want – the Sting in the Tail……….

September 17, 2011

When I first began in the home business networking industry in 2006, I was asked by one of my first mentors, to give up something I valued. He said that unless I was prepared to let go of some of my predilections I would surely fail. What did he mean? I think he meant – [...]

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Doctrine of the Outsider

July 5, 2011

(Marketing maven David Wood sent me this.  Check it out) Ok, so what are you? Insider or outsider? Normal or not so normal Conformist of non conformist? Do you fit, or are you the proverbial square peg in a round hole? If you see yourself as someone who wants hugely more from life and prepared [...]

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It’s cold outside….but oh so warm inside

June 11, 2011

I could not believe yesterday. My city, Brisbane, copped the coldest day since 1916!  The temp didn’t pass 13 degrees (55.4 Fahrenheit) all day.  (Keep in mind that Brisbane is a sub tropical Australian city.) I didn’t leave the house. Then I got a call from  a sales rep.  He was driving around, making his [...]

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How to Use Pain to Kick Butt

May 3, 2011

I may not know much but I do know this: Success goes to those who want it the most. It’s a law of nature.  The people who have the fire in the belly, the get up and go, and the big why are the ones who get things done. I was talking to this nice [...]

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