During a recent podcast, I spoke briefly about a Wish List I’d made at the age of 11.
I found it the other week while sorting out old boxes of memories and paperwork. Finding it really touched my heart: the hopes and dreams of a young girl with an incredible imagination. What amazed me even more is that only a few of the 10 items on my list remain to be ‘done’!
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Two people I know, quite independently, are going through the crappiest time right now. Both of them are under the threat of losing everything. Their homes being their main worry.
I wish I could tell them everything will be fine by the time they wake up tomorrow, but it won’t.
I wish I could ease their burden by taking away or fixing some significant part of their problems, but that’s just not possible.
I wish I knew exactly the right words to say: one magic phrase to help them through this. Sadly, I’m not magician. Read more of this article »
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Even if you are one of the most confident people you know, chances are every so often you’ll need a quick way to give yourself a quick confidence boost. In this episode Chris and Paul cover a few tips and tricks you can use to help you get through some of life’s little challenges and give yourself a extra boost of confidence just when you need it!
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Recently I joined a local business networking group. It’s a good way to get to know other local businesses and exchange a few referrals. It’s also a really good support group for developing your own business strategy. One of the things we all do at this group is give a 60 second review of our business. Some people call this an elevator speech. Previously I would normally make up my 60 seconds on the fly, as I’m quite happy to ad lib and sometimes the pressure results in a few amusing points that wouldn’t have come out in a totally prepared speech.
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Sometimes in life, you get shat upon. Sometimes, there’s no avoiding it or the messy clean-up job that follows.
As a teen, I owned a shirt that said:
“I’m always in the shit –
Only the depth varies!”
It can be a great metaphor for what life ‘throws’ at you. Still: there are times when you half expect it, and other moments where the timing could not be any worse.
A few weeks ago – I was shat on, quite literally.
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