Jan 15, 2021 | Decluttering, Procrastination
“I’m still using my old computer as well” After a number of years, it was time to upgrade my computer. A few of my entrepreneur friends and I just upgraded to new Macbooks. My friends have had theirs a couple of months longer than me and it’s interesting to see how we...
Jan 14, 2021 | Experience, Vision
Friend of a friend: “I could never get a job at the bank again” Me: “Why’s that?” Friend of a friend: “It’s not possible” A few years ago, I had a conversation with a friend of a friend over brunch. She had left her banking job to go into another industry. She wasn’t...
Jan 13, 2021 | Mission, Productivity
My friend: “What’s the best thing about your new phone?” Me: “The way it responds. I no longer have to wait 5 or 10 seconds for it to do anything.” My friend: “Wait, what phone did you use to have?” Me: “An iPhone 6s” My friend: “Ahhhhh” I am in love with my new...
Jan 12, 2021 | Connection, Experience
Have you ever wished you had your own advisory board? Where you could turn to for advice or support? In essence, that’s what a mastermind group is. A group of people who mutually share their ideas, contacts, knowledge and experience to help one another move forward....
Jan 8, 2021 | Accountability, Experience, Happiness, Mission, Motivation, Productivity, Rapid Transformational Therapy
I read over my 2019 review and I had picked Challenging, Growth and Self Care as my three words. My husband jokingly said to me “You picked Challenging for 2019 – is it going to be Challenging x2 this year?”. Yes, it was challenging in 2019 and it went to a whole new...
Jan 7, 2021 | Procrastination, Productivity
“Let’s watch” As we waited for 2021 to come in, my husband, a friend and I sat around our kitchen table watching “The Queen’s Gambit”. We’d heard good things about it so we started watching around 11:30pm. Fireworks started going off in the neighbourhood and the clock...
Jan 6, 2021 | Connection, Experience
“Go get the batteries” We had a bit of drama this Christmas in our household. As with Swedish tradition, we get to open our presents on Christmas Eve evening. My son had wished for a Super Mario car racetrack so he was very excited when he got it. You could see how...
Jan 5, 2021 | Mission, Vision
This family offsite was right before the end of the year, to say farewell to 2020 and hello to 2021. As usual, it started with a review of the last quarter. Both my husband and I were pretty proud of ourselves as we gave our highest ranking for the last quarter. It’s...
Dec 24, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
Do you celebrate on the 24th or the 25th December? I grew up in the UK so we celebrated Christmas on the 25th. Since I moved to Switzerland and my husband is Swedish, I get to celebrate on the 24th as well. It’s a bit of a mishmash in our family. When does Santa come?...
Dec 23, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
Last week, I attended my Toastmaster club’s Christmas party. I belong to a trilingual Toastmasters club. We speak in English, German and French. A few weeks before I had received a message asking if I wanted to participate in the Secret Santa. I love this kind of...
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