Dec 9, 2018 | Productivity
I was very inspired speaking to a good friend this weekend. She plans to join Business Network International (BNI) (1) in Swiss German. Although I’m not a member, I know of the BNI group from the UK. The network has one member from each industry and encourages...
Dec 8, 2018 | Happiness, Productivity
Last night, I went to a wonderful goodbye party for my friend Michelle. She is about to leave the country after living in Switzerland for 13 years. She gathered a group of amazing women to celebrate. There were some beautiful rituals to help her remember her time here...
Dec 7, 2018 | Mission, Vision
To find my passion. That was the main reason I setup my first business back in 2010. I had just emerged from the financial crisis feeling pretty low and sorry for myself. I didn’t know what I was passionate about and I wanted to find out. That is how Curious Courses...
Dec 6, 2018 | Happiness, Productivity
How many communication channels do we have these days? Email, phone, whatsapp, Facebook, LinkedIn and more. Have you ever seen a message, thought you would reply later and then forgot to reply? I dropped the ball. I had dinner with some good friends last night and we...
Dec 5, 2018 | Procrastination, Productivity
25 mins on, 5 mins off, 25 mins on, 5 mins off… You may have heard me speak about this before and I think it is worth coming back to. The Pomodoro productivity technique (1) is one that I go back to again and again as it can save my day. The idea is you set a timer...
Dec 4, 2018 | Procrastination, Productivity
When I was a child, it seemed like ages before Christmas came. With a blink of an eye, 2018 is almost done. Why is that time seems to go more quickly as we get older? There seems to be a few theories behind this. One is that the percentage of time we have lived plays...
Dec 2, 2018 | Connection, Happiness
I helped my little boy open the second day of his advent calendar. I bought him a beautiful calendar with “Wieso, weshalb, warum” (why, why, why) books. Every morning he gets a mini book. We’re trying to explain the concept of opening a window each day. If you have no...
Dec 1, 2018 | Procrastination, Productivity
Would you rather have tried and failed or not tried at all for fear of failing? My friend Heidi sent me a suggestion for a blog post. She said that she often tried to fail – even daily or at least several times a week. She kept a list on her phone about what she...
Nov 30, 2018 | Happiness, Productivity
On the 11th December 2018, I’m offering a webinar to help people who are thinking of setting up a side business. I worked for a bank for 13 years in IT, client advisory and business management. In the 2009 financial crisis, my job situation changed and I hit...
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