Feb 19, 2020 | Happiness, Mission
It sounds like it should be the start of a joke but I’m not joking. When do you get a 100% No? You get a 100% No when you don’t even ask. I recently sent some emails to some schools asking about places for my son and my husband thanked me for doing it and said that I...
Feb 18, 2020 | Experience, Productivity
Update your payment details to continue watching…. As a credit card expired, Netflix suddenly came to a stop. My automatic reaction was to renew but then I stopped and thought for a moment. It was an opportunity to gain back precious time. The series and documentaries...
Feb 15, 2020 | Beliefs, Connection, Mission, Productivity, Vision
A few years ago, I met Sigrun at a Desire Map book club meeting she was co-hosting. We knew each other from before but this was where I got to know her better. She got her very professional camera out and took some amazing photos of the group. She was starting out...
Feb 7, 2020 | Beliefs, Vision
Perhaps you have heard of the 7-year itch for relationships where couples either make or break at the 7-year mark. The principle seems to apply to multiples of 7 as well, so 14, 21, 28, etc years. I’ve seen strong couples go through turbulent times and it doesn’t...
Feb 6, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
“I’m going to treat myself to sushi” They say that it’s good to reward yourself now and then once you have completed something you wanted to do. It can be an incentive to get things done. I never thought I was any good at rewarding myself as I tend to just move onto...
Feb 5, 2020 | Connection, Questions
“If any of you know any places that I could give my Step out of your comfort zone talk, please let me know” I asked the ladies at the end of my talk at the Professional Women’s Group Think Tank. It may be obvious to us what we want but not to others. People aren’t...
Feb 4, 2020 | Connection, Experience
Last week, I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the Professional Women’s Group (PWG) Idea Generator Think Tank (1). This is a subgroup of the PWG and is a masterminding group. I was part of this group many years ago when I was still working in corporate....
Jan 31, 2020 | Productivity, Schedule
I found myself panicking when I realised I didn’t have enough time to get my blogs done or prepare for the next week due to unforeseen circumstances – my little boy is at home with me all week instead of being at daycare.When I thought about not having enough...
Jan 30, 2020 | Experience, Happiness
I was listening to the book Chillpreneur (1) when Denise Duffield-Thomas said that you don’t have to be the best or the smartest to succeed in business and that it’s not a popularity contest.Just a few days before, my friend Elif (2) had said the same thing about it...
Jan 29, 2020 | Mission, Vision
I know I need to pay attention when I come across the same sentence again and again. Lately, I’ve come across the coaching words in books and from my mentors… Be – Do – Have.It seems many people start with the Have or Do but do not change who they...
