Nov 22, 2018 | Beliefs, Productivity
I rewatched the last Harry Potter film and started watching some of the special features. There was an interview with JK Rowling and she was talking about the strong women in the books. One of the characters was Molly Weasley (1). For those that aren’t familiar with...
Nov 21, 2018 | Beliefs, Vision
Back in 1949, Joseph Campbell published his book “The Hero with a thousand faces”. He found that there was a structure to the journey of the archetypal hero found in world myths. He called it The Hero’s Journey (1). Many of Hollywood blockbusters follow this journey,...
Nov 20, 2018 | Beliefs, Productivity
“It goes against the grain to blow your own trumpet over and over again but no one else is going to do it for me!!“ An old school friend wrote this to me and it resonated with me. The definition of blowing your own trumpet is to talk about yourself or your...
Nov 19, 2018 | Productivity
“I had to reread one of your blogs a few times to understand what you meant.” A friend from Toastmasters read my “Show the human side of you” blog post and was a little confused. She said as a non native English speaker, it wasn’t always easy...
Nov 18, 2018 | Connection, Happiness
I learnt a new word yesterday. I was attending a practical parenting course and the presenter talked about pronoia. I hadn’t heard of this before and thought it was made up so when i came home and googled it, i was pleasantly surprised to know it is a word. It’s the...
Nov 17, 2018 | Procrastination, Productivity
“How’s your German? How long have you been living in Switzerland again?” I’m not going to speak for all but there are many expats living in Switzerland who will be familiar with this conversation. Some answer with “I’m so embarrassed, I’ve been living here for ages...
Nov 15, 2018 | Connection
Yesterday, I gave a speech titled “How do you think big?” at my Toastmasters club, sharing my journey on thinking bigger. One of the members came up to me and congratulated me on showing vulnerability and a bit of nervousness. She said it “makes you more human”. I...
Nov 14, 2018 | Procrastination
When the student is ready, the teacher appears. How true is this? Have you ever found a book in your bookshelf that you bought years ago and one day picked it up to find it made sense for you now? After attending a 3-day workshop in Rome by Brian Weiss (1), I knew I...
Nov 13, 2018 | Happiness, Productivity
Do you ever have the feeling that when things go wrong, they all go wrong at the same time? I planned to send my landing page draft for my group program to my accountability buddies this Tuesday. And then…my little boy got sick with a fever, which meant he couldn’t go...
