Self-help books are extremely popular. They’re a great friend of New Year resolutions, but with so much help around it’s a wonder that there is still so much help needed.
Turns out a lot of these publications and workshop handouts become what’s termed in the industry as ‘shelf help’ books. That’s because people buy them, collect them and then store them… never to look at them again.
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Flowers? Chocolates? A day of pampering? Not on my birthday wish list today… Nope, this year, I’ve decided that for my birthday, I’m doing the giving.
During my Grateful in April campaign last month, I really loved the feeling of regularly giving to others. I felt happy, invigorated and had a renewed sense of meaning.
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People you deal with don’t always operate in the same way you do – what happens when you deal with aggressive, passive aggressive or just downright difficult people?
I’ve just come off the back of running my month long Grateful in April campaign where the focus was on what is good in people’s lives. It’s been uplifting and my dealings have been incredibly pleasurable.
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Where do you get inspiration from?
Over the course of running my Grateful in April campaign, I’ve been inspired (and humbled) daily by the thoughts, expressions and honesty of the people taking part.
People are unbelievably grateful for everyday things that most of us take for granted.
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So for 2012, it’s quarter time. The first three months are done and it’s time to assess where things are at.
Of course for most businesses, it means there’s only one quarter left in the financial year.
As seasons change and lurgies fly around workplaces everywhere, for some it’s hard to maintain motivation.
For others it’s a time to push the pedal down hard and race to the line.
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A guy goes to an airline counter and checks in for his flight. He asks if one of his bags can be sent to Melbourne and the other one to Perth. Definitely not, is the answer. “Why not,” he asks – “you did that for me last week”.
Okay, so maybe it’s a joke, but it was not much of a laughing matter for me recently when I flew to Sydney and my luggage didn’t follow.
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Last year, after being overwhelmed by global happenings, I made a decision – what if I decided to change that? What impact might that have on my life?
In order to find out, I created Grateful in April, a m.a.d.woman initiative to get people focused on what’s already good in their lives.
Grateful in April is a global campaign to get people focused on feeling good about what they’ve already got in their lives. It’s amazing what can occur when you find ways to be grateful for what you have.
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I forgot to write my blog post this week. Yup. Forgot.
It’s a permanent item on my To Do list but somehow it slipped through. It was “one of those weeks”, if you know what I mean.
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Turns out spreading yourself too thin can actually cause you to become, well, the opposite of thin…
I recently discovered a horrifying side effect of being extremely busy. Like many business owners, I was spending long days in front of the computer, lots of time on the phone and many hours frantically driving from meeting to meeting. The result? While I got a lot done, my waistline suffered the side effects!
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When running your own business it can be so difficult to juggle work and major life changes without dropping the ball.
Here a great example of how to handle a major event while maintaining a business.
My amazing virtual assistant (who has a dozen clients) recently relocated to another Australian State and still managed to keep her business running while coordinating and pulling off the big move.
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