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How to Use Visualization to Achieve Your Goals (Lessons from My Dad)
In this post, I reflect on a powerful lesson my father taught me about goal setting — the importance of vivid visualization. From a childhood memory on horseback in South Africa to a modern-day workshop, I share how involving all your senses makes your goals more real and achievable. You’ll also learn practical steps to create your own vision and turn it into results.
Choosing Your Emotions: How to Stay Positive and Thrive Through Life’s Challenges
“It’s over, the mine’s closing – we’ve got to move.” These were the words I heard one morning at 7:49am when my husband called me from work. Three months later, over 1000 people who worked at the Western Australian nickel mine were out of a job, including my husband. This [Read more…]
Work-life balance is a Myth!
Aiming to have a static balance: Everything perfectly in its place, doing things the same way every week, month or year. Everything perfectly planned out is setting yourself up to be frustrated. As soon as everything gets all straightened out, something will happen to upset the apple cart. If you have kids, the apple cart gets upset twice as often, with even more upheaval than ever before!
Sacrifice vs selfishness
“Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” ~ Napoleon Hill When you get clear on what you want, you become prepared to sacrifice other things to get what you want. Daily we make choices based on our priorities, whether we do this [Read more…]
Keep Watering Your Bamboo Tree
This remarkable tree is different from most trees in that it doesn’t grow in the usual fashion. While most trees grow steadily over a period of years, the Chinese bamboo tree doesn’t break through the ground for the first four years. Then, in the fifth year, an amazing thing happens – the tree begins to grow at an astonishing rate. In fact, in a period of just five weeks, a Chinese bamboo tree can grow to a height of 90 feet.
I worked very hard not to be seen as a woman
I was so inspired by this speech by Senator Linda Reynolds that I thought I would share it with you. “Thank you for the honour of allowing me to acknowledge my wonderful and inspirational colleague and role model, our Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, Julie [Read more…]
Timeless principles for you
It was the 21st of January, my phone rang. As I was busy on a call, I let it go to voicemail. It rang again. Then there was a text message that came through that said “It’s over, the mine is closing, we’re out of here”. It felt like a [Read more…]
Beware the temptation to become self-righteous!
This is an excerpt from the daily writing I do as I get inspired. This is an unedited post – enjoy! As we ponder on “Thoughts Create Our Reality”, beware the insidious temptation to become self-righteous. Ponder with humility on the grace of God which is bestowed on you. Not [Read more…]
“Before becoming a mother I had a hundred theories on how to bring up children. Now I have seven children and one theory: love them, especially when they least deserve to be loved.” Kate Samperi Writer Everyone deserves to be loved ALL the time. Love is not earned – it’s [Read more…]
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