One woman's journey from corporate life to a life of freedom
The old saying of “It’s always darkest before the dawn” might not actually be true in times of physical light, as any early risers will know, but the saying can assist when you are struggling with a difficult or transitory time in your life as I am now.
For me this saying doesn’t mean that I [...]
What have I done this week to move my business forward?
My clutter clearing has continued this week as I have now worked out how to use my external hard drive correctly and have done a full back up. I now also have a second external hard drive (1 terabyte!!) so that I can back up [...]
Have you ever had a fantastic vision about how you would like your life to look? Maybe a great idea for a new business or a dream career that you wanted to explore? Were you so excited that you couldn’t wait to share it with friends, to have them be as excited as you were?
As [...]
Yesterday I wrote about a major part of the “story” of my life that I had been hanging onto. This got me thinking about how I describe myself to others and how I think about myself. I was reminded of an opportunity that I was given recently to look at exactly that.
Last year I attended [...]
Each of us has a story to our lives so far. People, moments, disasters and successes that define us or, should I say, that we allow to define us because our view of how they have affected us is just that, our view. Our version of the truth. It is our choice as to how we [...]
I recently attended a lunch held by Professionelle (an online network for professional women) based around the topic of Career Strategies For Women. As I am in a period of career transition this was a timely topic for me.
If you haven’t heard of Professionelle yet then I would definitely recommend you take a look at [...]
What have I done this week to move my business forward?
Goals and roles – My biggest achievement this week has been to rearrange the way that I work by using a Stephen Covey method (read more about it here) to redefine my roles and my goals. It has been working very well and I’ve had [...]
Have you ever gone to a seminar then forgotten everything you learned as soon as you left? I know I have.
I’ve been attending a few seminars recently, both on line and off line, and it got me thinking about how I could make sure that I gain the most benefit from the time I was [...]
I joined a webinar (an online seminar) recently presented by Leigh St John, author of Achievement Alchemist – Discovering Your Passion. Leigh started off the webinar with this quote from Marianne Williamson:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is my light, not my [...]
I have been thinking for awhile (okay, make that procrastinating) that I haven’t been as productive as I could like to be in my work day. This is especially important as I am working from home on my business so there is no one that I need to be accountable to at the end of [...]
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