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Living “happily ever after” – myth or reality?
As a child, I was always a big fan of fairy tales, especially the ending of most of them being “…and they lived happily ever after”. I have never given a second thought to the concept of “happily ever after”. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, Friendship, General Reflections, Parenting, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged fairy tale
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The journey of Klout and the world of social media
Sometimes last year I was catching up with a friend and discussing a number of projects that I was looking at launching. In our conversation, the word “klout” was mentioned, which, at that point, was a foreign and totally unknown concept to me. As my … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Friendship, General Reflections, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged facebook, influence, klout, Klout score, linkedin, on-line, online, social media, technology, twitter
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Crossroads – a familiar landscape
Many times in our lifetime we come to unexpected crossroads. Choices present themselves to us out of the blue and we are forced to make life-changing decisions. Each person deals with such decision-making process differently. Some take their time to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, Friendship, General Reflections, Uncategorized
Tagged chess, crossroads, decisions, leap of faith, ponder
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Honesty is the best policy…not so in the world of sport
In light of the most recent doping, match-fixing and corruption scandals in the world of sport, such as the truth about Lance Armstrong’s drug taking in cycling and accusations faced by the Essendon football club as well as the shadow … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, Friendship, General Reflections, Social Media, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged Bombers, cheating, corruption, dishonesty, doping, Essendon, Essendon football club, honesty, integrity, Lance Armstrong, match-fixing, sport
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Social Media – how much is too much
Social media is a phrase commonly used today in business, but as a concept it is often misunderstood. The recent technological advancements in this area have changed the traditional way of doing and advertising business. The avenues encompassed within the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Social Media, Technology
Tagged brand awareness, business, business community, conquer, content, endless potential, facebook, foursquares, global reach, Google+, internet, linkedin, pinterest, PR management, presence, return on investment, social media, social media monitoring, social media platform, tumbler, twitter, world, worldwide
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Turn the page!
“Life is like riding a bicycle – in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein Everyone endures various degrees of hardship in life. If you do not learn the skills of how to get up after … Continue reading
Posted in Business, General Reflections, Life Quotes, Uncategorized
Tagged Albert Einsten, character, clear picture, get up, hardship, Harriet Beecher Stowe, hurdle, journey, life skills, move on, moving on, sink or swim, skills, teach, turn the page, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
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Too big of a task? Take baby steps
“How am I going to get this done?” is often a question posed by many wanting to achieve an outcome, solve a problem, take their business to the new level or just get on with their week. In many cases, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, General Reflections, Uncategorized
Tagged baby steps, begin doing, business, byte size, celebrate, complex, destination, end-result, food, identify goal, journey, lao tsu, make a start, mammoth task, mark twain, mental attitude, milestone, mindset, overwhelming, phase, pieces, questions, quit talking, rescue, start, steps, stressing, the secret of getting started, thomas jefferson, thousand mile, walt disney, worryng
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80/20 Rule – Do you follow?
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important” – Stephen Covey, the author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. More than a century ago, in 1906, a now well-known Italian … Continue reading
Posted in Business, General Reflections, Uncategorized
Tagged 20 per cent, 20 percent, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 80 per cent, 80 percent, 80-20, 80-20 rule, 80/20, 80/20 rule, best, business, calculation, clients, connections, courage, Dr. Joseph M. Juran, important, interpretation, Italy, literal mathematical, misconception, numbers\, outcome, Pareto, Pareto's Principle, people, pie chart, prioritise, prioritising, prioritize, prioritizing, priority, productive, rule, skill, stephen covey, steven covey, task, theory, undermine, valuable
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You can do it!
So many times in our lives we have to answer questions, which mostly require one of the two answers – ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Simple, you would think. Not so. Pythagoras commented many centuries ago that “the oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, General Reflections, Life Quotes, Uncategorized
Tagged afraid, amazing, answer, bob the builder, business, can do it, centuries, do it, dwell, enjoy, existence, human, human race, inpire, motto, no, opportunities, opportunity, our lives, power, pythagoras, question, reject, resolution, responsibility, result, reward, surprise, thinking, transform, turn away, upside down, walt disney, yes, you can do it
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'No problems - just projects!' By Jane Garber-Rosenzweig 