Category: Personal Growth
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Don’t forget to water your friends…
There’s been one part of my life where I have been seriously letting the team down. And I have known it for a while. But I hadn’t done anything about it. It’s my friends. Wind back the clock to a long time ago (a long long time ago)…I LOVED school. Yep, I loved it. I…
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OMG! I am so AWESOME!
Today, i had one of those days when everything seemed to fall into place …and I’m not afraid to say it..by geez, I am good, I am ON FIRE people. Yep, it’s true. Get up and exercise? Damn right I did, 6am and I’m running like the wind, sweat beating my brow, muscles straining, I…
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Are you really busy?
This morning I was running around like a headless chook (as usual), I’ve managed to do my exercise (tick), get the lunches ready (tick), tidy the house (tick) dropped the kids on the school walking bus (tick) and now I’m at work and my mind is buzzing. I have about 20 screens open on my…
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Learning to be a special Mum…
Yesterday, I was having one of those days where everything felt like it was getting the better of me. Work deadlines were looming in on me, the house needed a tidy, there was no food (you don’t want to see me hungry) and the kids were driving me….well…bonkers. My daughter has developed a habit of…
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Confessions of a Corporate Mum
Ever wondered what other women are thinking? I remember years ago, attending a conference where the CEO of Carnival Cruises in Australia spoke. It was an honest and upfront discussion about her challenges as a woman in leadership and she confessed to many of the insecurities she felt on a regular basis. She told a…
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Thinking…it’s a dreadful affliction…take a brain break
Ahhh…overthinking things, it’s one of my favourite party tricks and one that challenges me on a daily basis. How do I stop my whirlwind of a mind going from topic to topic in a split second, whirring around creating chaos but no real outcomes or results. My husband came home yesterday after delivering a presentation…
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My personal cheerleader…
I’ve talked before about some of the bad managers I have had during my career… like Teflon, or the manager who threatened to throw her laptop at me (and I haven’t even written about “the aggressor” yet). But mostly, I have had the pleasure of working under some pretty amazing, influential and inspiring managers. I…
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Keeping up appearances…
It’s been so long since I’ve had to worry about my appearance when it comes to work, because most of the time I’m hidden at home…behind a telephone line and a screen. And when I do connect in, I can brush my hair and keep my tracksuit pants on. So I forgot how much that…
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Are you happy with where you are today?
I’m so excited…and I just can’t hide it…I’m about to lose control and I think I like it…you are required to sing this section of my blog, aka Pointer Sisters from the 80’s. Why am I excited? Because interesting things are happening with my work at the moment, the project I am working on is…
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Don’t let fear hold you back…
Celebrating my lovely neice’s 9th birthday this week, I found myself facing a mega trampoline and a big, big foam pit. I watched as each child before me somersaulted and catapulted themselves into that foam pit, and I really really wanted to do it too. So, to my family’s horror, I joined the queue. But…
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