How to recognise, love and appreciate the miracles in your life! What does a miracle look like to you? I have many great teachers and one of them Duane Alley sells these beautiful little cards that say “Expect a Miracle” on them. I love these cards and have several around the house. At a seminar…
Content or Presenter Skill: Which is More Important?
I just read a discussion on: What is more important, the presenter or the content. The general consensus was a great presenter can make poor content look great and that people will listen to a boring presenter if the information given is required. A successful Presenter in todays world will have great content with excellent delivery. The discussion…
Science of Motivation
How are you motivated or how do you motivate your staff? Do you use extrinsic motivation? Common extrinsic motivators are rewards for achieving the desired outcome, or the threat of punishment for outcomes not achieved, commonly called “carrots and sticks”. This style of motivation has been around since day dot, it…
All or Nothing
Until recently I was an all or nothing type of person and was really proud of it. I loved that when I tackled something I committed 100% and went for it. Are you an all or nothing type of person? If you are, does that mindset serve you? What do you mean I hear you…
Does Your Business Need Therapy?
A business is just like a body, it can function while in pain or under stress but certainly not at its best or close to full capacity. Problems such as: headache, backache, colds/flu, allergies, sore knee etc. all slow the body down. What ailments could be affecting your business? • Staff attrition; are you haemorrhaging…
Great Managers Choose to Develop Character
Guest Post By Will Edwards You are probably well aware of the four main management styles: we have autocrats and free-reign (laissez faire) managers and, within both groups, we have some managers who are more concerned about getting the job done (task oriented) and others who are more focused upon the needs of the team…
Being Human Causes Us To Be Judgemental
Being Human and the very way that we work causes us to be judgemental. A bold statement I know, but being one of those “tree hugging hippies” or as one of my teachers so aptly puts it “a new age wanker” I pride myself on working at being non-judgemental every day. That is because society…
Journey To Why, How I Found My Passion And You Can Too!
WOW what a ride I’ve had these last 18mths! I’ve travelled all over Australia attending trainings, and my business has taken a totally different direction. What have I learnt? To succeed you have to be passionate about what you do; some people call it their Why. So I went on a journey of discovering…
Authenticity! What does that mean for you?
I read a post this week on Authentic Behaviour, I can’t remember who wrote it but it was obviously good because I have been thinking about authenticity since. I was brought up with “If you cannot say something nice then say nothing at all” I think this is good advice and even though I haven’t…
Managers Are Not Managing; Does “Stuff” rule your life?
Does “Stuff” rule your life? Do you believe that all you need is better “time management”? There is no such thing as time management; we manage ourselves and our tasks by determining how much time we give them. I have been finding that Managers are not managing; usually because they are too busy putting out…
