Summer Bodies are created in Winter
I really love Wednesday mornings. I go to our local gym for an early morning yoga class (and a swim, if I have the time). This week a notice right beside the water fountain caught my attention “Summer Bodies are Created in Winter” Most of us know that feeling of peeling off the layers of […]
How could I trust them with my Super ?
I was walking past a cafe in North Sydney this morning & I heard the Barista telling all the people waiting for their coffees “…of course it’s wrong. They never get it right. If they can’t get the temperature right, how could I trust them with my Super?”The tall building across the road from the […]
Lessons learned from the Nay Sayers of the world
There is a chapter in my book that is called “Lessons learned from the Nay Sayers” Over time I’ve learned that there are actually two types of Nay Sayer and I’ve learned: i. which Nay Sayer to listen to and ii. what parts of what they say are important. The garden variety “that will never work” […]
Are you a Coulda Shoulda Woulda kind of person?
Coulda Shoulda Woulda The number of times I have heard someone saying “I shoulda done ….” They say, “I shoulda spent more time on preparing my presentation.” Many times I hear, “I coulda been …. Coulda had …. Coulda …..” It can sound like this: “I coulda started my own business but everyone told me […]
Be Kind; There’s no charge for love
Be Kind Every day I receive a Positive Daily Inspiration and this morning I received this and thought I’d share it here: A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he […]
Pay Yourself First
While the concept to pay yourself first seems straightforward, putting it into practice may not be that easy – at first. The premise is simply this, each time you are paid, pay yourself first. In other words before you pay anyone else or buy anything else, you put a portion of what you’ve earned into […]
Are you listening to your inner voice ? what are you saying to yourself?
Have you heard the Jim Rohn quote “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” We are told to choose our friends wisely because we will be known ‘by the company we keep.’ Or, consider this, ‘With friends like that, who needs enemies.’ Choosing good company is important; especially, with those […]
It felt like a Portlandia moment
“That was like being in an episode of Portlandia” We were at the markets and I was buying free range eggs. “Where do these eggs come from?” I asked. “Near Albury” When I asked if she herself drove from there she said “No, they get trucked up by freight company” The poster showed hens walking […]
Men’s Health Week 2014
Health Check Tuesday; the Numbers that matter Men’s Health Week has just been and has drawn attention to some rather disturbing information regarding men’s health in Australia 5 Australian men die every hour from a preventable cause or disease and 8 000 more men than women die every year in Australia from preventable causes and diseases. […]