Why Starfish? Because they are Beautiful!
It all started with the Starfish Story. Many people ask me “Why Starfish?” My response to “Why Starfish?” have been the topic of my blog for this week. My number 5 reason is “they are just beautiful!”. However many arms – not legs – the starfish, sea star, is a beautiful creature. See a selection […]
Why Starfish? 5 is such a magic number!
Reason number 4 is about the number 5! Most Starfish have 5 arms – not legs! There are starfish with more arms. 5 is a Fabulous and really important number Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with”. Over and over it seems that there are […]
“Why Starfish? – Regeneration!
When I cut my finger the body replaces the cells through regeneration. Read on to find out what regeneration means to a starfish! For years I’ve continued telling the Starfish Story when people ask me about my Starfish symbol – and I often include this comment about the people from Corporate! My sense has always […]
5 Reasons “Why Starfish” – out there on the sand bank!
Yesterday I explained how the Starfish first became a symbol for me and for the things that I do. It started many years ago when I first heard the adaptation of the Star Thrower story. The second reason comes from what happened one time I was telling the Starfish Story: I was working at the […]
“Why Starfish?”
I have an ongoing attachment to the starfish as a personal symbol as it reminds me why I do what I do. I have a lovely necklace which my sister found for me and insisted I buy! She can be like that! I was already using starfish in my private email address. From time to […]
The Argument
The Argument As I got up from my seat on the ferry, there was a woman in the aisle wearing a gorgeous purple top with matching purple hair. Purple is a favourite colour (obviously!) and I was thinking of having purple streaks myself so I said to her “I love your hair, it looks great”. […]
Pearls Before Breakfast
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician […]
DON’T QUIT! by Edgar A. Guest
DON’T QUIT! When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but do not quit. Life […]
You are not charging what you are worth because You think your clients cannot afford to pay...
It drives me crazy! when I hear someone say that they cannot charge the amount they believe they are worth because “the client cannot afford it” How do they know that? What evidence do they have that the client/ customer cannot afford to pay? It is amazing what people can find the money to pay […]