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What Are You Thinking? (WT504)
This week, Ross and I experienced a great reminder of the power of our thoughts and how life is always working for you. For the past few weeks, Ross had been thinking he needed to replace the back tyre on Floyd, our motorbike. It must have been playing on his mind because at the 11th hour before we were due to catch the last ferry from Bruny Island in Tasmania back to Kettering and then drive 90 minutes to where we were staying at New Norfolk, Ross suddenly pulled over and stopped on the side of the road. “Why are we stopping?” I asked. “Flat tyre,” he replied. “Oh dear!...
Get a Woman to Check (WT503)
One of the great things about being on the road is there is no timeframe. We were heading south towards Hobart and came across a lovely little town called Ross. We didn’t know there was a caravan park in Ross until we chanced upon it when we went walking along the Ross Bridge that was built over 100 years ago by convict stonemasons. They did such a great job they were given their freedom once the bridge was completed because they got it done in 58 weeks, where previous wooden bridges had taken years to build and didn’t last. We loved the town so much we decided to stay the night....
Be Generous (WT502)
Still travelling, this week we sailed from Port Melbourne to Devonport in Tasmania. We stayed overnight not far from the harbour, overlooking the ocean before heading to Launceston for the city’s annual Festivale. Festivale is like an expo of local food and wine, located in City Park, right in the middle of town. It rained almost as soon as we arrived and continued for the most part over the 3 day festival. Having dodged the fires on the south coast of NSW we didn’t mind the rain, even though we were travelling on the motorbike. Now to the point of the story. As we...
It’s Just an Experience (WT501)
I recently travelled to Orlando, Florida to graduate as a Transformational Mindset Facilitator for David Bayer’s Phenomenal Coaching Methodologies – in other words Mindset 2.0 but that’s not what I want to talk about. I just want to give you the context for this week’s thought. On my return flight from Orlando to Los Angeles I was waiting in line at the Security Checking stations. I wasn’t paying attention and like a sheep, I simply followed behind the people in front of me, until …. a hand waved in front of my face, gesturing that I should move back behind a sign (that I hadn’t...
Make Me Feel Welcome (WT500)
Last week I joined Lee Woodward, Creative Director and CEO at Real Estate Academy, for an interview to discuss onboarding new employees. I thought I would share the highlights with you because this is such a critical task for every organisation. Here are the top 5 things you need to manage, according to me: 1,Make them feel welcome. Most new employees don’t know anyone when they first start apart from the people who interviewed them. It’s a daunting thing to walk into a new workplace where the other employees have established friendships and ways of doing things. It’s critical to make them...
I Want To Get Better But… (WT499)
This week is a bit of a wake up call for all of us. On Sunday, I head to USA to graduate as a Facilitator of David Bayer’s Phenomenal Coaching System (and it is phenomenal). One of the requirements to graduate (and there were many) is that I attend a 2-day conference/graduation event in Orlando, Florida. I did ask if I could join virtually. “No. You have to attend in person.” Dang! That means I have to fly over 20 hours for a 2-day event and fly back again, not to mention the cost involved in travel and accommodation. And I’ll be heading back over...
Become Resolute (WT498)
It’s the start of a new year. Do you make new year’s resolutions? I gave up on them years ago because I found myself disappointed at the start of the next year when I reflected back and observed that I hadn’t achieved my new year’s resolutions. But that all changed a few days ago when I discovered the way David Bayer looks at setting new year’s resolutions. If we look at the language, we are looking to “resolve” the year that passed; to become resolute about the coming year. Here’s the exciting part. What we know from David’s teachings is that the brain is a goal achieving...
The Power of Gratitude (WT497)
As we start the new year, I am reminded of The Power of Gratitude. I am so grateful that we took a detour to complete a 6-week systems project in Mudgee, Central West New South Wales. If we had stuck to our plan, we would have been amongst the thousands of tourists rushing to escape the fires on the south coast of New South Wales and Victoria. We’d already seen first-hand some of the fires on the north coast as we were evacuated a few months ago from Bonnie Hills. In fact, some of my colleagues had even mentioned some of the “Must See” towns on the south coast, which sadly, are...
Don’t Dim to Fit In (WT496)
Merry Christmas (if you celebrate it), and Happy Holidays if you don’t. One of my favourite things to do is to read and on Christmas Day I almost devoured this book “Light is the New Black – A Guide to Answering Your Soul’s Calling and Working Your Light” by Rebecca Campbell (2015). Ross gave it to me and I love the fact that in the book she writes how whomever is reading this book, whether they bought it for themselves or found it on a bookshelf or received it as a gift, our higher self called it forth. Thank you Ross. Thank you Universe! There was a page in...
Change Your Password – Reset Your Brain (WT495)
Have you been keeping up with the latest breakthroughs in brain science? I’m absolutely fascinated with understanding how the brain works. In summary, your brain as part of the human being operating system is both a goal achieving machine and a Google search engine. Imagine you have a project to complete and you go to the library and ask the Librarian for some help to get some resources for your project. If she’s a good librarian she’ll be able to direct you to exactly what you want in really quick time. Well your brain is like that, only it doesn’t filter the...