What a week!  Is it really Friday already?  Friday afternoon to boot!
My book review on Do Less, Achieve More by Chin-Ning Chu was published on Joyful, Jubilant Learning on Wednesday, as part of the March Love Affair with Books… I’d love to know what you think, and whether this review would encourage you to [...]

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Tony Clark tagged me.  Two days ago.  Oops.  It’s been a busy week & that’s no excuse.
Thanks for the tag, Tony (I think?).  Since I’m ‘IT’ – I am to share with my readers five things you may not know about me.  Hmmm… what don’t you know about me?

My first job was playing the piano [...]

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In our work lives, be we corporate employees, small business owners or something in between, we are often so busy doing our work that we dont take the time to stop and thing about why we are doing the work or the underlying assumptions we are making as we go about our business.
I remember receiving [...]

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I was writing about books, and reading lists and working out which books are worth the money and which ones definitely arent yesterday – and I wanted to share a special resource with you, if you havent already found it.
Rosa Say – that prolific blogger and amazing woman – recently held her 2nd Annual Love [...]

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You may recall I recently talked about the fantastic Slim Ink Book Rental.  I have been chatting via email with Marjorie, the inspiration behind the business, recently and feel like I have found a kindred spirit.
So today, for a treat – I threw a few questions at Marjorie, and she kindly agreed to let me [...]

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We have just had a storm here.  A gorgeous thunder and lightening tropical storm.  I could feel it building all day.  The humidity and pressure have been high – building all week. 
Here in Brisbane we are in the middle of a drought.  Our dams and water supply have dropped below 35% capacity this week [...]

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Had an interesting conversation with a couple of friends the other day about what was going on in our lives.
I was saying it was wonderful to have the house to myself again now the children have gone back to school… not that I dont enjoy having my children around, it’s just that I didnt [...]

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Is there something you really, really, really want?  I mean, Really?
Are you prepared to do anything to get it? 
Have you tried all the affirmations and visualisations and positive thinking stuff?
But you’re still stuck in that ‘wanting’ stage – not actually ‘getting’??
Hmm – seems to be a common problem.
We want to lose weight.  Have a [...]

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What if we dreamed of what can be, instead of worrying about what may never be?

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What if, each morning as we wake, we counted our blessings and not our sorrows?

What if, upon waking, we tuned our minds to the fantastic opportunities awaiting us, and believed, really believed, that Today was going to be a Great Day?

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