It seems that everyone else is, so why not us! How incredibly awesome are they as individuals, women, athletes, a team, ambassadors for Australia, soccer and women's sport! I'm amazed and delighted at the excitement, engagement, passion, pride and even obsession this World Cup competition and this team are igniting across the country and the world. From little kids to hardcore macho males, to [...]
Last weekend I took my team to Hamilton Island for two nights of R&R, team building, bonding and fun. Every day, Monday to Friday, 9am-ish to 5pm-ish, we’re together, working. Achieving our goals, aiming to surpass our customer’s expectations, beating deadlines, figuring out solutions, learning, growing and trying to do better. It’s been an incredibly tough environment for the past few years but despite [...]
Last week I celebrated a significant milestone birthday. And I celebrated well! During the cutting of the cake I had many calls for “make a wish”, and it had me stumped for a moment because I truly couldn’t think of anything to wish for. I realised that I had everything in life that I could wish for. I have a beautiful partner and [...]
I’ve just finished reading Anh Do’s biography, The Happiest Refugee, and it has left me with an immense feeling of happiness and gratitude. What an amazing man, family and life! From a toddler who nearly lost his life at the hands of pirates whilst at sea escaping a communist regime, to a household name and one of Australia’s most loved celebrities, the man and [...]
Last week I wrote about my experience of writing a list about things I wanted to do for myself rather than my usual lists for work and caring for everyone else. My list included things like getting organised, being mindful, moving more, catching up with friends, etc, etc. I thought back about my list over the next few days and thought back to my [...]
Sometimes I get a bit lost in lists. I have lists of things to do for customers, lists for my business, lists for my team, my family, my shopping… And they all list, sometimes in great detail, the things I have to do for other people. Which is great because it keeps me organised and on task. But sometimes I really need to focus [...]
As a female business owner, employing a team of fabulous women, with a mission of empowering women to take control of their finances, International Women’s Day is a big deal to me. It’s really not so long ago that life was very different for us. We were often stay at home mothers, prohibited to even work once we were married, let alone own [...]
I was reading about a young Australian woman the other day who is the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick. I didn’t even know what the “Polar Hat Trick” was so I did some more research, and found that this young woman is truly remarkable. Let me list the feats of Jade Hameister: In 2013, at age 12 Jade completed the trek [...]
It can be a bit like a trap that turns into a hamster wheel that just seems to have no exit and you just keep running! Do you know the feeling? So, how do you stop? Seems to me that there are three choices: 1. jump off the hamster wheel and hope for the best 2. keep running until a stretcher arrives to forcibly [...]
I was watching an interview on the weekend with an incredibly charismatic 76 year old woman from New York. She shared many gems and little nuggets of wisdom during the 45 minutes we had together, but one really stuck with me. She said, “Every morning when you wake up, you have a decision to make. Are you going to be your own best [...]
