Memories of an 8 year old applying for a job
I’d write letters to people asking for what I or people I knew wanted or needed.I wrote to the editor of our local paper asking for a job as a journalist, when I must have only been about 8 or 9.Another time, my mum’s elderly friend’s house was flooded and she had no...
Successful People Aren’t on Social Media Because it’s a Waste of Their Time!
The other day, I heard a business leader tell their community that “successful people aren’t on social media because it’s a waste of their time”. They’re not wrong. Many successful business owners have a team of employees and the company invest heavily in Facebook...
How Often Are You Posting A Day On Social Media?
THE MORE TIMES YOU POST EACH DAY on your chosen social media platform, the more clients you’ll attract. I’ve sat in many conference sessions where the speaker taught the room that 3, 4, 5 posts a day is ESSENTIAL if you want to be successful online. Usually the...
A Post About The Time The Police Were At My Door
I OPENED THE DOOR one Saturday morning and there stood on the doorstep was a policeman. It was early for a Saturday. After a long week at my full-time job in the finance department of a hospital 30 minutes away, Saturday morning lie ins were an essential part of my...
Flipping your script
Recently, I had a call with a client who was feeling down on themselves. In their words they “hadn’t got anywhere this week” and confessed that they considered cancelling their call because they felt they had nothing to report. Within 5 minutes, we had established...
3 Ways to Create Social Media Content from Your Responder Flow
If you’re struggling to come up with new ideas you can write social media content about, these suggestions will be right up your street. All three give you ideas ‘in response’. Responding is the tap that turns on the flow of creative ideas for us introverts (and...
Financial Freedom – But Not as You Know It!
Financial freedom to me is not a monetary amount. I became financially free when I accepted the way I am made, recognised what of all the things I ‘can’ do are my zone of genius, and started saying no to paid work that isn’t a fit for how I’m designed. Take this post...
Auditioning for Jackanory?
I was reading a story recently about someone who saw a scruffy and unkempt looking person stood by the door of a cafe. Based on their appearance, they decided this person was homeless and offered to buy them a lunch. Turns out they were on their break from work and...
Your To-Do List and the ABC
When you have lots on your plate and your to-do list is spanning whole sides of A4, it’s easy to slip into overwhelm. You forget important stuff, and probably not much is getting done because the list is so out of control you don’t know where to start. Years ago, I...
Somebody doesn’t know
Is it safe to mention ‘Line of Duty’ yet? Lol We hadn’t watched any of it until last year so the hype during the live series had passed me by in other years. But this year, we were well and truly drawn in and spent waaay too much time theorising who the elusive ‘H’...
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