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“You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”
James Allen
What of this famous quote from James Allen is correct? What if you have the power of simply thinking in a particular [...]
Posted in Blog on Aug 3rd, 2008
I was conducting a sales workshop in Brisbane last week. The topics were were looking at were handling rejection (a fascinating subject) and coping with change in life. In the middle of the discussion on rejection one of the particiapnts said “…but that’s what I expect.”
It was one of those ‘aha’ moments for me. “Of [...]
Posted in Blog on Apr 3rd, 2008
I recently did a workshop in Brisbane on being super productive. It’s a funny thing, but when you teach you often learn more than the attendees. It sounds a little unfair, but it goes with the territory. Back to the story.
One of the people said he sometimes got to the office after a weekend and [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 22nd, 2008
I spent this week conducting a boot camp. No, not a military training school. I had young trainees who were starting a career in sales. I had five days to turn them from novices to sales consultants with a level of competence that would enable them to suceed rather quickly.
They arrived here in Sydney, bright [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 17th, 2008
Have you ever had that perfect day? A day when it all flowed, people were all good natured, everything you touched just turned to gold? I had one of those days on Saturday.
Weekends are normally very busy and this weekend was no different. Early Saturday morning I have a martial arts class which is both a [...]
Posted in Blog on Dec 31st, 2007
It’s New years Eve again; that wonderful time when we celebrate the year that was and look forward to the year to come. Each year make our wishes and see them fade with time. That new life we promised ourselves, the weight loss, the new job, more money, a great relationship. Start out full of [...]
Posted in Tips on Nov 29th, 2007
NEWS AND MUSE
Hello, it’s Sunday 25th November 2007 in Sydney Australia. We had an election last night and, for the first time in this country’s history all levels of government, State and federal, are controlled by the Labor Party. This means we have a socialist government running every aspect of political life for the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2007
News and Muse
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face . . . do the thing you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Hi there,
It’s September in the southern hemisphere and that means spring. Spring is the time for beginnings, the promise of beautiful [...]
Posted in Blog on Sep 19th, 2007
Think you can, think you can’t,
Either way, you’ll be right
Henry Ford
Industrialist
I’ve [...]
Posted in Blog on Aug 27th, 2007
A couple of weeks ago I received a telephone call that had a profound impact upon me. It was an old friend I hadn’t spoken to for over two years. We had drifted apart for no good reason.
I was delighted to hear from her and was apologetic at neglecting her. Her reply was. “No matter, [...]