It’s easy for us to look at someone’s success and blame our lack of motivation. “I just wish I had the motivation.” “I can never find the motivation that I need to continue.” I’m starting to think it’s rarely about motivation but more about pain. Specifically, the avoidance of discomfort or pain at all costs. Even if the cost is …
Let’s Pretend You’re the CEO…
Let’s play a game for 2 minutes. It starts like this: You’re the CEO of an organisation called [insert your name]. As CEO, you are given the important task of running a successful organisation and creating a culture that drives performance, results and impact in the external world. How do you manage your life if you’re the CEO? How do …
The Ways in which Abundance Flows in Life and Business
Years ago someone once told me not to waste my time writing blog posts while building a business. He didn’t know what I know about Abundance. He told me I should only focus on the activities that make me money. I understood what he was saying and where he was coming from….but I kept writing. I knew my thoughts and …
Thoughts // The Shaping of Destinies
My grandmother was forced to leave school and became a servant at 8. She cried and cried when they told her she couldn’t go back to school. My other grandmother gave birth to 9 children in poverty. My father barely finished primary school. He never wanted to discuss his childhood. My parents both emigrated to Australia from Croatia when they …
Surviving Loss in Your 20s
We meet regularly. This time we’re standing in his old office where the rooms are filled with memories. We embrace and spend (what feels like hours) together talking. I stare at him trying to absorb all of his features. The contours of his face, his smile, his hug. We walk together until he tells me that I’m not allowed to …