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Find a Joy Buddy
Today – your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find yourself a JOY BUDDY! Or reconnect with the two you made at the conference where you saw me speak. Remember this time is all about connecting – and avoiding the devastating loneliness that can envelop people at a…
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The Real Secret to Thriving While Working From Home
Here are a few photos of fabulous Joy Buddy activities from past events… And some creative things people have done! People have taken the little yellow Joy Buddies I throw out at events and done all manner of wonderful things with them. Such amazing creativity! Like that which is exploding…
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Remembering your Essence
I was 64 when I had an inkling of what my human essence might actually be! And without the help of David Martin I would not have found it. I am honouring his work with me by passing on some of the things he has taught me to show you how to begin to discover…
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Stop the Fear. Choose Gratitude
I am in awe of the humour that is appearing mostly on Social Media and the creativity of people confined to home! LOL. Do yourself a favour and laugh at some each day to marvel at how people think! If you find anything particularly funny share it to our Joy Buddies…
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What An Opportunity
Mel, my fabulous VP of Everything, and I have been working on how we can help our clients and friends right now. We believe the real secret to thriving while working from home and making the best of the current circumstances is to engage with your Joy Buddies. In this…
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5 Ways to Make Your Workplace Fun
Joyful workplaces are buzzing with people bursting with energy, vitality and enthusiasm! They love what they do and feel they are important at work – and do important work! Here are five ways to make your your workplace a fun place to be! 1. Give others permission to be joyful!…
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Australia’s Leading Female Motivational, Inspiration, & Experiential Speaker gives insider secrets…on…
HOW TO GET TO AND STAY AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME FOR OVER 30 YEARS….how to build a strong brand, a great reputation and a successful speaking business Being one of the “Springsteen of Speakers”, according to my fellow speaker and friend Andrew Klein and thanks to him for…
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Are You an Energy Sucker or an Energy Giver?
Does this happen to you? You wake up in the morning, you have some energy and you walk out you encounter someone else. At the end of 5 minutes with this person you walk away with shoulders slumped saying ‘oh geez, I feel terrible.’ We can now prove in quantum…
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2020 – The Year Of Monotonous Goodness!
Speaking with my mentor, Dr David Martin,(www.davidmartin.world) a few weeks ago, I learned about the concept of monotonous goodness. We were discussing how many people focus on the ‘problems’ or issues in their lives; the things that are going wrong or not as they would like, and the way we…
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The Power of Giving
Last month I was very grateful to be invited to speak to a large group of Orthodontists who were innovative and exciting! They had brought a dynamic and incredibly creative group from Spain – who are setting up a base in the USA. It wasn’t until I returned home that I received…
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Joy is good for business
In the last couple of years, I have had the great honour of working with many leaders who are seeing the value of fostering joy at work. Recently another article from Harvard with some research on areas at work that increase joy. Add these findings to Shawn Achor’s research on…
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Why Amanda Gore should be your next keynote speaker!
Amanda Gore is one of Australia’s and the USA’s favourite conference keynote speaker. Amanda is CEO of The Joy Project, an author, speaker, Huffington Post columnist and business woman. She is one of 4 Australians inducted into the USA Speaker Hall of Fame. She works with small and large organisations…
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The New Business Model – H2H
Recently, Brigham Young University released the results of a study on social isolation. If you are socially isolated (ie lonely or don’t feel you have friends you can call on) the risk of death goes up 32%! That is one reason H2H is becoming so important in business. Most of…
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J.O.M.O – Joy of Missing Out
I have ‘borrowed’ the wonderful cartoonist Michael Leunig’s concept of JOMO for the beginning of 2019 newsletter! Many people and magazines write about the stress of holiday season and give you all sorts of tips and skills – only for us to do the same things again the next year…
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Is FOWOT Controlling Your Life?
F.O.W.O.T. It’s insidious and affects a huge number of people. It undermines many behaviors and can limit our growth and development. What is it? Fear of what others think! How many times have you felt silly, humiliated, shamed, embarrassed or shy? Have you ever wondered what causes those feelings? Ever…
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As a communications and performance expert, Amanda believes success in business is always about feelings. The way we feel about a product, organization or person influences how we behave and informs our decisions about how we spend, or how we conduct business. Facts, targets and figures don’t change behaviours - touching hearts, feelings and stories do.