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6 Habits of Highly Resilient People

Emotional intelligence

6 Habits of Highly Resilient People

TAKING THE STRESS OUT OF EVERY DAY! Every morning they wake up and say today I choose joy, consciously, and then; They observe their thinking all day and stop thoughts that create stress. They work at being present in every moment and not worry about or dwell on what is coming next or…

Feelings in Business

Emotional intelligence

The Power of Joy and Feelings in Business

The Power of Joy and Feelings in Business, especially right now. ‘Life is not just about feeling good. It’s about being good at feeling.’ Why? Because everything we do in life is based directly or indirectly on feelings, whether we are conscious of them or not. Great wisdom comes from being conscious of…

6 Steps to Bring Back Joy

Emotional intelligence

6 Steps to Bring Back Joy

If you have lost the joy of running your business, here’s how to get it back! Be Present. Be grateful Listen to your stories Your connection, Your why, your purpose Give yourself permission to feel, it’s ok! F.A.R.C. Be present. Focus on what you can control right here, right NOW! The…

The most important thing in your life!

Emotional intelligence

The most important thing in your life!

THE most important thing is life is how you feel about yourself! If you have ever been in love, do you remember how you felt in the early days of the relationship? Fabulous! Life was great, everything looked wonderful; things flowed; people were nicer, kinder and more interesting!; You laughed more; others loved…

Transformative Power of Gratitude

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Transformative Power of Gratitude

Hello Everyone! I recently did a ‘live virtual’ presentation in my home studio to 300 people for Dale Beaumonts excellent organization Business Blueprint and thought you might like to see the new content I have created form the COVID experience! Once upon a time, BC, before COVID, most of us ‘existed’. We rushed through…

loose control

Change

What can we control when everything seems out of control?

In times of discombobulation when things are uncertain, the tendency for humans is to run around like Chook’s without heads on….and create chaos, panic or freeze. And a very wise person said to me, when I asked if things were feeling like they were out of control, answered “No, I just focus on the things…

Find a Joy Buddy

Emotional intelligence

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 time when we are actually…

Stop the Fear. Choose Gratitude

Emotional intelligence

Stop the Fear. Choose Gratitude

I am in awe of the humor that is appearing mostly on Social Media and the creativity of people confined to home! LOL. Do yourself a favor and laugh at some each day to marvel at how people think! If you find anything particularly funny share it to our Joy Buddies Facebook Group. Today the post…

5 Ways to Make Your Workplace Fun

Emotional intelligence

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! Our first step to creating…

Are You an Energy Sucker or an Energy Giver?

Emotional intelligence

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 physics that there is an…

The Power of Giving

Emotional intelligence

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 the above-compiled video from the…

Joy is good for business

Change

Joy is good for business

In the last couple of years, I have had the great honor 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 happiness at work and its…

Why Amanda Gore should be your next keynote speaker!

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Why Amanda Gore should be your next keynote speaker!

Amanda Gore is one of Australia’s and the USA’s favorite 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 organizations like Flight Center, Google, McDonalds,…

The New Business Model: H2H

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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 us spend most of our…

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