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10 Commandments For Reducing Stress
Originally written by Hilary Langford and expanded by me! – www.hilary.com.au Hilary Langford is a very talented organizational consultant and she originally wrote these commandments many years ago, but they are just as relevant today as they were then. Thanks Hilary for your creativity! I expanded them today! 1. Thou…
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Ask for Blessings – Believe and Receive
What do you want your life to look like at the end of the adventure of 2015? Grab a piece of paper (and maybe a glass of wine!) and make a list of all the areas on your life – work, family, relationship, health, finances, self, learning, growth, friends, lifestyle…
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Quotes About Failure That Will Inspire You to Succeed
Fear of failure is one of the main factors stopping people getting what they want. We can be so scared of failure that we don’t even bother trying! It’s one of the main factors that differentiates people who get what they want and those who don’t. What if we viewed…
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21 Habits of Successful Leaders
Through my own experiences as a motivational keynote speaker on Leadership, along with my research and observations I have a come up with 21 habits that I believe successful leaders live by. They consistently feel good about themselves and believe in their own abilities. They help others to feel good…
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Thought Viruses
Robert Dilts is a well known American expert in neurolinguistics and writes frequently for a magazine called Anchor Point. In a past edition he was discussing the connection between beliefs and health or wellness. He introduced the concept of ‘thought viruses’. What a fantastic way of describing one of the…
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Creating Life Balance
Stress is a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to be a way of life! How long have we talked about needing life balance and at that same time BEEN doing everything we can to go faster and do more! At work and at home, people expect to do…
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Creating Joy Spots
Joy is the next competitive advantage! Happiness precedes success and all performance, creativity, innovation and team connection is linked to happiness at work! The latest research in neuroscience, epigenetics, emotional intelligence and positive psychology intersect at a point I call “the joy spot”- the sweet spot for performance. Leaders need…
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How to make people remember you
Based on work by Lila Davachi (Ph D and Professor at NYU). Tobias Kiefer (VP Learning and Development) and David Rock (author of Your Brain at Work), at the Neuroleadership Summit, there is now a formula to enhance memory and learning! A= Attention G= Generation E= Emotion S= Spacing Focused…
Read MoreWake up to the spirit in which you do things!
A quote from a book written by The Mother, a student of Sri Arubindo (a famous Indian Guru) touched my heart. “Everything always depends on the way in which things are done. Not so much what one does but the spirit in which one does it.” To me, the spirit…
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Why you all deserve a TA DA? + Amanda’s new app!
When I lived in America, I spoke to a lovely group in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. I was telling them about my niece’s first gym competition. At the time she was 9 and I was (and still am) a very doting, and enthusiastic aunt! In between exercises (which I must say were…
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Your mood matters
The Harvard business review (HBR) lists emotional intelligence (EQ) as the number one quality of a great leader. The essence of EQ is to know yourself, manage yourself and manage relationships. Out of all the various aspects of EQ, HBR states that the leader’s mood has the most significant impact…
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Wake up to Fear and how it affects your performance!
Last week I had an AH HA moment! In a blinding flash of the obvious I realized just how much of my behaviours were ruled by a range of fears, to which I was completely oblivious! Imagine what you life would be like if you recognized the fears that are…
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It’s Always Sunny Above The Clouds – Part II
continued from Part I The fifth lesson in a Course of Miracles asks you to work with the idea that “I am never upset for the reason I think.” They give examples like: “I am not angry with/afraid of/upset with for the reason I think.” I think that’s a great…
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It’s Always Sunny Above The Clouds! – Part I
We had just taken off from some airport in the U.S. on a particularly stormy day — it was bumpy and rough and a bit scary, but then we passed through the clouds, and it was the most gorgeous, sunny clear blue sky! It suddenly dawned on me that it’s…
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6 Ways To Increase Your Joy
No matter how you look at it, comparisons will ruin your joy! Comparison is the cousin of judgment. It serves no purpose other than to make you feel discontented with what you have. STOP IT! Here are 6 ways to increase your joy: 1. STOP comparing how you look with…
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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.
