How We Burned The Boats and Lived To Tell The Story TODAY is the day ONE YEAR AGO EXACTLY we flew out of Australia with 6 suitcases, 2 carry-ons and 2 backpacks and our head, heart and gut saying ‘do it’! To live in the United States of America as residents, not just tourists on …
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7 Traits We Can Adopt From Our Irish Friends IRISH BY NAME: IRISH BY NATURE There is something very romantic about the Irish. Beside the Atlantic Ocean, between Ballyvaughan and Doolin, north of the Cliffs of Moher and south of Galway Bay, is a little village called Fanore Beg. And the ‘house on the hill’ …
Will You Take The Road Less Travelled Or The Path Of Least Resistance? It’s scary taking the road less travelled as most people take the path of least resistance instead. It’s easier! On moving to the USA from Australia, I knew there would be a huge component of personal and professional growth. It would mean …
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I’ve been reading so many wonderful New Year’s Eve posts and messages about lessons learned from 2022 and lofty and inspirational aspirations for 2023. I’ve also read those complaints that LinkedIn is a business networking site and not Facebook. Different strokes for different folks, right? Well, those of you who know me, know I always …
OK. I know it sounds like you’re about to read some kind of joke, but alas, no joke! A message, instead. Last week, here in Denver, the temperature got to minus 7 degrees and for a newbie from Melbourne, Australia, it was a tad cold – and we haven’t even hit winter yet! There was …
‘I’m so sorry girls but I’m out!’ No sooner than those words came out of my mouth I felt feelings of conflict. On one hand I was concerned about spoiling an experience for others and on the other hand I was concerned about my own health. This Saturday just gone I went hiking with my …
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It’s time to let the cat out of the bag or as my husband would say, release the genie out of the bottle… I am like so many of you out there – I want to make an impact and I’m ready for another professional growth spurt. It’s kind of like… ‘Go Big or Go …
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Ahhhh…. Golf! “It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.” I totally resonated with the last few words famously quoted by former Baseball Hall of Famer, Hank Aaron. Not having picked up my golf clubs for quite a few years, I wanted those …
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I’ve been off the grid pretty much for the majority of the past twelve months. Oh, sure I’ve posted articles and posts here and there and curated and commented on my colleagues posts, but something else has been at play. I’ve needed to find my groove, get my mojo back and step into the brilliance …
When we say that we buy on emotions and back it up with logic how does that actually play out? I mean, I go to the supermarket and buy the usual stuff – toilet paper, toothpaste, milk, vegetables and maybe the odd chocolate bar (that I make my husband and I share because that way …
