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Aug 20, 2013
BUSY-BUSY-BUSY... For the sake of what? Why there's more to life than increasing its speed
Yesterday morning I went out for an early morning run/walk yesterday with my friend Sharon (there’s nothing like knowing someone is waiting for you to get your tail out of bed when it’s dark, cold and ridiculously (5.30) early!) Sharon asked me how different Hanoi
Aug 18, 2013
Lead From Within: 7 Acts Of Courage For Career Women
Earlier this month I had the honor of speaking at a women’s leadership summit in Shanghai where I got to meet many women from around the globe. Smart women. Hard-working women. Women aspiring to do more, be more and lead more. Women who also
Aug 12, 2013
My morning with Wayne Dyer: Our way of being speaks more loudly than our words.
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of taking a day to myself to attend a conference with a man who inspired me onto the path I am now travelling. His name is Dr Wayne Dyer. I first read one of his books You will see
Jul 25, 2013
Oh, how easily we can veer off the path of integrity.
Earlier this week I had the rather odd experience of learning that one of my Forbes columns had been plagiarized… by a school principal. While I must admit to feeling a bit flattered that an educator – whose grammar is likely far superior to my
Jul 17, 2013
Hardships needn't harden the heart. A lesson from Cambodia.
I’ve just returned from two weeks travelling through Vietnam and Cambodia (with Intrepid Travel) with my family (Click here for my favorite travel snaps). In between lots of wonderful family fun and adventurous ‘firsts’ (“Crispy fried crickets anyone?”), I had many experiences that reminded
Jun 23, 2013
Is "False Pride" doing you a profound disservice?
When I was twenty-two I returned from a year backpacking around the world after graduating university. It was a tough job market and after months of washing dishes in corporate cafeterias while looking for a 'real job', I finally landed one – selling incontinence ‘Kylie’
Jun 17, 2013
Nigella Lawson, Domestic Abuse and Saying "Enough!"
I don't know what has gone on behind closed doors in Nigella Lawson's marriage. However given the images that have been plastered on papers and internet sites around the globe over the last 24 hours, I'm guessing we only saw a fraction of what's happened
May 29, 2013
Is Facebook making us lonely? Why we mustn't hide behind technology
I love Facebook. Most the time anyway. It's a magnificent tool for staying in touch with friends far away and connecting with people I never otherwise would (perhaps you're one of them!) But like all tools, we can't rely on it to do things
May 20, 2013
Angelina Jolie’s Choice: Being Decisive Amidst Uncertainty
While the media has been abuzz about Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a preemptive double mastectomy, I believe there is a bigger lesson to be drawn from what is a very brave decision by a courageous woman. And it has nothing to do with breast
May 10, 2013
Moving the apostrophe in MOTHERS' DAY!
Greetings from Washington D.C. on Day #10 of my whirlwind US book tour. What an exciting trip it's been, topped off by meeting Katie Couric this morning while taping an interview for Washington Business Report. I've wanted to meet her for a long time so
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