by Margie | Oct 11, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
Growing up my mum always told me, “Margaret Mary, never compare yourself to others. It makes you either vain or bitter.” It was good advice but, like all good advice, far easier said than done. Let’s face most of we mere mortals can be a bit insecure...
by Margie | Oct 1, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
I’ve clocked up a lot of air miles over the last six months and stayed in more hotel rooms than I care to count. I didn’t plan it that way but I’ve had some amazing opportunities (like the chance to spend a week with Richard Branson) that I just couldn’t turn down. A...
by Margie | Sep 14, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
I recall once holding on to a pair shoes that made my feet ache every time I wore them for no other reason than I paid a lot for them. In hindsight, it was pretty stupid. I only remember thinking, “I need to get my money’s worth!” What about you? Ever stayed the...
by Margie | Sep 2, 2015 | Brave Parenting, Build Resilience, Live Passionately
“Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent...
by Margie | Aug 31, 2015 | Build Resilience, Work Courageously
Albert Einstein once said that our problems cannot be solved at the same level of thinking at which they were created. It’s a powerful quote because, let’s face it, life is one long stream of “problems.” And in our increasingly uncertain and pressure-laden lives,...
by Margie | Aug 24, 2015 | Build Resilience, Lead Purposefully, Work Courageously
We are all creatures of habit. The challenge is to create habits of thought and behavior that fuel our success and happiness, not stifle it. Indulge me for just a moment before reading further. Just cross your arms and once you have, uncross them and re-cross them the...
by Margie | Aug 21, 2015 | Speak Bravely
Yesterday I signed up on the dating website AshleyMadison.com. If you hadn’t heard of it before this week as the place married people go to cheat on their spouses, then you probably did this week after a cyber attack by some morally righteous online vigilantes hacked...
by Margie | Aug 10, 2015 | Live Passionately
Over the last week I’ve been traveling around Australia speaking at numerous events – to bankers and realtors and, just this weekend, at the Business Chicks Movers and Breakers Conference in Australia’s outback at Uluru (I posted some pics to...
by Margie | Aug 10, 2015 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
I’ve just spent the last week travelling around Australia speaking at different conferences, including one with Business Chicks at Uluru in Australia’s outback (I posted some pics to Facebook yesterday – it was pretty spectacular!) A common thread that...
by Margie | Jul 30, 2015 | Build Resilience
If you’ve never backed your car into a garage door, then I can highly recommend against it. However having done just that earlier this week, I can tell you that beating yourself does little to help. My latest blog & home-cooked video message (complete with...
