by Margie | Aug 20, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
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 was...
by Margie | Aug 18, 2013 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
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 sometimes doubt...
by Margie | Aug 12, 2013 | Live Passionately
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 it when you believe it back in the mid 1990’s while...
by Margie | Aug 5, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
In late 1996, when I was nineteen weeks pregnant with my first child, I found myself in the midst of a violent armed robbery in Papua New Guinea. With a gun thrust into my forehead, I was commanded to open the company safe where the robbers (or ‘rascals’ as they are...
by Margie | Jul 25, 2013 | Build Resilience, Work Courageously
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 own – found my words...
by Margie | Jul 17, 2013 | Build Resilience
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...
by Margie | Jun 23, 2013 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
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...
by Margie | Jun 17, 2013 | Build Resilience, Lead Purposefully, Speak Bravely
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...
by Margie | Jun 11, 2013 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
This morning I spoke to about 270 senior students at the high school in the town (of Bairnsdale) near where I grew up. I began by sharing with them four important lessons I’ve learnt since I was their age: # 1. Don’t believe everything you tell...
by Margie | May 29, 2013 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
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 it...
