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...