by Margie | Oct 19, 2015 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
On Sunday I decided to ‘show up’ at the starting line for the Melbourne half-marathon (21 kms, 13 miles). I’d been on the fence about whether to go ahead with it as, in between all my recent travels, I’d fallen off the rails with my training. But show up I did with...
by Margie | Oct 14, 2015 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
Need to find some “Tall Poppy Courage?” If you live in Australia, or have ever travelled here, you’ll have heard of the Tall Poppy Syndrome. It may sound like a medical condition, but it’s actually a cultural one, whereby people who become too successful...
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 | Jul 29, 2015 | Lead Purposefully, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
Sir Richard Branson is a man I’ve admired as long as I remember. His books – jammed with stories of his entrepreneurial exploits and intrepid adventures on earth, sky and space – sit atop my bookshelves, their pages underlined with insights on taking risks, managing...
by Margie | Mar 31, 2015 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
It’s five years today since my brother Peter died. Five years of life he never got to live. Five years of milestones and experiencing the many things that make life worth living. And for those of us he left behind, five years of sitting with our sadness and coming to...
