Another thing I have learnt from successful people is that they always give their best, no matter what. They do not make half hearted efforts and they play full out. On this very theme, a new friend has just sent me a quote from Mother Teresa which is very apt and...
Just how happy are you? Some people always seem to be happy, smiling and full of sunshine. Others seem to believe that they have a right to be happy, and that other people should make them happy. Some people even believe that when they are not happy, they have a right...
Are you very creative when it comes to thinking up excuses?! Would you rather be a beach bum than get on with the really important things in life? Having fun on the beach is of course fine – as long as you have made the time for it 🙂 Procrastination is the art...
I am lucky and blessed to have some very successful and enterprising people in my life as friends. Also, through my work I constantly meet inspiring and go getting people. I am always curious about what makes such people tick and I often ask them to share their...
Food is one of my favourite topics in life. Everyone should be have some major passions in life – one of mine is food. After all food is what sustains us through thick and thin. Many years ago during my college days I came across this amazing sweet dish called...
For lunch today, I have just had a wonderful Quinoa salad. As part of living healthy and getting the life you love, care has to be taken as to just what you put in your body. Quinoa, pronounced keen-wah, has been cultivated since before the time of the Incas, almost...
In the UK, it has now been illegal to use your mobile handset whilst driving since December 2003, but I still see so many drivers every day not heeding the law. Last week, on a short journey of just a couple of miles, I must have passed at least half a dozen drivers...
This weekend, I am attending a superb seminar called “Buzz Marketing Masterclass”. It is all about creating a worldwide buzz about your products and services with a zero marketing budget. I have already learnt some great zero budget strategies and tactics...
I have recently been writing for a magazine aimed at Asian women. The magazine is even called “Asian Woman”. How about that for a targetted niche? The idea is that I run a Question and Answer page whereby their readers write in with a specific query about...
Have you ever failed at anything in your life? How did you feel about it afterwards? So often in life you might think you have failed. And yet in hindsight these failures prove to be gifts. As they say, there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. Also, no such...