THIS COLLECTION IS ALL ABOUT
LESSON
Life Lessons are hard learned Here is a selection of some of mine
Life is full of Lessons; just some are more expensive than others.
As an entrepreneur, business owner and parent I seem to go from one life lesson to another. Every day life lessons present themselves. And some are really very powerful and I’d love others to learn from them.
Part of the business journey is about who you are as a person. I also consider that my ‘whole self’ comes to work. For me, I need to make sure that my whole life is connected.
I thought it was important to include many posts about these life lessons. As an entrepreneur, business owner, or a corporate leader you will have many competing priorities. In these pages you may well find some answers. Perhaps how I did it, or what I have learned from others will give you inspiration.
Have fun and explore these many posts. You may want to have a pen and paper by your side to jot down the life lessons that inspire you. You will definitely want to subscribe to my Monday Motivator Newsletter so that you can get a weekly dose of motivation.
Catch up on the Lessons blog posts
No Time for Fun At Work: Then ‘Get a Life’!
Oliver Burkeman’s piece in the NY Times, “Who Goes to Work to Have Fun?” on 11 December says 'enough of this orchestrated 'fun at work'. But I say — if we are not enjoying ourselves — then what is the point? One could argue, as Oliver does, that work is work. And as...
Four Lessons for my Younger Self
I remember my parents trying to impart wisdom upon my younger self – and my busy little brain was saying something like: "Yeah, yeah, sure, whatever." And now when I do the same with my teenagers, I think I can hear inside their heads muttering the same thing. So at...
"Go, Dog. Go!": The Best Book Is the One that Teaches You to Love Reading
“Hello.” “Hello.” “Do you like my hat?” “No I do not like your hat!” “Good bye” “Good bye” I remember the words written by P. D. Eastman off by heart – even though it is close to half a century since I first delighted in the words and pictures of ‘Go Dog Go’. The book...
The more you persist the more I’ll resist – Inspirational
Tell me I "cannot" do, be or have something – and that is the surest way to inspire me into action as I recently shared with the LinkedIn influencer program. What inspires me is simply when the ‘impossible becomes possible’ – to tackle a problem and never give up, no...
Nine life lessons distilled from 770 blog posts
I was recently asked as part of an awards process to outline the lessons I have learned from starting my own business in 2001. I then referred to my blog to find out that of the 770 blog posts I have written - 164 of the posts have been dedicated to 'Lessons Learned'....
Technology is at the heart of all businesses – embrace it
As I shared late last week with my LinkedIn community. I found myself sitting in the auditorium of the NSW Parliament Building to participate in the Pearcey Foundation's 2013 Technology Entrepreneur of the Year awards. (I was there to be honored by being named the...
Disconnected by FOMO
Many people experience FOMO that is the 'fear of missing out'. What I mean by this is people fear that someone is having more fun or a better time than they are, in that moment. As a result many people are struggling to be present or truly experience where they...
It’s BHAG Day!
Today at exactly 10.41 am is the moment in time I have looked forward to for more than a decade. I thought this day would come somewhere in 2015. 16 October 2013 is BHAG day – it feels even more special than a birthday. And it is a day of reflection, laughter, joy and...