You spend little time together Busy work schedule, traffic jams, household chores, and some — even children take up most of life. Sooner or later, standing in line for food, you realize how long you have not been together fully….
We, the startups, the entrepreneurs, the home-business owners, the small businesses, the careerists, the dreamers, the doers – we all know how frustrating it can be to have such a crisp, clear goal, a strategy to achieve it but to…
It’s really easy to lost motivation once you step out of routine a while and with the holidays not long ago and with so many long weekends at every corner of late, it’s easy to let routine slip by the…
So often, we catch ourselves in a vicious cycle of self-perceived judgement. In a world where judging people has become more of an initial nature than a second, it’s easy to understand why we’re trapped in that train of thought…
Growing up, I knew without needing to be told that I could do whatever I set my mind to – that the world and all it’s doors, windows and ceilings were wide open to me, whatever I decided to do…
At any point in your life, you are granted the opportunity to either fall in line, or take the lead. No matter who you are or what your experience, people seek leadership, especially so in high tension situations and if…
Success isn’t about beating everyone else, it’s about realising your own dream, about pushing yourself to your limits and breaking through them, it’s about education, advancement, self-belief – all things that are inherent to you only. Successful people don’t seek…
When you’re at the end of your tether, you’ve worked yourself so hard and you’re not where you need to be, hold out hope, keep believing because when you work as hard as you do for a goal you’re passionate…
There is no person on this earth who has power over you or your mindset. You are the sole proprietor of your mind, body and soul and every decision, every emotion is entirely yours. Those that choose to bring down…
In a world where we are taught to be humble, to downplay our achievements, to be modest and self-deprecating women, it’s easy for us to forget our true capability but identifying and celebrating our strengths, our abilities and capabilities is…
You owe it to yourself to pursue this. Whether you’re hesitating to start or holding back on your progress, you owe it to yourself, to your dreams, to your vision to see this through. Whenever you’re feeling like you’re at…
The sad part of this quote is that it is as true now as it was in Clare Boothe Luce’s lifetime. Clare accomplished a great many things, a Hollywood career, a successful journalism and literary career and even becoming a…
No matter where you are in life, you are never ‘finished’. Once you achieve success, you find yourself fighting to keep it, to be constantly improving, constantly refining your product, your service – yourself! to continue to create success. Similarly,…
This one is a personal quote: So many of us question why we’re here, what we’re meant for, what our purpose is – we study and read, educate ourselves on the ins and outs of the world, the words of…
There’s a very simple rule here: If you never start, you’ll never get ahead. You may spend your days dreaming of exceptionally grand ideas, achievements, personal challenges and mad improvements for daily life but if all they are, are thoughts,…
It’s no use riding the coat tails of those who have come before you. They’re well established, they’re a well-known brand and they know their product and industry inside and out. Instead, look to new paths, identify what needs to…
We need to constantly be dreaming of bigger and bigger things – more extravagant goals, new and more fierce ways to challenge ourselves, crazier achievements and enormous, seemingly unachievable dreams (to everyone but the dreamer). We also need to stay anchored…
You have no limits to your capabilities. You are strong, successful, independent and infinitely more capable than you believe yourself to be. The only thing holding you back, is the limitations you have placed upon yourself. The only thing holding…
They say that seeing your goals written in your own handwriting is a powerful thing, moreso if you record yourself saying them proudly and replaying them often because goals spoken to you in your own voice hold more weight and…
A girl I knew growing up had big ideas about her life, about her personal relationships, her career, what her life would become when she was an adult, the drawback was that she never had any intention of making it…
There will always be something to hold you back, there will always be someone or something in your way, your heart heavy as you wile away time panicking about that roadblock and how to hurdle it. Time can be lost…
This quote from Douglas Adams speaks volumes to all of us. At multiple points in our lives, we will question how we arrived there – how with a specific intention and direction, we have, for better or for worse, arrived…
What holds most people back is their fear of failure or conversely, their fear that everything will work out but that their life will not change. It’s important to recognise early on what your motivation is. Are you pushing for…
On your journey, whether it’s a personal goal, a new business venture or a career ladder climb, people WILL try to get in your way. It may be a competitor company trying to step on the little guy to ‘teach…
We know it’s hard – staying positive all the time. The world seems adamant to bring you down sometimes, whether your business is struggling or you are struggling on a more personal level, it can all feel like far too…
Sometimes, no matter how solid your business plan, no matter how optimised for success your mindset may be or how thoroughly planned out your business’ growth is, things just don’t go the way you’d planned. You may have created a…
We all have passions – some long-lived, some fleeting, some that pass as quickly as we conjure them but the reality of following a passion, means that you must be able to live and breathe and sleep that passion without…
Think about it, if you’re planning to start a business, you’re going to be pouring your life, heart and soul into it. You’ll miss out on a social life, you may be eating dry wall and ramen noodles for a…
It doesn’t matter that you were once bankrupt, living on the street, eating nothing but ramen noodles or slumped into a depression you thought you’d never escaped, the very fact that you have managed to push through these challenges is…
To do what must be done, sacrifices must be made. When you have a goal in sight, it becomes your be all and end all and while you need to take a break sometimes to refocus and realign your goals…
A woman with a goal and the drive to achieve it is a force to be reckoned with. Keep your eye on your goal and the landmarks along the way serving as milestones on the path to your ultimate goal….
People WILL doubt you. They’ll mock your efforts to forge your own way to success, they’ll try to hold you down and call you stupid for trying to be original. Your competitors WILL try to eat away at you until…
As long as you can keep your ambitions and your spirits high, you’ll be capable of incredible things – regardless of the circumstances you may encounter. Extraordinary people have done phenomenal things even through the toughest adversity – whether they’ve…
Without risk, we’d remain stagnant, never moving forward, never growing, simultaneously frustrated and complacent. Risk is what drives us, it fuels our ambitions which in turn fuel our success. When it comes to a job you want but you’re not…
As an entrepreneur, you will encounter hard times. It’s not a possibility, it’s inevitable. Whether it happens within your first couple of month or a few years down the track, it will happen and you should be prepared mentally, financially…
Cheat days allow you to indulge without feeling guilty and can help you stick to your healthy eating program for the long term. Cheat days keep you going when the going gets tough. If you are in the midst of…
Imagination is an incredibly powerful thing. If you can imagine it, you can do it- no matter how high the climb or how hard the push, your imagination serves you. The flip side though is that your imagination can get carried…
Pursuing a dream without putting in the work is like pinning all your plans for success on buying a winning lottery ticket – fruitless and nonsensical. Whether you’re starting a business or pursuing a personal goal, you need to put…
A perk of being an entrepreneur is waking up each morning excited to start your day. There are no Mondays nor Fridays, every day is one to work and you relish the chance because it’s for yourself. Every aspect of…
Leaving mainstream work to set out on your own is hard. It’s trying and downright difficult at times, especially when you start to become bogged down by bills and a lack of income or by the stress of being all…
Your business is just that, YOUR BUSINESS. It’s easy to get caught up in what people will say, what people think, what your peers or even your inner critic will think but your thoughts and ideas are what have brought…
For so long, I woke up dreading the idea of going to work and slaving away for someone else with no view to the strategy behind it. Waking up now, I work on my own businesses, full strategic view, full…
When it comes to women, so much emphasis is put on appearance so when compliments shift focus to aspiration and ambition, it’s incredible. I dream enormous dreams, the kind of dreams that to many seem ridiculous and in no way…
Don’t underestimate entrepreneurship – it’s hard, it will take every ounce of energy and strength you can muster and then it will take the rest. To do this, you may be eating two minute noodles for two years , your social life…
It’s intriguing and empowering to see how the workforce has changed in this generation. Generations before share the belief that you had to decide what your future would be in high-school and once on that career path, there was no…
Whether you’re looking to progress in your existing career or you’re planning to go out on your own to forge your own way in business, Invest in Yourself. It’s the most important investment you’ll ever make, because before you can make any headway…