Something occured to me today which showed me me just how much of a difference my digital business has made to my life. I am like so many people. I don't like going to doctors or doctor related appointments, or any sort of appointment for that matter - because I don't like being made to wait while they mismanage their time.  I understand that emergencies happen, but there are ways to manage such emergencies, like contacting clients and letting them know ...

At some point I began to wonder why I treat myself so badly - internally.  If I sat down and documented the types of negativity that I used to regale myself with on a daily basis I would be appalled at myself.  I realised that I would never say such statements to anyone of my friends and family - I began to question why I said such statements to myself. Of course I turned to Dr Google.  Dr Google began to ...

Resilience is one of those gems, isn't it?  An atttribute, a characteristic that we all have - some more than others.  Is resilience a naturally occuring characteristic?  Does it occur naturally in some more than others?  Do we develop resilience through our lives as we face adversity? Resilience is defined as "the capcity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness." by Dictionary.com.  Dictionary.com provides synonyms for resilience to be "flexibility, pliancy, recoil and snap".  This leans towards the ability to recover from ...

Now that you have your new Digital Marketing business what are you going to do with your extra time?  You are no longer cught up in the daily grind.  You have time to plan and do the things that you enjoy.  You have time to play and have fun. "Having fun is non negotiable if you are serious about flourishing - that is, living a life that's high on mental health and wellbeing" says Dr Suzy Green, founder of The Positivity ...

Mindfulness is a fabulous practice for our modern world. I am the style of person who flies through life - sometimes missing the detail.  I reach the end of an experience, or event and look back to realise that I missed the richness of the detail in the experience or event.  I believe the richness of life lies in the detail.  Savouring the detail is where we find the connections to others that we are missing in the modern world.  Being ...

Hey!  Well, I don't think I am particularly melodramatic - though like all of us I do have tendencies to be so in certain situations.    I have been experiencing a technical hiccup with my business which has kept me busy problem solving for the past three days.  This has thrown up many emotions from which I choose to take the learnings.  The learnings I found in a Deepak Chopra meditation -  I'll attach it for you at the end of ...

My Dad is 83 years young.  Pancreatic cancer survivor.  Survivor of a cycling accident at age 73 that saw him with 7 broken ribs, a punctured lung and major head "trauma" - serious brusing. He is drug free and riding his bike three to four times a week for up to 50km.  Physically he is great.  Emotionally - his beloved 3rd wife (aka not my mother) passed away 12 months ago.  He moved from their home into mine.  Well away ...

Hello and I'm home sick today.  I was yesterday.  And yesterday I was worried about the acceptance of my illness by my boss.  Today - I'm feeling a little more energy - and I am motivated to succeed in my business again.  Different focus. However, this episode of illness has served to remind me of one of my key drivers for choosing my Digital Skills career.   You can teach an old dog new tricks, if that old dog is open to taking ...

Hello.  And today I am lying in bed being very sick.  Thankfully I have been able to see a Doctor who has given me strong antibiotics and I am starting to feel better already. But, here's the thing.  My biggest concern when I realised that I would be off work for the next couple of days is - what will my boss think?  How quickly can I get back to work?  Rather than - what do I need to do to ...

An event occurred - a PETURBATION - and I've achieved that change I've been looking for and I'm on a roll.  I learnt that it is discomfort - a perturnation - that triggers the change and that change rippled through my life because I accepted the fear and let it happen.   "Perturbation - a deviation of a system, moving object or process from it's normal state or path, caused by an outside influence." (source: Google) My life was a system running on ...