A Behind the Scenes Look at Running a Passion-based Business

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If you are a business owner or are thinking of becoming one, I thought you’d enjoy this behind the scenes look into what it takes to run a passion-based business. In this candid interview you’ll discover some of the obstacles you’ll face, hear tips for how to overcome them and gain some downright wholesome inspiration [...]

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The Way of Kung Fu Girl: Redefining Investing in an Age of Uncertainty

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A few months ago I had the opportunity to interview an amazing and inspiring chick who happens to be a kick ass investor (making enough money from her investments to live off them if she wanted to) and a down to earth investment writer.  Investing is her passion and she has decided to use her [...]

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How to Choose a Country to Live In

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People are really good at knowing what they don’t want about a place. But, because your unconscious mind does not hear the ‘don’t’ and only hears what comes next i.e. the thing you don’t want – you end up manifesting what you don’t want! So, for heaven’s sake when you are choosing a new country [...]

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Zombie Slayer – Get Your Personal Zombie Score and 3 Ways to Improve it

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Most people go through life like zombies. They walk through life half asleep in a daze of disempowerment. You might be thinking, “Well, that’s not me. I am a positive proactive person. I’m no zombie”. You might be surprised… The symptoms are not always as obvious as you might think. For example, I have met [...]

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The Surprising Power of “Don’t”, “Can’t” and “Shouldn’t”

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Your unconscious mind ignores words like “don’t”, “can’t” and  “shouldn’t”. It only hears what comes next e.g. don’t think of a blue tree. You have to think, “blue tree” to not think of it. But it goes beyond simply THINKING of the thing because your unconscious mind does what it’s told. This means you actually [...]

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Why Most Goal Setting Doesn’t Work And How To Fix It

I am a firm believer in being proactive in life and setting out to achieve your own greatness. Because of this I have always set goals as an adult and aimed for them. Through my own trial and error, I have found the common approach to goal setting to be effective if you want to [...]

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A Controversial Recipe for a Kick-Ass Marriage

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Warning: possible side-effects include improved sexy-time.  With 40-50% of all marriages in most western countries ending in divorce, you may be wondering if your relationship will pass the test of time? If you are reading this, you probably know that sharing your life with another person is an amazing gift to give someone and there [...]

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Personal Development and Southern Style Broccoli Casserole

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This article is for all the foodies out there. Like you, I love food and cooking and both play an important role in my own ongoing personal development. If you look inside my personal development plan you’ll find food and cooking in two areas.  First, in my Fun, Recreation and Entertainment life area, I have [...]

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37 Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Stuck

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Do you sometimes feel like you are playing the same thoughts over and over in your head, spending a lot of time and energy doing it and not getting anywhere? Are you prepared to spend the next 10-30 minutes doing a little self help exercise to change this (I hope so!)? If you’ve answered yes [...]

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Four Levels of Being – Which Level Are You?

The Four Levels of Being Model is an essential tool to have in your toolkit if you are serious about self-help and personal development and are committed to taking your life to the next level. What is the Four Levels of Being Model? The Four Levels of Being Model is a framework that helps you [...]

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How to Discover Your Top Values and Lead a More Fulfilling Life

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If you are working on your personal development plan or even if you are just interested in self-help, one activity I highly recommend is taking 30 min – 1 hour to get in touch with your top values. Your values are like your own personalized compass. They represent qualities that you have, would like to [...]

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Following a Big Dream, Feeling Hopeless and Want to Feel Better?

This article isn’t for everyone – please read on if you are following a big, life-long dream, are finding it too tough and need some insights into what you are going through and how to make yourself feel hope again. As a personal life coach who has gone for her own big dreams as well [...]

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27 Questions to Help You Find a Rewarding and Meaningful Job

As a life coach, I’ve helped lots of my coaching clients create a personal development plan that specifies what they need to do to live a fulfilling and happy life. In most cases, a big part of personal development planning is about how to be more happy in one’s job – which makes sense, given [...]

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4 Things You Can Do Today to Kick-Start Change in Your Life

The other day someone asked me what advice would I give to a person who is looking to change her life around quickly. Based on what I have personally found to be effective for my own self improvement and what I have seen to work for my life coaching clients, I have come up with [...]

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The 8 Life Areas You Should Cover in Your Personal Development Plan

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What are life areas? Your life can be divided into 8 main segments. Each segment is essentially a category you can use to sort all of the activities you do (and want to do) and their outcomes (or lack thereof). The main life areas are: No Life Area Description 1 Career/Business What you do with [...]

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Gain Confidence and Be More Effective In a Project Team

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I often see talented professionals who suffer from the “I’m not good enough” syndrome. They definitely know their stuff, yet, with every new project, they get unnecessarily stressed-out, end up doing way more work than they need to do and compromise their family and leisure time. What an unnecessary waste!   If this sounds like [...]

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How to Write a SMART Goal

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The SMART goal-setting model is a tried and tested technique for creating effective goals for yourself. To create a SMART goal, follow these 4 rules: S – Simple/Specific Keep your goal simple and focused, rather than wordy and vague. Be very specific about the outcome you want. M – Measurable How will you know when [...]

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How to Write a Good Personal Development Plan

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Why is it Important to Have a Personal Development Plan? If you want to change your life and make your dreams a reality, you need a good personal development plan. Your plan will help you get clear on what makes you feel that you are living a happy and fulfilled life. It will also provide [...]

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10 Steps to Looking and Feeling Amazing After 30

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I am often asked how I manage to have so much energy, stay healthy and keep myself looking relatively fit for my age.  So, I thought I’d dedicate today’s post to my top 10 rules for looking great at 35: Do 20 minutes of heavy weight lifting (I do military press, squats, lunges, bench press [...]

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Take Responsibility for Your Results – Cause and Effect Principle

Roughly 80%  of the population walks around in a daze of dis-empowerment while the remaining 20% take responsibility for their results and live empowered lives. You can join the 20% by developing conscious awareness of when you are at “Cause” and when you are at “Effect”, deciding if that is where you want to be, [...]

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