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Tips for Success: Tip #4 Be Persistent
“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill
My Fourth Tip for Success is to Be Persistent
Being persistent and unstoppable is an essential trait for success …
Follow Your Bliss
As Joseph Campbell said “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls”
How do we find our bliss – the thing we were born to do with …
Five Tips for Success: Tip #Three Develop and Trust your Intuition… Listen to your Gut Feeling!
This tip for success is one of utmost importance… Listen to your gut!
I am not referring to the grumbling noises when you haven’t had your breakfast; I am referring to your intuition, that physical urge …
Humour Works – by Pat Armitstead – Book Review
On the cover of this book it says: “Pat commits the cardinal management sin of spreading joy and making people smile …”. Immediately after reading it, I found myself feeling cheeky and cheerful and naturally …
Tips for Success: Tip #Two Be Generous
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of …
Five Tips for Success and Making Stuff Work
People often ask me about mindset and my philosophy. They ask me about what it takes to be successful in their endeavours. Over the next few blogs I will share a few secrets with you …
The Three Strategies of Success
If success is measured in financial terms, then Success = Productivity + Profitability.
This is ‘an effective and simple approach …. You can take this process and use it in any application, be …
The Passionate Nomad – Heather Hapeta
1. Tell me about this travel writing workshop you’re presenting …
It’s a week on an Fijian island where people who want to learn or improve their writing – whether they write travel for the printed …
My Bestseller Sold 5000 Copies in Six Weeks
My best seller sold 5000 copies in under 6 weeks !!!
Remember last week I told you about the joint advertising I co-ordinated during a similar recession in Australia, getting 400 businesses to collaborate in a …
“Wanna Make an Omellette? You Gotta Crack a Few Eggs!”
A very successful Australian Brad Cooper told me once…”Wanna make an omelette? You gotta crack a few eggs!”
Last week I wove a story of a degree of success with my previous business, Take One …
Once Upon a Positive Time
Astound the World in Ninety Days …
Once upon a time, in Australia, in November 1989, there was an enormous crash (well, that’s a figurative term, as I have actually not been one to quietly begin …
Humour, Engagement and Positive Psychology
We are experiencing a new wave of connection that is going to herald the way we do business from here on ! This new and positive way is contributing to both individual and team productivity as the following demonstrates. A productive workplace is created when we can engage with others in such a way that we support people to improve enthusiasm and morale, boost their individual performance and optimise their attitude. This degree of connection or engagement contributes to improved personal work satisfaction, creates a sense of belonging, and renewed confidence around engaging with others. This is across the board and includes peers, managers and clients alike.
The degree to which we can achieve this is based on our capacity to remain good humoured in the face of the life events that shape our experience. I should insert here I believe to be good humoured is to be appropriately responsive.
Editor of Happyzine on TVNZ’s ‘Breakfast’ show
Charlotte Squire recently appeared on Breakfast to talk about Happyzine and just why exactly she’s gone down the good news road. Here’s the link through to TV One’s website.
How to Retire in Twelve Months – The Tale of Serena Star Leonard
You’re sitting on the deck of your mud-brick home enjoying a cup of tea. It’s dusk. You can hear the Tui calling to each other as they bed down for the night. You …
Carbon neutral status renewed for Christchurch Airport
Christchurch International Airport (CIAL) has had its carbon neutral status recertified by Landcare Research for the period from June 2008 to July 2009. The airport company met the caroNZero requirements for the third year in …
Q &A – The World of ‘wurld’ – Socially Responsible Bottled Water
1. Tell us about ‘wurld’ – who are you? What is your mission?
‘wurld’ is a new brand of consumer products that gives 100% of it’s profit to related causes, for example we sell bottled water …
Q & A with Hire Things CEO Iona Elwood-Smith
1. Can you describe Hire Things to Happyzine readers?
Hire Things is the online community where you can share resources by hiring in what you need and hiring out what you have. It’s like Trade …
Hostel boss gets on his bike to practise what he preaches
October 27th, 2009
NZ Herald
Some travel by private jet, others by limousine – but one Kiwi chief executive will be using pedal power to get to his annual general meeting this week.
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Kevin Robert’s Seven Ways to ‘Win Ugly’
World-wide CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi Kevin Roberts freely admits to being a ‘radical optimist’ – well that was what he called himself a few months ago, I’m beginning to learn that this man often …
The Participation Economy – So Sexy Now
According to Saatchi and Saatchi top man Kevin Roberts, the Attraction Economy is, like totally, last week, and the Participation Economy is hot baby. He’s referring to the culture of sharing that is happening online. …
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