Every once in a while you meet someone who’s attitude is so cool that you can help but be inspired by them.

It was 9:30am when our taxi van pulled up in Changuinola – perfect timing for the bus over the border from Panama to Costa Rica.

A stocky man older man dressed in a white shirt and grey pants had walked off the street and was pulling everyone’s bags from the boot. I eyed him up suspiciously and when my bag popped out I grabbed it and swung it on my back to his great disappointment.

Our driver was hovering and we asked him where the bus terminal was, he waved unhelpfully in the general direction of a building. Just as I turned to look the white shirted man grabbed some of our smaller bags as well as a raft of other people’s bags and said “follow me”. (more…)

Posted on July 16, 2012 in Musings and Observations, Success Mindset and Philosophy (Tags: Giving Value, Giving your art, Travel in Latin America) 7 Comments

The last three weeks have been a whirlwind and I have much to tell you! I had a gorgeous surprise birthday present when Mum took me to the National Achievers Congress, a three day event that blew my mind and I will fill you in on all the juicy details in the weeks to come.

My brain must have been in overdrive because I was sick for the next week and even missed my birthday!

Anyway I am here now with my birthday blog and wanted to share 32 things I have learned in 32 years, but 32 is a lot! So here are 14 things for your reading pleasure…

Success is all about momentum

It can be very hard to get something new moving, but the momentum that you create with all that work is what will give you the potential for success. Every little bit of (more…)

Posted on September 29, 2011 in Where are we at? (Tags: Giving Value, The year of expansion, Things I have learned) 13 Comments

The magic and the madness always seem to come hand in hand!

I came into last week with nervous anticipation; so many things were coming to a head that it promised to be a “it didn’t rain but poured” kind of week and well, it did not disappoint! (more…)

Posted on March 09, 2010 in Creating a Product, Team and resources, Where are we at? (Tags: Creating Product, Giving Value, Teams that rock, Twitter) 4 Comments

Dear reader!

In case you hadn’t noticed I have been on holiday. What this means for me is 2 weeks of relaxation and a new perspective. But what does this mean for my readers, who are so kindly subscribed to these blogs? Do people notice when my blog doesn’t come through? I hadn’t really thought about it until today when I have been reading an e-book by John Chow who’s blog is massively read and very successful.

He says (more…)

Posted on February 19, 2010 in Where are we at? (Tags: Giving Value, Questions, Random Stuff!) 8 Comments

Happy New Year everyone!

This blog reveals all, well, my new website anyway. Thanks all for the comments and feedback, please keep them coming, it is a little scary putting this out there so it is nice to know how it lands!!

Here are the links if you want to check out the website or download the free e-book Top 11 Website Mistakes and How to Avoid Them obviously this is all a work in progress as it has only been up 3 weeks but you can watch it take shape as we go.

Posted on January 04, 2010 in Online Sales (Tags: Creating Product, Giving Value, Information, Online Sales) 3 Comments