It’s been a busy weekend of sporting action on the TV at our house. I’m a tennis fan, my daughter is into the AFL and my husband likes to keep up with the cricket (being an Englishman, he delighted in England’s recent Ashes win…and was quite vocal about it at work). So there’s been alot of competition for the remote control…
I was flicking through some old uni notes on interviewing recently to find some pointers to help with an interview I need to do for a feature article. The last time I did an interview I used a microcassette-corder because I thought it would be quicker to record information this way rather than hastily scribbling down notes. But I made…
I hadn’t truly realised the power of social media until I signed up to Facebook recently. I signed up because Brad Sugars at his inspirational “Business is Booming” seminar in Melbourne told attendees to do so. The day I joined Facebook was the day after his seminar which I raved about in my blog. As a result of my “rave”, I…
Attending the Brad Sugars seminar last week got me thinking about personal motivators and what drives us to do what we do in life. I fell into my career because I am good at writing. At school, english was the one subject I loved and found easy. I struggled with history (too many facts and figures, none of which I could…
What an inspirational, motivational and entertaining speaker! Brad Sugar’s marathon 3 hour seminar last night at the Sofitel in Melbourne was a breath of fresh air – I’ve never been to a seminar before where I felt compelled to listen to every word! For those of you who have never heard of Brad Sugars, he’s the founder of Action Coach,…
Sometime we get so engrossed in our business that we forget to take time out. For people like myself who work from home, establishing routines in our business and sticking to them is essential to maintaining harmonious relationships in all areas of our life. Last week, I updated my “to do” list on the wipe board. At “close of business”, there were…
The start of a new month is an opportunity to review and celebrate what was achieved last month and to look forward to new possibilities and goals to be accomplished in the upcoming month. July was a particularly busy month for me and getting to the end of it in one piece was a bit of an achievement. My time management skills were tested to the limit and at times…
I’ve been housebound the last three days due to family sickness which has interrupted my daily routine, but enabled me to do those jobs that get left til last anyway. You know the ones, filing, tidying up the office, re-organising Word folders, archiving emails, etc. I thought that in between nursing duties I wouldn’t get much done but have actually been more productive than…
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Before getting stuck in to writing your first draft, think about what it is you want to say. If you are writing a profile on a person based on an interview with that person, what do you want to say about them? If you are writing a personal narrative about a place you visited for a travel magazine, what do…
The network event I went to last night was great. An enthusiastic crowd was entertained by the host of the night – Barbara Gabogrecan, president of the MCEI, Melbourne Chapter and Deanna Roberts, a first class speaker/mentor/presenter. In my previous post, I talked about public speaking and raised a few issues I’ve experienced when delivering presentations. Here are some useful tips Deanna gave…
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