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What You Should Achieve in Your 30s
In my last blog I asked what you should achieve at what age. For example are you meant to move out of home by say age 23? Be married by 35? Buy a property by 40 (at the latest)? Are there certain things that you are meant to achieve by certain ages? Or is it
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What You Need to Learn in Your 20s
A friend of mine pushing 60 recently told me that he thinks he has never grown up. And he got me wondering, what are ‘life’s markers’ for being a grown-up. Are you meant to move out of home by say age 23? Be married by 35? Buy a property by 40 (at the latest)? Are
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Can Holidays Be a ‘Growth’ Experience?
I recently heard about two 12-year-old twins who led four camels from Hermannsburg, near Alice Springs, to Bourke in outback New South Wales. They walked 2,500km. The boys were accompanied by a nurse working in their community and they were home schooled on their trip. They raised $2,000 for World Vision. Their story got me
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When is it Time to Leave Town?
I grew up in Sydney but now call the Gold Coast home. I am a born traveller and love to roam. My parents are from Italy, and I really enjoy getting to Europe as often as I can, but recently I started wondering how many people live close to the area where they were born.
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How People Judge Your Personality, According to Psychologists
In a former life I was a pastor, and I still like the advice from the Bible that tells us to be slow to judge – don’t cast the first stone! But the truth is that people are very quick to judge others. According to the experts people are hard-wired to judge others quickly because
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Why Workplaces Should Support Their Mental Health
Did you do anything to mark the R U OK day held earlier this year on September 12? The R U OK day is organised by an Australian non-profit suicide prevention organisation, founded by advertiser Gavin Larkin in 2009. It revolves around the slogan ‘R U OK?’, and encourages people to have conversations with others
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Who Are Australia’s Top Social Media Influencers?
I read an article about social media influencers in The Australian newspaper a few weeks ago written by Sara McCorquodale. Sara was a journalist for many years but then set up a company in London called CORQ, which helps companies identify social media influencers to promote their companies. She is now opening an office in
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Who Has Cultural Muscle in Australia?
The newspaper, The Australian Financial Review, publishes a list every year of the most culturally powerful people in Australia. According to the paper, these are the people we take notice of and talk about. They have the power to define what it means to be Australian. These people help shape our views. The list has
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How Men and Women Experience Anxiety Differently
Did you know that women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with anxiety, but that does not mean that women are twice as likely as men to suffer anxiety? A lot of men may have anxiety, but they don’t seek help or the doctor doesn’t pick it up. What is anxiety? Anxiety
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How Often Should You Change Jobs?
Very few people sit in the same job for life. Some do. They might get into an extremely well-paying, prestigious organisation like the Department of Foreign Affairs or the ABC and decide to stay there for the rest of their life, but most Australians will change jobs 12 times in their life. They stay on
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Are Open-Plan Offices Better or Worst?
Have you ever worked in an open-plan office? Or have you always worked in a small office with one or two others or perhaps your own office or in a shop or perhaps on a factory floor? The open-plan office resembles a factory floor. Companies built open-plan offices because they were cheap to construct and
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How to Become an Influencer on Social Media
Do you know what an influencer is? You could describe it as someone who uses social media to influence the purchasing decisions of other people. An influencer has a high profile online and they have a relationship with their online audience. Successful influencers are paid by companies to promote goods and services. An influencer regularly
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