Posts in Mindset
The Secret to Becoming Greater and Happier
One truth I’ve learnt in my life is that if you get a formal education you’ll be able to make a living, but if you get a self-education you can make a fortune. To me wealth is not just about accumulating possessions, yes I believe we are all entitled to prosperity, but true wealth also
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How To Make Yourself Invaluable In The Marketplace
How do you assess someone’s worth? I’m not talking about their worth as a spouse, parent or friend, I’m talking about worth in the marketplace – the job market. My first job was packing potatoes in a greengrocery. I was good. I earnt 40 cents an hour and after a few months I was “head-hunted”
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How to Make Laughter Your Best Medicine
Over the past couple of weeks friends have sent me funny messages connected to Donald Trump’s mysterious tweet – covfefe:I have no idea why he typed “covfefe” in a tweet. I am guessing it was a typo, but regardless of how you feel about Trump or his politics, there have been some hilarious responses to
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The Most Common Mistakes Small Businesses Make
I’m back from the ‘Passion to Profit’ tour, which encouraged people to consider turning what they love into a money-making venture. I had a brilliant time and met some wonderful people, and truly hope that many of you do go on to begin your own ventures and have the time of your life turning your
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How to Avoid Short-Term Gratification And Experience Long-Term Gain
Have you read the novel, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson? It is about a good and wise doctor who invents a magic potion, which transforms him into Mr Hyde, a devilishly clever, decadent and evil man. Stevenson was inspired by the interplay of good and bad intentions in people. The truth
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How to Have a Million Dollar Mindset
With the exception of lottery winners, most millionaires are not surprised by their success because they’ve planned and worked hard to get where they are. They had a million-dollar mindset on the day they started work. A million-dollar mindset is basically a solid belief in your own potential. To succeed in business or property development
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How Do We Know When a Change is Right For Us?
In my last blog I wrote about how to embrace life’s changes, but today I want to look at how to go about actively making changes in our lives. How do we know if and when a change is right for us? I know of a woman, who read that the Australian author Kathy Lette
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How to Easily Embrace Life Changes
I recently saw a news story on TV about a young couple, who’d been homeless for two years. They won $200,000 on a lotto scratch-card and the first thing they did was go out and buy an expensive boat. I wondered why they didn’t put a deposit on a house. Am I old-fashioned? I do
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