It’s too late now… You missed your opportunity… Have you ever missed out on something that you really wanted? When my eldest two children were babies, I had tickets to the Queen concert in Sydney. The tickets were more expensive…
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9 Ways of Generating New Ideas for Your Business.
How do you come up with new ideas? Why do I need new ideas? Speak Your Book Watercolour Memoirs Do you offer everything you possible could for your clients? How do you come up with new ideas? I…
What do you charge?
What do you charge? Have you ever been mad about something, and too polite to show how annoyed you are? That happened to me last weekend and the weekend before. The weekend before last, the Wollongong Handspinners and Weavers set…
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The Butterfly Effect in Networking
One day when I was seventeen, I desperately wanted to land a solo spot in the end-of-year concert. The audition piece was really challenging, ‘ The Windmills of Your Mind’, but I had practiced it until I was sure I…
How to become an Expert Blogger
Why is a blog so necessary for today’s businesses? And what do you need to know in order to be a successful blogger? Two huge questions, and ones that I could spend hours and thousands of words talking about. However,…
Tagged with: blog posts, blogging, Business Writing, newsletters, problem solving, writing
Posted in workshops, writing
Posted in workshops, writing
Things are changing
Things are changing. Have you ever felt that way? Recently, I’ve been struggling with transition. Something feels strange and weird in my life – like things are changing and I’m not sure why or how or where it will end.…
Tagged with: change, editing, film-making, the family memory project, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
I can’t do it any more!
Have you ever sat down, exhausted, and wondered WHY you were doing what you were doing? Why am I going to work day after day when I hate it? Why am I rushing round stressfully trying to get things done?…
Tagged with: problem solving, stress, the family memory project, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
How to say, “no”
Writing an email: How to say, “no.” This week I had to write a really difficult email. I had to say, “no” to a friend who wanted help with a writing project. They had an overnight deadline, and I simply…
Making the most of what you create
Leveraging: making the most of what you create. At a recent conference in Melbourne, I was asked to speak about “content leveraging” to a group of trainers. The idea is that you take one idea and repurpose it as much…
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