Posts Tagged ‘success’

Politics, and finding the strength to keep going

Hi
In Queensland this coming weekend we will be asked to vote on who will lead our state. I am not a person to be very involved in following a certain party or a political person, yet this week has been extremely interesting. 
There has been a lot of controversy about one of the people running for [...]

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Surviving Without Television Week 4

Nicky - Well, I started gardening. It began with a bit of a trim of the hedge, and ended up a full blown assault of the yard. Tim and I flew through it. Like Cyclone Larry. It was all going well, until the last day. We were at the dump when I dropped a besser [...]

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No television - surviving into week two!

This is Tim and Nicky’s story of week two without television.
Nicky - As Tim flexes his biceps at me to the tune of the Veronicas on the radio, I’m thinking, “Help me! A Simpsons or Animation domination would be great about now.”  On a good note, I have STARTED working out on my treadmill each [...]

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Going without television - a social experiment

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Today, and each week for the next three months, I will be posting a blog by my friend and Neighbour - Nicky. Nicky and her husband Tim are giving up watching television - please enjoy their story as much as I am. The average person in Australia currently watches 28 hours of television per week, [...]

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Help when you don’t ask is wonderful

G’day,
After a week away, here is another blog. I am back in Australia, after flying to Auckland New Zealand last month, then sailing back home to Brisbane. This is part of my role as a Motivational Speaker for P&O Cruise lines. It was fabulous and I love doing these working trips.
A friend from Victoria (Owen) [...]

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It’s time to send out thankyou cards

Hello
When I was a child my mother would make me write thankyou card to people who gave me gifts. Unfortunately this task now seems to have died along the way.
Let us resurrect this wonderful way of showing appreciation.,. plus it shows our good manners.
Often we are caught out by suprise when someone will give us [...]

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