Confidence – fake it till you make it!

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Guest blog post  from our Inspiration Guru Susan Odev - writer, trainer, performer & co-author of Mum Ultrapreneur On June 8th 2010 I was the guest speaker at the Bedford Mum’s the Boss meeting. It was an early start. I was up at 5.00am to catch the high speed link from the next main town in to [...]

Are you ready to be the REAL you?

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Confused by the question? Think about it – are you ready to realise your true potential? Before you can do this perhaps you need to think about what is stopping you right now? Do you consider yourself to be a successful business person? Someone who runs a small business well? Is your business success a [...]

Too Many Balls

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No, this is not, as you might think, a post moaning about the World Cup and all the football on TV at the moment. It’s about all the metaphorical ‘balls’ we try and keep in the air at any one time – kids, home, business, family, friends and ourselves. Nor is this a post that [...]

Thought for Thursday #15

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away Anon Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #14

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain Tweet This Post

“It’s all about YOU!” Daily Challenge

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This week we are setting you a Daily Challenge – to spend ½ hour every day doing something you enjoy and which relaxes you.  Schedule it in if you need to and add it to your To Do list. Just make sure you do something that isn’t about the home, the business or your family – [...]

Thought for Thursday #13

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Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Maryanne Radanbacher Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #12

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. [...]

This used to be my playground…

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Guest blog post  from our Inspiration Guru Susan Odev - writer, trainer, performer & co-author of Mum Ultrapreneur. Last month I was inspired to write by a song by Tina Charles. This month I turn to one of the most famous working mums on the planet  – Madonna. And no I’m not about to launch into a [...]

Thought for Thursday #11

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If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.  Mary Engelbreit Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #10

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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. Stewart B. Johnson Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #9

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“You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being – not because anybody says so, not because you’re successful, not because you make a lot of money — but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.”   Wayne Dyer Tweet This Post

Coming to a crossroads…..

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There are points of everybody’s life which seem to be more significant or marked than others. There are also times of extremes – whether that is absolute quiet and calm or frantic activity and chaos. A business is no different. There are times when everything is going well and according to plan, quieter times and busier times……but [...]

Bring the sunshine into your wardrobe

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Today’s guest blog is written by Elaine Boddy, a personal image consultant from Green and Brown. As I write this, the sun is out and has been blessing us with it’s presence for a few days now, so let’s hope that this is it, spring and summer really are round the corner and we can [...]

I’ll go where the muse it takes me

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Todays post comes from our Inspiration Guru Susan Odev. Susan is a writer, trainer, performer & co-author of Mum Ultrapreneur, and she’s on a mission is to inspire all Mums (& Dads)to be the very best they can in business.  In this post Susan talks about tapping into your inner ‘muse’ for creative inspiration. Sitting down to write [...]

Doing nothing….

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For some the Easter holidays are already a week old, but for us it just started. So what are we planning on doing with our 2 weeks? As little as possible verging on nothing at all is the simple answer. Do I live in the middle of nowhere with no activities, entertainments or places to [...]