Motivation

Your 5 steps to getting and staying motivated towards your goals

Motivation is a hard thing to find when you are feeling low. Do you consider yourself a motivated person? Do you like making goals and reaching them, ticking off your internal “to do” list as you go? Some people are…

How to blog from your iPhone

I am an efficient person. Some days, I come home and tell The Boyf, “I was so effective today,” then I ask what’s for dinner and lose my iPhone/charger/favourite t-shirt and he puts my life back together for me. We…

Should you be a jack of all trades or a specialist? Here’s how to tell!

Opinions are divided: many corporate and business leaders say that it’s essential to be a master or a specialist at your craft, whether that’s management, graphic design or landscaping. Other people suggest that focusing on one speciality only could be…

Stressed out? The 7 most common workplace stressors and how to deal with them

Workplaces can be stressful places. According to the Australian government’s Job Outlook website, the average Australian works 41.3 hours per week and has to deal with around 105 emails per day. It’s no wonder that workers are reporting higher and…

An excerpt: Is negative language holding women back at work?

This is an excerpt from an article I wrote for the Women’s Agenda website. It’s working title was: Language, attitude and pay issues all holding women back in the workplace. Women’s Agenda is the place where professional women go for news,…

How to get ahead in just 1 hour per day

Life just gets busier and busier: there are bills to pay, people to see, families to attend to and budgets to keep. Sometimes we all feel as though we are merely surviving though our days – not really achieving or…

6 Effective techniques to deal with a workplace bully

I was bullied as a kid. Hell, we all were in the 80s and 90s – it was part of growing up. I used to think this focus on “bullying” was overblown in the modern age, but now I think,…

The 10 easiest ways to make a great first impression

Do you have a short amount of time to impress someone? When looking for work, making contacts and networking, we need to employ quick strategies so that the people that matter remember us positively. It’s true that “first impressions last”…

The 3 types of difficult bosses and the 4 essential ways of dealing with them!

The average person spends 40 hours a week at work, or nearly 2000 hours per year! Throughout the average lifetime, it’s said that most people will now have between 4 and 10 careers – that means a lot of bosses!…

Change your life in 20 minutes with these 5 simple steps

Don’t let another year pass you by! 2014 is a clean slate and you still have time to set some plans in motion for a total life or career overhaul! Have you been thinking of changing your life? Do you…

5 best women bloggers for inspirational advice

Penelope Trunk An entrepreneur and start-up queen, Penelope started several successful blogs. Her current self-titled blog gets over 150 000 page views a month and influences people all over the world. Penelope used to be a highflying corporate in New…