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Life is a routine

Think about it, we run around all day every day, get to the weekend squeeze in as much as we can and before we know it the Sunday night gloom has set in and we are already dreading Monday morning in the office…

Then Monday morning comes and we are back in the 9-5 routine or worse 8.30 – 6pm cramming on to public transport or braving the city traffic. Then we get home it’s too late to make a nice healthy dinner so we grab what’s easy or if you’re lucky dinner was made for you (rare but possible). Then we settle in for a night on the couch in front of the box.

Does that sound mostly familiar?

So what is it about this droneous routine that keeps us going back?

Not only are we creatures of habit we have become complacent, choosing the easy option cause it gets us by. Really what will it take to get a bit of excitement back in your life? A birthday voucher maybe, a special occasion treat or maybe a once in a life time over seas holiday. Is that all there is to life?

Let me tell you there can be so much more to life if you want it.

And guess what it can be achieved on the same budget you have now or even less. The only additional investment is your imagination and time – we call all afford that!

You might be thinking if that’s all we need why haven’t more people broken the routine?

Great question, ultimately it comes down to fear! Fear of the unknown. That’s what keeps is safe, stops us from thinking bigger, dreaming bigger and becoming more that what we currently are today.

I get that this may be new thinking for you so before you start to panic stop….

Anything new creates an emotion it’s what you make it mean that has the real impact. If you are already thinking that making a change even a small change is too scary them maybe now is not the right time for you. It’s ok we are not all up for the same challenge at the same time. Because if you were ready you would have already started thinking about what you could try that would break your current routine.

For those ready to make even the smallest of alternations to their current routine I applaud you. That means you are one of the top 10% who are ready to start living the life you deserve. A life that demands more than average, more than mediocre and more that it did yesterday.

“There are no limitation to the mind accept those we acknowledge,both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought” Napoleon Hill

Routine is created so have a new thought, open your mind and create a small change.

Now if you choose not to change you have awareness to know why….

If you feel like that dull routine has finally become tiring you now know there is a next step!

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“Destination – Airport of Commitment”

I love airports and it’s taken well over 20 years to work out why!

• Is it feeling of being on a holiday and that buzz of energy that most airports seem to have?
• What about the sounds of the hustle and bustle as the flights are called out over the speaker?
• Could it be seeing the smiling faces and the generally happy mood most people project?

For you it might be something else, for me it’s the realization I have a clear destination ahead of me.

A trip to the airport means I am going places, well at least 70% of time it’s me getting on that plane and even when it’s not it doesn’t matter because I know someone else has a clear destination to get to.

There is usually a ritual that goes with my flight and it starts well before I even get to the airport. Well before the boarding call and even before the check in.

Here goes with how it all unfolds for me anyway;

Packing the right shoes and clothes (harder for us ladies I am sure), the all weather outfit that you know you can rely on to get through 4 seasons in one day. There are hair and body products, lotions and creams that usually weigh more that my shoes and clothes combined.

Nutrition is important and because I am usually on the go this means I want to keep my energy high with out relying on fast food or sugar…mmm maybe I should travel more often! So I pack almonds yum and water to hydrate as well as the odd muesli bar.

I love reading on the plane so picking a great book and making sure I’ve got my note pad to jot down any cool stuff I come across to share with others is a must.

Did I mention transport? Partners are great for that or a driver who knows where they are going.

So when I finally get to the big ‘A’ do I queue with the masses? On occasion I do only if I have to otherwise it’s a confident waltz through security with my carry on bag straight to the gate with my pre printed boarding pass.

Now the real fun starts and if you’re thinking where is she going? If doesn’t matter a new experience is about to unfold starting with the flight.

You see we start off with the excitement of going some place different to where we have been, know where the plane is heading with the slight reservation of…

• Will it depart on time?
• Will the seat next to me be taken?
• Is it going to be everything I am expecting when I get to my destination?
• Is it going to be a bumpy trip?

And just as your nerves start to intensify and the engines starts to rumble, you’re strapped in, the safety information over and you look out to realize you’re in the air.

No turning back now, you made a commitment and suddenly all the doubt and nervousness has gone and a feeling of calmness and certainty you didn’t know you had turns up. As you look out over the clouds they are like a white fluffy safety blanket beneath you.

The next little while for me is like a dream. It might be that feeling of lightness, the daily responsibilities far below back on earth or that I am some where in between where I was and now where I am going….

Looking out the window, inspiration, adventure and opportunity stare back; everything seems possible now that a commitment has been made.

Now I ask myself if every time I feel doubt, think of my nerves or get the sweats, I was buckled in and decided to go along for the ride anyway then maybe just maybe on the other side the same brilliant feeling is waiting for me.

If you made the commitment to yourself to set a clear destination and buckled up for the ride no matter how bumpy the journey, then I wonder what incredible permission you would give yourself to leave doubt behind in favour of your own inner brilliance?

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“Change is Not a Scary word?”

If I had a coin for every time I was told people don’t like change I’d have more that a life time of city parking covered.

So why is it that the word conjures up a sense of fear so big that it keeps people…?

• Stuck in a job they hate
• Frightened to step out of their office cubical
• Afraid to apply for a promotion

STOP….What are we afraid of?

There are actually three types of “common” fears; not being good enough, fear of failure and not being loved. Any one of these fears will stop us in our tracks until we gain awareness of when it was created and learn how to overcome it.

It’s easier than it seems really if you are willing to consider for just a brief second that facing an old fear will make way for greater opportunity in the future.

Take a minute to think who taught you to first feel hear or see fear…It may sound like an odd question only who else would ask you a question like that?

Yep to have a fear you had to once learn how to experience it so consider facing that moment way back when you were in school or in that playground or even at home.

See, the mind works in mysterious ways it likes to keep us safe, so when it thinks we are about to do something that might be evenly remotely close to that scary old thing our mind clicks over and bang the old records kicks in and before long we think I can’t possibly do that and we ignore that fantastic next big opportunity that is going to change your life forever.

When that fear creeps in next time ask yourself….

• What if you enjoyed the new job more?
• The next office has a window and pot plant
• That promotion not only paid more, has shorter hours and you actually enjoy it.

Yes we humans are creatures of habit only imagine if nothing in your life changed every again. Day after day the same routine no reason to think or act any different to the last day, you would hate it.

With change comes possibility, which leads to opportunity which leads to creativity which in turn leads to fun and happiness.

With out change the world we live in would become as grey as the Melbourne winter cloud. Even with a designer scarf, great boots and a heavy jacket do you really want 352 days a year of that!

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Corporate Job? Not Anymore….

Leaving the security of a well paid corporate job most thought I was crazy, and well there were times I did as well!

Why would I dare to dream and give up a six figure salary

that was as easy a routine for me as brushing my teeth in the morning?

Doing something I never imagined I’d do…

What did it take for it to happen? One word Yes!

Making a commitment and following through, so how did I celebrate?

I’m going to see my brother, not a shock really I see him few times a year given we live in opposite’s parts of the country. The difference, he is a Dad of 2 and I am the half of a strong 20 yr something relationship and this time it’s me and bro.

Yup no partners, no kids and no responsibilities like teenagers reliving their adolescent years! Oh and not Corporate Job…. did I already mention that?

Strange how circumstances come to be that you make a decision about what’s truly important in life and once you get clear, everything else seems to pale in comparison.

So after more years that I care to work out we had decided it was well time to have some good old fashioned fun and be big kids…well for at least a week of our lives.

Who knew what adventures we would create?

The best bit I had cleared my schedule for a week to spend quality, uninterrupted time with a very special person in my life knowing we would create memories to last a life time.

Nothing to do but play, create, inspire and enjoy each others company!

Could I have every imagined I would dream this up a year ago? Nope!

What I do know is that since making the decision to get clear on what’s important to me I have been on an all time high even more that a first class ticket around the world, and you should know I love traveling!!!

Are you clear on your life priorities?

Do you know what’s stopping you from what’s truly important to you?

Why not create your list of top 10 non negotiable items today and plan to achieve at least 3 of then!

Now I know what I want and where I want to spend my time.

That Corporate job… it never really gave me true happiness, I enjoyed it at the time and it sure helped with the travel. The real gold now I have freedom to choose my next adventure and that has no price tag, creating variety in life for me is priceless.

Dream it – Dare it – Do it = Live it

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Career Opportunity

“How You Can Crawl Toward Opportunity!”

It’s been said that ‘if you plan for nothing you will get it every time’ imagine that, having no idea of where you are going?

Even new born babies have a plan set out in front of them. They might not know it until Mum or Dad starts to encourage them to crawl, walk or run for the first time.

Are you still crawling?

Consider where you are in life right now? While the rest of the pack are walking, or even a running around you have you taken that first step forward?

Ok you’re right we need to learn to crawl and with time walk and run, and the more we practice the faster the result right?

Sure there is some work involved, like most things in life the more action you take the greater the results. I know there’s no guarantee and when we all learnt to crawl there were tumbles along the way, and even then we knew instinctively to get up and give it another go.

What if we waited for that guarantee, for the helping hand each and every time?

How long would it take to make it across the room?

Why did we get up again?

Because even a child knows If you didn’t you would never have see all of the things you saw from a new perspective along the way.

You would still be sitting in that same room while the others were exploring new places, feeling the excitement and rush of adventure, hearing new sounds and seeing for the first time a world through fresh eyes…

If your world has been looking the same then stop crawling through life. Move to a wobbly walk or for those really ready to stand up and be noticed take a run to places you have never been before and always wanted to go!