Tag Archive: passion

Why The Founder of Girl Scouts Could Have Used a Life Coach

When I picked up the book on Juliette Gordon Low, who went by Daisy her entire life, I had no idea that her ultimate destiny alluded her till fifteen years before her death. I will admit I knew very little…

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Do You Doubt Yourself?

Doubt must be one of the leading reasons for failure. Once you have set your mind on what you will do and assessed what you will need, your might get invaded by that ugly, dark feeling – what if I…

Who is Defining Your Boundaries?

I am a busy lady. Usually all I have to do is say I have triplets and most people say … you must be a busy lady. They don’t even know the half of it. I make busy people look…

When Would be a Good Time to Interrupt You?

Either I was a child with the worst timing in the world or there was never a good time to talk to my dad about money. If I needed something for school, I would spend days preparing myself to ask my…

We have more Conveniences, but less Time

I re-read the except below recently and we were talking about it with a friend. I thought it profound enough to make it today’s blog:

We have more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees, but less

Don’t Confuse Extremely Difficult with Impossible

I sometimes get confused between impossible and extremely difficult. Sometimes, I think if I have taken the decision to do something extremely difficult (such as leaving  everything I knew and move to another country) then the rest will follow. Isn’t…

How Important is it to Love What You Do?

“Everyone has “signature strengths, and the happiest use them. Doing so can lead to choices that astound others but yield lasting satisfaction.”

Spot the Natural

Whether it’s really that obvious or I make it my business to observe, it’s usually quite easy to spot the natural in the room. This is the person who does the task with ease, beats everyone to it and usually…

The Perfect Halloween Costume

South African Miners

Since moving to the US, Halloween has become one of my favorite holidays. This has a lot to do with having kids and watching them get excited about dressing up, trick-a-treating and carving jack-o-lanterns. I get pretty excited at the…