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Donate to the Australian Flood Appeal
No matter where you are in the world, I'm sure you've heard about the awful disaster that befell residents of Northern Australia this January, 2011. With little warning, Queensland rivers burst their banks as torrential rain lashed down to a far worse degree...
Whatever happens…
I was glancing back through another great book I read a while ago by Susan Jeffers, called "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway". Susan reminded me again that we are all faced with hurdles that sometimes seem insurmountable, whether it's a...
A goal is more than a dream; it’s a dream being acted upon.
Now that the turkey's been gobbled, the mince pies dispensed and the Christmas decorations packed away for another year, I wonder how we're all going with those New Year Resolutions? If you're finding yourself struggling already with 'that thing' and we've only just started the New Year, don't despair, there's...
Work On Your Paradigms!
“It becomes obvious that if we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviours. But if we want to make significant, quantum change, we need to work on our basic paradigms”...
Happy New Year! Time for some Resolutions or Changes?
Firstly, let me wish you the best year of your life so far, along with a few comments about the ‘challenges’ ahead. Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.535BC – 475 BC) espoused the theory that: “Everything flows, nothing stands still.” In our hectic world...
Merry Christmas…and where would you like to spend the next one?
I'd like to take the opportunity to wish all readers a very Merry Christmas! There's no doubt that many of us like to spend this festive time with family and friends, but wouldn't it also be nice to have at least one Christmas where...
Perseverance is…
I first read one of Dennis Waitley's books about a year after arriving in Australia, around 24 years ago. It was 'The Seeds of Greatness' and it contained a lot of very useful lessons in life, many of which my wife and I applied in...
To the rest of the world watching…
Oprah Winfrey "To the rest of the world watching, you have got to come to Australia," said Oprah Winfrey during filming of her show from the Sydney Opera House in December 2010. The Queen of Entertainment summed up her experiences Down Under with a huge thumbs...
The First Trick To Happiness – And Success…
Here is a small excerpt from a book by Andrew Matthews, an amazingly talented guy whom I have been priviledged to hear and see presenting on stage many years ago in Perth. *** What We Have Imagine that we discovered life...
Start Today!
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (1709– 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was a British author who made lasting contributions to English Literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic,...
You Are The Master…
“You are the master of your own earthly destiny just as surely as you have the power to control your own thoughts.” Napoleon Hill Napoleon Hill is a celebrated author of many books about success, motivation and positive thinking. In this quote he reminds...
“I’ll never forget the people we met there…” Natalie Miller, Scotland
Nat from Scotland Another young lady who stayed in Tony's Perth-based tourism business was Natalie from Scotland, who wrote: “I can truly say this hostel made my time in Oz the best. It was like making a new family. I only planned to stay a week...