January 20th, 2010
There is actually a big difference between having a great lifestyle and a great life – but the two can easily become confused.
“Lifestyle” refers to things we buy to decorate our lives. Through our lifestyle choices we can buy an identity through brands. We can define how other people perceive us, so it can be a way of gaining acceptance and approval from them. A common term for this is “keeping up with the Joneses”. We want to control what people think of us and it can be tempting to do this through making sure we have the right “things” in order to be regarded in a certain way.
Your “life” on the other hand, is what you lead when you know what is important to you and you let that control your behaviour. Your life is made up of your choices and actions. Through our “life” we can create our own self esteem and pride through being true to our selves.
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January 15th, 2010
The very first step in creating your ideal life is to get very clear on what it looks like. This isn’t rocket science, it’s just much easier to get what you want if you know what that is.
Take some time to sit down and really think about this. If you could have your ideal life in 3, 6 or even 12 months time, what does it look like? Where are you living? What are you doing? Who is around you? What do you do in your spare time? How much money do you have? What do you look like? Read More
January 15th, 2010
Have you set yourself some really big goals this year? Something you really want to achieve, but have no idea how yet? Is there a danger it might end up going in the “too-hard” basket and ending up back on the New Year’s resolution list again next year?
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January 12th, 2010
Mary Murray – Paradisos Cafe
Mary was a fulltime mother and housewife for all 24 years of her married life until her husband announced he was having an affair. Left with nothing when he left, with no experience or business acumen whatsoever, Mary took on the cafe her husband had been in the process of starting, complete with thousands of dollars worth of debts, and made a go of it.
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December 9th, 2009
Are you the sort of person who sets the same New Year’s resolutions year after year and never actually makes them happen? Maybe you set yourself goals with the best intentions but run out of enthusiasm halfway, or maybe you never even manage to get started?
One of the big secrets to successful goal setting is to set goals that you want to achieve. That might sound like its too easy, but who said it had to be difficult? Sure achieving your goals will require some effort from you, but you’re much more likely to commit to making that effort if you are working towards something that you really want for yourself. So that means sorting out the ‘want to’ goals from the ‘should” goals.
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