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The Big Question: What’s Your Final Destination?

The other day we were working with a group of business owners and we started off by thinking about why they are in business and where they want to be in 10, 20 or 30 years. More than half of the room couldn’t answer these questions. I was pretty surprise... Read >

What’s YOUR thing?

We’ve been in Switzerland for 3 weeks now and did a lot of things such as snowboarding on a glacier, hiking in the beautiful Swiss mountains, swimming in the river, visiting the German, French and Italian speaking part of the country, my brother’s weddi... Read >

Feedback is the Breakfast of Champions

Two weeks ago, we helped over 30 people become rockstar presenters with a 4 day workshop. The participants arrived on Thursday, some scared to present in front of people, some a bit shy, others very excited and outgoing and no one knew that they would wal... Read >

Who is in your gang?

The 1st of August was national Swiss day and to celebrate the occasion, the Swiss embassy and some of the Swiss clubs (yes, there is a yodel club, a fondue club, a Swiss folklore dance club in case you’d like to join one) organised a big get together for ... Read >

Is your brand worth falling in love with?

A couple of weeks ago I went to a panel discussion at Creative Sydney and the topic was ‘Creative for a Cause’. It was very inspiring and made me think about brands and why some are worth falling in love with and others are not. After a bit of thinking... Read >

More Waves for Your Business

A couple of years ago I started to learn how to surf and wow, what a journey. After lots of bruises, a broken foot and scars I ammore passionate than ever. You might wonder why I talk about surfing and the reason is that there are many parallels betwee... Read >

The Right Ingredients to Make Your Presentations a Success

A bit of ginger, a tip of cinnamon, half a cup of sugar, 3 cups of flour… not sure what you get, but sounds pretty good (could almost be ginger bread).(When you bake something you need to combine different ingredients and flavours to get a great result, t... Read >

More of You

A couple of nights ago I went out with some friends and I realized how so many people are trying very hard to be somebody they are not only to please or impress. (Ok, I don’t analyse everything, but this time it was so bloody obvious to me that I had to n... Read >

‘Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’

A couple of weeks ago I watched Tim Burton’s new movie Alice in Wonderland and I would like to share some inspiring quotes with you as they apply very much to business and personal life. ‘Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before br... Read >

The 5 Keys to Get Your Customers Raving About You

Last week I was waiting for a parcel to be delivered by a freight company. After 7 calls, what felt like ‘endless hours’ spent on hold, five promises that it will arrive ‘tomorrow’, it finally made it 9 days later! This made me think about customer servic... Read >

Hot Air Ballooning Tricks for Your Business

Yesterday, on Easter Monday I went hot airballooning for the very first time, what a fun experience! My husband and I got up at 2.30am to drive to the Hunter Valley where we met the ballooning crew before sunrise at 5am. After a safety briefing and drinki... Read >