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07/10/2015 by Lisa McDonald

Strategic Life Creation

In today’s 24 hour world of technology, services and commitments we live very full lives. So it’s easy to get caught up in the busyness of life. However it is vital for your well-being, that you remember that – your health, capacity to perform and achieve goals, and ability to enjoy life is dependent on you looking after yourself. One important way that you can do that is through strategic life creation.

What is Strategic Life Creation?

Strategic Life Creation is about consciously creating your life based on clearly defining your vision, goals, values and aspirations. It’s not about creating a fictitious fantasy about an over-idyllic life. It’s about considering and designing [Read more…]

05/10/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Quote: If I Ran A School, I’d Give …

“If a ran a school, I’d give the average grade to the ones who gave me all the right answers, for being good parrots. I’d give the top grades to those who made a lot of mistakes and told me about them, and then told me what they learned from them.”
– Buckminister Fuller

02/10/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Closing The Information Gap To Achieve Goal Success

The ability to bridge the gap between what you know currently and what you need to develop knowledge on in order to achieve your goals, is essential to achieving successful outcomes. Today’s short video explains Dr George Lowenstein’s 1994 Information Gap Theory and how you can increase success by applying this theory.

Here are a couple of key points [Read more…]

11/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Quote: If You Want To Build A Ship …

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood,

divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

– Antoine de St Exupery

09/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

What’s Driving Your Education?

As humans, we have an inbuilt desire to grow. This may show up in many ways including fascination with a topic, development required for a new role, boredom, and dissatisfaction with the way things are. Each in their own way compel us to learn, to educate ourselves.

Education Can Be Empowering

Education is a powerful tool for consciously [Read more…]

What is Strategic Life Creation?

“If a ran a school, I’d give the average grade to the ones who gave me all the right answers, for being good parrots. I’d give the top grades to those who made a lot of mistakes and told me about them, and then told me what they learned from them.” – Buckminister Fuller

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood,

divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

– Antoine de St Exupery

Education Can Be Empowering

“If a ran a school, I’d give the average grade to the ones who gave me all the right answers, for being good parrots. I’d give the top grades to those who made a lot of mistakes and told me about them, and then told me what they learned from them.”
– Buckminister Fuller