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07/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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“A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.”
– Chinese Proverb

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04/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

The Role Of Perturbation In Goal Achievement – Part 2/2

Achieving success your life goals and business goals requires you to transform and evolve. It requires you to discover and apply new ways of operating which are in alignment with your goal.  Otherwise you will achieve the same old results – as the old saying goes: “insanity –  doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”.

As I said in my last blog, perturbation is a natural part of organisms surviving.  It’s also a natural part of surviving and thriving in life.  You can’t avoid change, life will happen along the way whether you want it to or not.

The Role of Perturbation In Goal Achievement

Setting goals creates a natural level of perturbation.  Why?   Because you are setting yourself a target to be, do or have something different to where you are in your life now. In order to achieve your goals, [Read more…]

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02/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald

The Role Of Perturbation In Goal Achievement – Part 1/2

If you look at any success story in any industry, profession or area you will find that they have had to overcome adversity in a variety of ways in order to create their success.   The adversities they faced, disturbed them from their normal way of operating and created pressure to respond differently.  This transformational pressure, which enabled them to achieve success, is part of the process referred to as Perturbation.

Perturbation Defined

Perturbation can be defined as:  a disturbance of motion, course, arrangement, or state of equilibrium; especially: a disturbance of the regular and usually elliptical course of motion of a celestial body that is produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion.   This process of disturbance or irregularity [Read more…]

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31/08/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
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28/08/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

The Power of Taking Control

Taking control of your life is a powerful aspect of transforming your results, achieving your goals and creating your own inspired life.  Failure to actively take control of your life can leave you living in regret of what would have, could have, should  have …. happened.  And the more you do that, the less focus and energy you have in the present for creating the future you actually want.

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