Do you have rules you live by? Rules for living?  Would love to hear them …..  Here are some of mine. 

Good manners never cost anyone anything
Be kind to people
Remember those that were kind to you
All children deserve to be loved
You only get one family – look after them
Don’t be too busy setting goals you don’t [...]

Need some inspiration to achieve the extraordinary?  Check this out ….

“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.”   Wade Boggs  

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?  Actually, who are you not to be?  You are a child of [...]

Interviews with the elderly and the terminally ill do not report that people have regret for the things they have done but rather people talk about the things they regret not having done.
I’d dare to make more mistakes next time.
I’d relax.  I would limber up.
I would be sillier than I have been on this trip.
I [...]

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs [...]

In December 2007, I made a decision that, at the time, was probably the scariest thing I had ever done in my life.  I quit my job and decided to work for myself.  Not something that hasn’t been done by 1,000s before me.  A big step for me though.  I have been employed since my first part-time [...]

This week sees most parents getting ready to send their children back to school.  For most parents, as well as the overwhelming excitement at having some peace and quiet back in their lives, there is also feelings of anxiety about being separated all day from their children.Â
How do you make sure your kids go back to [...]

I have a 9 year old niece and a 11 year old nephew.  Every day they come out with something that either makes me laugh out loud or shake my head in disbelief.  I know it’s not new, every generation have their own “language” at times, and change the meaning of words to suit themselves, [...]

I’m not sure where I first read this, and you may have seen it before but it is a favourite…….
Bill Gates’ Lessons in Life
Here is a list of 11 things that many high school and college graduates did not learn in school. In his book, Bill Gates talks about how feel-good, politically-correct teachings created a [...]

While setting some goals for the year, I was conscious of the fact that I wanted to ensure the goals were positive.  “I will eat healthy” not “I won’t eat chocolate” for example.  While struggling with that thought I was reminded of a story I read a few months ago in “Chicken Soup for the [...]