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 [...]

“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 [...]

Here at MDD Tactics, we are all for Personal Development, positive thoughts and affirmations.  I stumbled on this the other day and just had to share.Â
I wonder what we could achieve if we were all as excited about our lives as Jessica is??? 

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 [...]

The start of a new working year leads many business owners to plan for the year ahead and, if they are anything like me, reassess where the business is going and where they would like it to be.Â
I had planned to do this in December and be ready to take on the world once the new year [...]

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 [...]

It seems this will be the last post for 2009.  (Unless I get inspired later today to post again – not likely!).  I have been thinking all day, trying to find some inspiration to write something amazing and life changing.  It feels like the last post for the year should be something special right?Â
It then [...]

I am not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions.  There I said it.  Phew I feel better now I have that out there.  My philosophy is – if there is something about you or your life you would like to address or fix or make better, why do people need to wait for a [...]