Archive for 'Passion' Category

What is a friend?

Posted by Sharon 14 April 2009

“A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of
your heart, chaff and grain alike, knowing that the gentlest of
hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and
with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
—anonymous
Courtesy of Guy Kawasaki, The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardeded Guide for […]

We’re in this together

Posted by Sharon 29 October 2008

A retailer in our local area went into administration recently after three decades in business.  The comments in the local paper indicated that if people had known the retailer was in trouble, they would have made more of an effort to go there instead of heading to a “big name” retailer for the latest bargain.
I […]

The Daffodil Principle

Posted by Sharon 13 October 2008

It is spring in Sydney and I arrived home to a house full of daffodils and a beautiful email about “The Daffodil Principle“.  Enjoy your day, realising we can change and beautify the world one action at a time.

Spring and passion is in the air

Posted by Sharon 25 September 2008

It’s spring, it’s passion month and I’ve just returned from the XL Entrepreneur Business School in Bali.  What did I learn - lots!
First, you cannot achieve anything amazing on your own.  The entrepreneurs who wanted to “own” all the ideas and way their business was going to run, has much smaller ideas that those who […]

Celebrate International Passion Day everyday

Posted by Sharon 4 September 2008

Janet and Chris Attwood, authors of the book “The Passion Test” have declared 30th September International Passion Day and have challenged their readers to take at least one action a day to “follow our passion and begin fulfilling our life’s purpose”.
Well, with our business name, we had to rise to the challenge (and of course […]