Tag: success

  • Climb Every Mountain

    I went to see ‘The Sound of Music’ at the theatre over the weekend. It was fabulous of course, but the bit that really got my heart singing was “Climb Every Mountain”. Let me remind you of the lyrics: “Climb every mountain, search high and low Follow every by way, every path you know Climb…

  • The Standard of Success Is Joy

    “The standard of success in life isn’t the things. It isn’t the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel.” – Abraham Couldn’t have said it better myself. Happy Monday! Love Donna.x

  • The Heart of the Matter

    So tell me what you want, what you really, really want (and then PLEASE forgive me for quoting the Spice Girls!) Do you know what you want? And why do you want that thing? Keep asking why do you want that, and why do you want that, and why, why, why until you get to…

  • Paddle Your Own Canoe. Your Way

    I was just reading a newsletter from Chris Guillibeau of The Art of Non Conformity, and he got me thinking. He was talking about going against conventional wisdom. For example, Henry Ford said “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said “faster horses.”” Yet ‘conventional wisdom’ says ask your customers what…

  • Keep Seeking Your Passion

    I was having a clearout this weekend, and I came across a couple of courses I did back in the late 90’s – Positive Thinking and Journalism. I had a little chuckle to myself at the memories of these courses – I thought the positive thinking course was a bit thin, not that useful, but…

  • Mastery is Not About Perfection

    Following my blog post yesterday about success, someone sent me this quote: “We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It’s about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and…

  • To Succeed, Be Willing To Lose

    I received an e-mail from The Simple Dollar this morning containing this “The best thing you can do if you want to succeed at anything is to not care about losing. And you probably will lose – a lot.” I want you to read that again. And again. And again. Because what stops most people…

  • In Praise of Laze

    I was talking to someone I coached about 5 years ago the other day, and she reminded me of something I’d asked her to do – get comfortable with, and allow herself to be, lazy. Like so many other things, laziness gets such a bad rap that many of us will work ourselves into an…

  • The Wisdom of Will Smith

    Not only is he a good looking fella, he is really quite wise. Watch this – you’ll be glad you did. Happy Friday! Love Donna.x

  • Mr Impossible

    What have you decided is impossible for you? For example, could you earn a million? Could you run a marathon? Could you start your own business? Could you have a loving relationship? Let me ask it in a different way: what can’t you do? What is impossible in your life? What limitations and restrictions have…