What brought me here today is nothing more than an unconventional way of thinking. I have always been the type of person who thinks anything is possible—and why wouldn’t it be? It isn’t that most things are difficult; it is just that most people don’t take the time to figure out what they want, and work out the details, and get on with doing it. …
Why Small Business Owners Don’t Take Vacations & Why They Should
Many of us postpone creating our True Life Goals because we wrongly prioritize the importance of tasks. First, let’s look at Why Small Business Owners Don’t Take Vacations: We say: I can play AFTER the work is done I can work out When I’m Finished Working I can only Take a Vacation After I meet my quotas We put our clients before ourselves, our stress …
Music and Life – Thoughts by Alan Watts
I really love this Alan Watts YouTube video is because it so quickly encapsulates all of the emotions I’ve struggled with throughout my life. We go into life not knowing any better, so we do what we’re told. We continue along this path and at some point wake up to the reality that a) our lives are relatively boring and mediocre b) all of the people we’ve …
Want to See The World & Help it too? Interview with International Volunteer, Kirsty Henderson
As always, bringing you inspiring stories of adventurous folks that have dared to do different. Many of you may have wondered if you could take your business online and do good for others. Kirsty’s living the dream of being an international volunteer allows her to help others while her business pretty much runs itself. Check out her story, and amazing resources below. International Volunteer Interview …
Neurological Research Links Coaching to Transformational Change
I love it when I pick up the business section of the newspaper and something jumps off and hits me in the face. Today I came across this article written by Coach Kriengsak Nitpattanasai who has a column in the Bangkok Post. Coaching by question and brain research Nitpatanasai gives an overview of David Rock’s book Quiet Leadership: Help People Think Better–Don’t Tell Them What …
“IF”, The Best Travel Poem Ever
Quite Possibly the Best Travel Poem I’ve Ever Read… IF by Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936 If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, …
Becoming Famously Yourself & Getting Discovered by Discovery Channel
I remember daydreaming one day about the professional self that I wanted to become. I was midway through my masters in business and was trying to picture what I would look like as a successful business owner. I made a picture of myself with straight, highlighted hair. I wore a suit skirt outfit with a collared shirt and fancy shoes. I made comments along the …
What ARE You THINKING? How to improve your mindset and your quality of life!
“Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” William James There’s a lot of talk these days about the Law of Attraction. Many books are out there discussing how to focus your thoughts and get what you want by thinking positive thoughts. More importantly than just focusing on the stuff that you want, I believe …
The Medicine Man That Lives in a Cave
One day, I was riding on the back of my friend’s motorbike, weaving through the tall green mountains in the south of Thailand. Unexpectedly, the bike sputtered, slowed, and stopped. We had run out of gas. Looking around, there wasn’t a gas station in sight, so my friend pushed the bike down the road as I walked behind him. The limestone mountains are full of …
The Importance of a Great Coach
If you’ve been following along with some of my updates on Facebook, you’ll know I’ve been getting my butt kicked severely by my friend Kris. After spending ten weeks eating and partying too much in Bangkok, I realized I really needed to Get In Shape Girl! As luck (or the Universe) would have it, the second I got back down here and announced my new …
Interview with Cath Duncan, Mine Your Resources
As part of the inspiring force to help you ‘take the leap of faith’, we will be conducting mini interviews featuring global entrepreneurs who have become “Business Backpackers”. Because we are all busy traveling, working, and having loads of fun, it is a short list of questions that will hopefully give you a quick glimpse of others “Living the Life”. This month’s mini-view comes from …
Interview with Sharon Hurley Hall, Get Paid to Write Online
As part of the inspiring force to help you ‘take the leap of faith’, we will be conducting mini interviews featuring global entrepreneurs who have become “Business Backpackers”. Because we are all busy traveling, working, and having loads of fun, it is a short list of questions that will hopefully give you a quick glimpse of others “Living the Life”. Our forth mini-view comes from …
How to Tame Your Fears
Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they’ve known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? Why climb this Mount Everest of formalities that makes you feel like a beggar? Why enter this jungle of foreignness where everything is new, strange and difficult? The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of finding a better life. …
Put Your Crap in a Hefty Bag & Buy a Plane Ticket, Already!
There is a lot of hype about heading out into the world and doing your own thing. So why aren’t more people doing it? Excuses! I’ve seen everything from having to find the right designer backpack to people thinking they need some all-in-one tech gadgety thing that will somehow save you from any woes. Here is the truth: put your crap in a bag and …
How to Reduce Your Responsibility (partI)
I am notorious for not being able to leave things alone… or as they are. I ALWAYS want to Fix Everything or Figure Things Out. I want to touch things in museums. I want to push Emergency buttons to see what happens. I want to discuss and discover everything about a perfect stranger overnight. I want to find out how things work. I jump in …
How to Stay Motivated as a Business Owner
It is easy to feel like you are all by yourself when you go into business for yourself. I wrote this entry about a year and a half ago, and I just found it. I think it depicts some of the ups and downs of being ‘in charge’ of running a business. As a business owner, we have Major UPs and Big Time Downs, but …