One phrase was on loop through my head throughout the day: “Big girl shoes, you can do this!” “We need more hot water and coffee in the VIP breakfast room, as soon as possible, please.” It wasn’t the first time I’d tracked down the hotel catering staff with the request that had gotten lost in […]
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How to Succeed When You’re Afraid
Do you consider yourself a brave, courageous person? Are you the type who could base jump or get on a stage in front of 100,000 people without fear? I’m not. I’m working on it though (not the base jumping, exactly, but the bravery). I loved the movie We Bought a Zoo and my favorite scene […]
What Will You Do for a Banana?
Okay, I’ve got in 29 posts this month and that leaves 2 more to finish the Ultimate Blog Challenge. Close but no banana yet, as they say. I’ll admit I didn’t feel much like writing after a crazy day, and that’s what’s inspired this post about monkeys and bananas! Monkeys do like bananas, because they’ve […]
Just Stick Your Toe Outside Your Comfort Zone
“Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.” ~Robert Allen The comfort zone is a behavioural state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviours to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk. – Alasdair A. K. White “From Comfort Zone to […]