Its about living moment by moment and allowing the sweet fire of creativity to unleash itself and burn a lasting memory. And then, at the end, when the fury has past and you are spent and alone (as we all are), you can in the silence reflect and say: ” Yes! I built something of value and made a difference in the lives of others. I dug in the dark and harvested an unregrettable life”. I think that was the point of it all.
They say you get bad breaks from good shots and good breaks from bad shots. I don’t know if this is true as it seems to me regardless how anyone finishes the game it is really about playing the ball where it lies. Golf is a lot like business you have to turn every challenge into an opportunity and…
“The eyes are blind, you must see with your heart” (“The Little Prince”). It is true that language so often gets in the way of communications. Seeing clearly can only be done by the heart as anything essential is invisible to the eyes.
Find yourself in a bottleneck? Well ‘make it simple, and make it happen’ that is my motto. Stephen Lynch from www.results.com says the first thing you need to do as a leader to cross the ceiling of complexity is to “get out of the way!” Then you need to…
Ever want to just pull the covers over your head and pretend you are anywhere but where you are? Then some little voice says, “Get up. It’s a new day. A fresh start.” The interesting thing is that it is quite dumb to quit because it may only be one step more to where you are going. I mean how would you know?
Mylie Cyrus’s lyrics capture the essence of “The Climb” so wonderfully.
When you are on the road of Destiny you will discover that there are no complications because what is meant to be always finds the way. There are “no worries” as my Australian friends say.
One time he asked the bartender to bring me a candle, which he lit. “Liz, make a wish”. My human resource issues were never easy which he understood. At 36 years, he was the Operations Manager of the GFS plant responsible for over a hundred employees. Self-taught Seb was brilliant, particularly in the area of human resources.
Steven Spielberg once said: “I don’t just dream at night, I dream all day, I dream for a living”. Our dreams provide us with valuable insights that help us in making choices. However, its making the choice to turn a dream into a reality that matters the most. And to do this requires faith. “Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see”.
Where you see a successful business you find that someone made a courageous decision. As adults we sometimes make things too complicated. We can learn a lot from the enthusiasm and creativity of children. Here is a piece of marketing genius. Simple and funny.
Growing up, Easter Sunday meant putting on bright colored dresses and attending the service at our Anglican Church. My father would make his waffles and a huge mess in the kitchen. It was a feat to rouse a family of seven (my parents included). “Awfuls are ready” he would bellow. “Feet on the floor”. And if you didn’t put your feet on the floor he would do it for you. I remember my attempts to dangle my feet over the side of the bed towards the floor didn’t work …
Another friend from New York, Ashleigh Banfield sent me a note from her post at ABC. “Hey, Liz. Have you heard? X is the new 30?… As Emily Dickenson said “We turn older with years, but newer everyday”. I reminded Ash, who is much younger, that should they appear remember, wrinkles just indicate where your smiles have been. So, practice adding a twinkle to the wrinkle.
Life is not measured by the amount of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away. When I look at this picture I can almost feel the adrenalin rush, the cold wind on my cheeks, and the thigh burn.
An early morning walk in fresh snow. The world is so pure, so beautiful. When snow falls nature seems to listen. These are my snow angels.
Richard Branson said: “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming”. Perhaps this one got a “pass”. What do you think?
Is socialnomics here? Tim Beners-Lee, in only 1999, laid out the vision of the world wide web as it came to him in a dream. It is interesting, extraordinary to observe where we are in only 6,000 days.The black holes in the image indicate areas where communication is not free.
Mary Kay Ash, CEO and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics was a dynamic force. She said: “The speed of the leader always determines the rate of the pack”.
Up at 5:45am I slip out of bed, carefully step over the snoring labradors, collect my first large cup of coffee,and head to my home office – my refuge and thinking centre – where for the next hour I focus on creative thinking, dreaming and short meditation. Henry Beecher, an American minister called “The first hour of the morning the rudder of the day”.
Business leaders and elite athletes share many attributes. Risk, mental toughness and a believe in self even under the most inhumane and trying of circumstances. Forward momentum is achieved through the setting and reaching of little goals. Success is a journey and not a destination. Staying ahead of the pack means continually reinventing yourself. Nothing worthwhile is done without risk.
Building a business is like sailing where you encounter challenges with wind, weather and equipment. Having the right crew for the conditions is also important. But discovering a rainbow is a wake-up call to throw off the bow lines, rig the sails, catch the winds to explore and discover.
Peter Drucker said that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.
The tour of Mission Hills Winery was a highlight of our (EO) Entrepreneurs Organization Retreat this year. EO consists of over 7,500 business owners from 42 different countries. It is a dynamic group of entrepreneurs committed to sharing experiences to help each other grow and succeed in business and in life.
How do you perfect your golf swing? Well, with the the women from the 85 Broads Toronto Chapter it was a lot of fun trying.
When you achieve the impossible you can sit back, have a martini (with really good olives) and say: “screw the jealous naysayers”.
A smile, a touch, a gentle laugh remembered. Memories keep those we love close to us forever.
In the 1900’s dare devil men and women pilots in flying machines swooshed across Canadian skies as dashing bush pilots, patrol forces, and as winged couriers delivering perfumed love letters and direct mail. In fact early direct mail advertising occupied half the mail bag and was the source of complaint for pilots concerned with weight issues.
Einstein described the journey to understanding science as “years of anxious searching in the dark for a truth that one feels but can not express”. I feel everything is built from a network of relationships and when we soon figure out how this can be tied together…
Fishing provides a perpetual series of occasions for hope. For my son catching fish is the benefit derived from participating in the sport of drowning worms.
Balmoral Hall Students attended the Women Entrepreneur Awards Dinner with alumnae Elizabeth Gage ‘78. The evening was an inspiration for all and especially to the students who were encouraged to think big and work hard to achieve their dream.
What appears to be the end, may really be a new beginning. As you can see the race to the finish line sometimes involves altering ones course “Right Away”!
I am not sure what my son’s thoughts were when he presented me with his Mother’s Day gift of garden “worms” but his hand printed card read: “I love the way my Mums talks, the way she laughs and sings. I love the way she walks as if her heart had wings”. This is a keeper.
Sometimes someone says something really small, and beautifully simple and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart.
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. – H. Jackson Browne
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. – Eleanor Roosevelt
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