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[ 16 May 2007 | 2 Comments ]
Be One Step Ahead

Inspiration for this group of articles (listed below) comes from Jack Canfield’s bestseller – How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. I am taking the principles from the book and applying them to life as a parent.
I find that I function much better when I’m a step ahead, and apparently it’s not just me, one of the most powerful tools of high achievers is planning their day the night before. Here is how I am currently *trying* to stay one step ahead;

Organising …

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[ 13 May 2007 | 3 Comments ]
Get Organised

Inspiration for this group of articles (listed below) comes from Jack Canfield’s bestseller – How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. I am taking the principles from the book and applying them to life as a parent.
Life as a parent is busy. Fact. So busy, sometimes (most of the time) you wonder how you’re going to fit it all in.
A quote from the book;
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming …

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[ 11 May 2007 | One Comment ]
Aim High

Inspiration for this group of articles (listed below) comes from Jack Canfield’s bestseller – How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. I am taking the principles from the book and applying them to life as a parent.
As a parent it can seem like merely ‘surviving’ the day is an achievement in itself. This can make us look inward and lose focus of the bigger picture.
In the book baby-proofing your marriage it said that parenting dependant children is a relatively small …

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[ 10 May 2007 | 7 Comments ]
Remember Your Purpose Outside of Parenting

Inspiration for this group of articles (listed below) comes from Jack Canfield’s bestseller How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. I am taking the principles from the book and applying them to life as a parent.
During the first few months of parenting it seems like your life has been turned upside down, under the mound of nappies, soothers and pink it’s easy to lose yourself and resign to chief nappy changer/bottle washer status for evermore. There were times when I wondered who …

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[ 7 May 2007 | 10 Comments ]
Compartmentalizing Time

I am trying to introduce an element of conscious self development into my life to keep me focussed on my goals and ambitions. The first book I read was The Sedona Method, which I reviewed (albeit briefly) last week. I have just finished another book – How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be: The 25 Principles Of Success, this has provided a lot of food for thought and I want to try and apply the principles, specifically, to motherhood, parenting, juggling work …

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[ 6 Apr 2007 | 13 Comments ]
How Motherhood Has Helped Me Grow

Two years ago I was working as a nursery assistant earning very close to the minimum wage, I had job-hopped my way through almost eight years of my life working mostly in offices. After trying several different careers I was still no closer to deciding what I wanted to ‘do’.
For five years I had suffered in varying degrees with Crohn’s Disease, I was worried that if we waited too long to have a baby something awful might happen that would render me infertile, for Alex and I, a life …