Work Life Balance Success

7 Mistakes Many Of Us Make In Attempting To Be More Organised And How To Avoid Them

January 29, 2010

The start of the year is great for strategic planning and getting ourselves organised so as soon as the holiday is over we are ready to make headway into our goals for 2010. So are you feeling organised and ready for the year ahead? If you say, ‘not yet’ or ‘sort of’ you are in [...]

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Need a GPS to Navigate Your Life Work Balance?

January 13, 2010

Quite a few women we know received GPS navigation systems for their cars for Christmas presents. Some of the women were starting their driving careers—others had been around the block a few times.
Then we heard that the GPS systems in our cars were more powerful than those air traffic controllers use. Could that be true? [...]

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Your Daily Six for Success

January 1, 2010

At this time of year there are a lot of emails being sent asking us what our goals are for 2010, what action we are going to take and what support we are going to seek out to help us achieve those goals.
These are all good messages because the start of the year is always [...]

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Work Life Balance During the Holidays

December 16, 2009

12 simple ideas to help you enjoy the holidays and keep your business flourishing
About now is when the thought of Christmas for many of us causes tightening in the shoulders and stress headaches – unless of course you are one of the super-organised amongst us and have done all your Christmas shopping. There is not [...]

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Why Being a Home Based Businesswoman Brought Me To Tears!

October 29, 2009

It is my precious daughter’s 6th birthday today. And it really hit home to me how incredibly fortunate I am as a business mother working from home to have the flexibility to enjoy these occasions. Here’s why…
The birthday child is draped in a rainbow cloth and wears a felt crown on her head. She sits [...]

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Practical Work Life Balance Strategies

October 16, 2009

Valerie McDougall and Jayne Jennings, founders of Work Life Balance Success.com are interviewed by Tracey Stranger, bestselling author of How to Overcome Stress Naturally.

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Have you ever made a list of what you want from life?

October 16, 2009

One of the secrets we’ve learned about life work balance is having your brain in the right place.
We came across this great exercise from a success program by Jack Canfield (The Chicken Soup series) and Janet Switzer*, and really wanted to share it with you – because it could be very powerful for you irrespective [...]

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Is your husband helping or hindering your business success?

September 8, 2009

‘I don’t want my second marriage to fail because of focusing too much time on my business.’
This was the sad admission of one woman business owner when asked why life work balance was important to her in our international survey*.
The question of balancing a relationship and a business—whether you are both in the business or [...]

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