For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/jillian-1-meet-my-friend/ Jillian had a friend, we’ll call her Mandy. Sadly she has passed away now, but at the time Jillian knew her she owned a delightful little cottage in a country town a few hours away from a major city in Australia. It was in an area • Read More »
Archives: Lifestyle
Crewing – Tony Robbins Sydney 2015
September 30, 2015 | By Colin | 10 Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion.Unleash The Power Within Well. Can’t say too much or I’ll have to kill you. Or they’ll kill me. Or all of the above. Secrecy I signed a secrecy provision so what follows will be of necessity general and not secret. One of the main themes we crew are asked to embrace was flexibility. Seems • Read More »
Tags: coaching, Focus, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Success, training, Travel
Jillian 30 – Pilot Licence Mega FAIL!
September 22, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Our Jillian.
Pilot Licence For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/jillian-1-meet-my-friend/ Every now and then Jillian tells me a snippet of something or other and then we move on and the information becomes lost in the mists of – well not time, necessarily – but forgetfulness and insignificance shall we say? Some time ago, while • Read More »
Tags: flying, Jillian, Life, Lifestyle, Living, pilot, training
Jillian 29 – A Little Night Music
September 14, 2015 | By Colin | 7 Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.
For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/jillian-1-meet-my-friend/ Jillian loves live music. We mentioned this a while ago when speaking of some time one night in New York. She reminded me, the other day, of another musical interlude in her life. This time it was an evening with a female jazz stylist. Jazz “What • Read More »
Jillian 28 – Appro & Other Things.
September 7, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Our Jillian.
For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/jillian-1-meet-my-friend/ It’s coming up to Melbourne Cup time, and it got me thinking. I asked Jillian if she had heard of ‘buying on appro’? She said she remembered her parents talking about it. Wasn’t sure if they ever did it – but yeah the concept was known • Read More »
Tags: Jillian, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, party
Jillian 26 – The Food Goes Up And Down
August 20, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Our Jillian.
The Food Goes Up And Down Our Jillian went by herself on a cruise once quite a while ago. This is one of her stories. Yes. I know. Another torrid travel tale, but this is funny. Cruising Alone. She began, “When you are on your own, you tend to gravitate towards other people so you • Read More »
Tags: comedy, humour, Jillian, Lifestyle, party, show, Travel
Jillian 25 – The Big Game (Patterns)
July 31, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.
A story from Jillian’s memories. A rogues gallery of friends and enemies. Arthur had been retrenched and had no idea what to do or where to go. Money was not an immediate problem due to a reasonably generous package, and his partner who was still working at a really well paid job. She said she • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, Focus, Jillian, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Success, training
What Did You Learn today?
July 28, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion, Thought Leadership.
One of our core needs is to grow. Growth comes from: New stuff. Old stuff with a new perspective. Something completely out of left field. Mistakes that show you why or how something didn’t work. Words that had the opposite effect from what was expected Words that had a different effect from your expectations Feedback • Read More »
Tags: books, Career Change Strategies, Focus, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, mentor, Success, Thought Leadership, training
#ourjillian
July 18, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.
Wow I’m kinda getting with it. Lots of stuff happening here at Career Change Strategies. New Logo. new plan and new direction. Stuff will be changing here on an almost daily basis. More focus on writing and selling my IP. Stay tuned for more about this. Very exciting. 1st up that affects my good readers • Read More »
Tags: #ourjillian, Career Change Strategies, comedy, humour, Jillian, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living
Jillian 23 – Some Drinking Anecdotes
July 12, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Our Jillian.Drinking Jillian has told me so much over the years and as I began this task; I compiled a list of potential topics. Many have already made it into print and many don’t really lend themselves to one of our stories. There are others that will be revealed ‘in the fullness of time’ as they • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, comedy, humour, Jillian, laugh, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, party
Jillian 22b – Potty Mouth
July 2, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.How Jillian and her Mum Hit The Town and Learned a Few Choice New Expressions and so Much More! Show-time in Melbourne continued! There was still another planned event to go. “How am I going to handle this?” Jillian said to herself. Venue Number 2 What she really said to me was. “I had a • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, comedy, humour, Jillian, laugh, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, music, party, show, Success, Travel
Jillian 22a – Potty Mouth
June 29, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.How Jillian and her Mum Hit The Town and Learned a Few Choice New Expressions and so Much More! Show-time in Melbourne Some time ago, now (must have been mid to late 70’s) Jillian was in Melbourne with her mother. It was the first time Nancy had been in the big smoke. Any big smoke. • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, comedy, humour, Jillian, laugh, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, music, Travel, Writing
The Successful Coach Magazine
June 27, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Thought Leadership, Writing.Woo Hoo. Yippee and all that jazz. Another publication under my belt. This time an article in a magazine. Here is the link. June Issue – The Successful Coach Magazine It is the first in a series of 8 articles covering the topic of retirement / retrenchment (Laid off for my American readers) which leads • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, Focus, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Success, training
Jillian 21 – A Tall Ship
June 12, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Our Jillian.I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking. • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, Focus, humour, Jillian, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, Travel
Jillian 20 – Fire in the House!
May 23, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.Jillian 20 – Fire in the House! Sometimes Jillian tells me funny stuff, sometimes life stuff and sometimes general stuff that is not very much of anything. This time I reckon we got some dramatic substance. Can’t remember when this was nor where in the world, but it was obviously exciting and emotional for Jillian. • Read More »
Tags: 5 Success Principles, Career Change Strategies, Jillian, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living
Jillian 19 – Best Radio Around
May 9, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.Ya just never know what Jillian is going to come up with next. Here’s a story from a long time go which must have been a hoot. “I was at this party with my sister. She was a few years older than me (she was 14, I think, at the time), but it was a • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, Focus, Jillian, laugh, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, music, party, Radiio, show
An open letter to Mr James Patterson.
May 8, 2015 | By Colin | 3 Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion, Thought Leadership, Writing.The other night in Melbourne, Australia (May 6th 2015), I went to see you at the Atheneum theatre. I was enthralled. You were awesome, and you were personally inspiring. I loved your relaxed laid-back (Australian?) attitude. I loved your answers to the interviewer’s questions. I loved how you extended the questions from the audience and • Read More »
Tags: books, Career Change Strategies, James Patterson, libraries, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Reading, training, Writing
Jillian 18 – A New York State of Mind.
May 1, 2015 | By Colin | 2 Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.I know. Another travel thingy. But I can only report what the lovely Jillian tells me. And this is what I have for this week. Not sure when this was but she was in New York for a week with a girlfriend and doing all the usual touristy exploring things including the ‘hop-on / hop-off’ • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, comedy, humour, Jillian, laugh, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Travel
Jillian 17 – Humour (Again)
April 25, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.I couldn’t let it go. Seemed like a metaphor for all that we have lost in our modern world. Humour; laughter; funny. What does it all mean? Why do we have laughing groups in almost every country in the world? What is all about? Babies and children seem to smile and laugh at many things • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, comedy, Focus, humour, Jillian, laugh, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Success
Jillian 16 – Words
April 18, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Our Jillian.
A while ago Jillian was telling me about a girl in her primary school when she was quite young. They had a reading class; she remembers they were sitting outside so it was a nice day, and this girl, Janice was her name, had trouble reading one particular word. It was very early in Jillian’s • Read More »
Tags: Career Change Strategies, coaching, comedy, Jillian, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Success, training