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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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The other day I asked Jillian (it being the Comedy Festival in Melbourne where I live), what humour meant to her. “Something that makes me laugh”, she quickly said. “OK.” I passed the baton back to her. “What makes you laugh?” Not unexpectedly she replied, “Something that is funny.” There you have it. The perfectly • Read More »
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Well it has finally happened. I am a published author. The book for which I submitted a chapter has been published. I am one of about 12 writers whose contribution made it into the final cut. The book is now available for purchase. You can find out more about it and purchase a copy from • Read More »
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Jillian 14 – Wine Incident (For the beginning of these snippets please follow this link. http://career-change-strategies.com.au/fun-training-offers/meet-my-friend-jillian/) On one of her return visits to New Zealand when she was a bit older, Jillian spent a bit of time in WINDY WELLINGTON. (Remember the visit we spoke of when she was a sales person?) Well it was • Read More »
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Following on from our discussion of weird and wonderful incidents in her life, (perhaps this might lead to a few more stories – let’s see where this take us), Jillian spoke of another school incident. A different school, different town, different teacher and a year older. The teacher Sir2 was probably only year 2 or • Read More »
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For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/jillian-1-meet-my-friend/ Sometimes I ask people to tell me about one or two of the weirdest things things that have happened to them at certain times of their lives. Can be fun to listen to the answers. Can be enlightening. Can sometimes explain things about life that you • Read More »
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“It doesn’t really fit into best or worst categories,” Jillian said once when we were talking about her travel experiences. Still? Yes, I know, but they are always interesting. “There was once in Glasgow quite a few years ago, when I was staying with a friend of my mother’s. It had been a long and • Read More »
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For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/jillian-1-meet-my-friend/ Wellington Airport. Waiting at the antiquated and squealing, jerking baggage carousel. Finally it stopped. Nothing for Jillian. Okaaaay. What now? It was then that it hit our friend Jillian. SHE HAD NOTHING. Her business clothes, fresh undies, toiletries, make-up, hair-brush the paperwork and stuff for her • Read More »
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