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Do you have that song HOT DAGGER?

This was the question my son asked me last night when we were out in the car. It was just him and myself as he had bumped his head an we went to the clinic to check he was okay. He was so as we headed home he started flicking through the songs on the radio to see what he could find. I usually let him or his sister do this because a) It’s nice to see the kind of music they each like and b) it keeps them from breaking anything else in my car! He had been flicking through a few

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The beauty of social media

Social media has the power to do many things. It helps to inform people about natural disasters, helps companies communicate directly with consumers, Helps people discuss, learn, educate and hear the latest news about topics they are passionate about. Social Media also helps people of all ages come together in ways we, probably, have never seen in the history of our race. It’s an exciting step, but with it comes a word caution. With everything in our world that is good there

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Have the confidence to walk through any negativity

No matter what you do in life, personal or professional, there will be people who have negative thoughts or actions towards you. Most of the time it is not even something conscious by them, but rather something that just stems from their personality or situation they are in at the time. The confidence you have in yourself will be half the battle, your actions in putting your plan into action, will do the rest. Self doubt is one of the main reasons for failure in life. There a

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Life is not always about finding the answer

I doubt there are many people in this world who do not have a million questions rolling around their mind on any given day. Why doesn’t she love me? Why is he mean? When will I get a pay rise? Why do the children not listen? And even the big ones like; Why are we here? Many of these questions could be answered very simply, yet I am sure that in most cases, even the other party cold not answer them. But the big questions in life keep us searching and guessing year after year.

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Nothing worth doing is ever easy

We all spend time imagining what it would be like to accomplish our dreams. Some of us spend most of our lives imagining every aspect of the achievement. What we would do, how we would feel, who we would thank and what it would be like to stand atop and look back at the journey we have taken. This of course is the easy part. To achieve anything worth while in life we have to make the first step towards that goal. And after that we take the next and the next. Even we we are pu

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Maybe I’m a Belieber?

I recently read something that made me respect someone that to be honest was not a person I have before. Don’t get me wrong I think Justin Bieber is obviously talented and has shown some incredible ability to handle the unbelievable fame that has been thrust on such a young person. The collaborations with very well known established artists show that he really does have what it takes to be where he is. It’s just not my sort of music, that’s all. But recently in a show in Aust

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Actions really do speak louder than words

We say we are advanced and civilized, but our actions often speak otherwise. We say we are humane and caring, yet we witness cruelty and heartache on almost a daily basis. We say we want to be better at what we do in our lives, yet sometimes we do nothing to change our reality, other than talking about it a little more. If we are to change anything in our world it is great to talk about how we can help. Yet nothing ever changed from talking, only the action that followed it m

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Chaos: The universal call of change

From love to fear, creativity and structure a sense of chaos seems to be part of who we are. Even when we are at our most organized, a small aspect of our world can tip the scales into chaos once more. When you think about it, it is natural that chaos is part of our lives. In the grand scheme of things we are still very, very young as a civilization and we were born out of the chaos that is the planet we call home. From it’s chaotic fiery beginning, the earth has gradually se

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It’s in our nature to want more

We are constantly battling, inside of ourselves, and those around us in the struggle to want more. We often have a self depreciating feeling about ourselves when we want more or we see the in other peoples eyes a totally focused, unwavering assault on the object of their desire. In all truth it is possibly one of the most distasteful traits we have as human beings. Greed in our world seems to be the root of all evil, from the leaders of our world to the person that looks back

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It’s in our nature to want more

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If only we looked at the world like children do

Last night I was posed a question from my six-year old daughter about God. Before I go on with this story I just want to make something clear between you and me, religion is not a subject I am comfortable talking about on any blog, forum or anywhere in fact because I believe religion to be a very personal thing which causes much strife in our world. But this is something that really put a smile on my face yesterday. Meena, my daughter, asked, “ Where does God live.” So I repl

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Anger will only hold you back

Anger, fear or any other negative emotion will literally blind you from seeing the positives in your world. Today, on the road from Dubai to Abu Dhabi, I had a man driving very dangerously around me eventually pulling along side my car and shouting at me to move. Now there were a long row of cars in front of me and, I believed a space too small, to move in beside me. But this gentleman seemed to force his way in so maybe I was wrong, although the man who was forced to move ou

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Why are you so hard on yourself?

So you’re not perfect! Who is? No one! So why do you analyze every flaw that you have, every mistake that you make and thing that is not the way other people say it should be? Why do you look in the mirror and only see the bad things? Why, when you are getting dressed, do you think about the negative things that you think people will see? Why do you continue to put yourself down when there is so much more to you than any of these things. No one really cares, no one is analyzi

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Journey through your dreams to find the person you really are

Why is being a dreamer looked on as if it is some kind weakness or failure? I never understood when people commented on another by saying, “he/she is such a dreamer.” Why would that be a bad thing? The greatest people in our history were dreamers and the greatest people in our future, will be the dreamers of today. The only thing that you need to realize if you are a dreamer is that you cannot spend ‘all’ your time dreaming, there has to be action that comes with it or else e

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Sometimes taking a step backwards is the fastest way to move forward

Push hard against a wall and it only resists you more. A problem in your way can feel like a brick wall that appears out of no where. You were doing fine, just coasting along when you suddenly felt the resistance in front of you. In these situations we often try to push the wall down. Our minds determined that nothing can slow us down or prevent us from moving forwards. But not every wall in front of you is a bad thing. When a wall stops our progress we are forced to stop and

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall.

A statement that has been said so many times in so many ways, but I love the way Confucius put this. Life can deal us harsh lessons at times. It can be a struggle, we have all gone through difficult times. From health, financial and social issues problems sometimes come thick and fast. But we must not hide from these as they are just as valuable lessons as the ones we sat through at school. If not more. The world can be unforgiving, ruthless and sometimes unfair. But to not t

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We are what we believe

In recent years we have heard much about visualization and the law of attraction. Whether you believe it or not, there has to be something in the statement, ‘we are what we believe.’ If there is something that you feel you missed early on in life, did not understand certain things or feel that you are just not destined to achieve anything, then simply the truth is, you will not. We see throughout history the people who have succeeded in life. We glorify their achievements as

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Break through the wall that you built

Is there a wall in front of you? How long has it been there? We all have them in our life. Some we build ourselves, others seem to appear without us even realizing. Whether you are the kind of person that can plough your way through difficult situations or need a more ‘brick by brick’ approach, just start now removing the walls in front of you. Remember a wall is something in our mind that stops or hinders our progress in some shape or form in our lives. But they are in our m

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Trouble in Bahrain led to a quick exit

The trip to Bahrain went very well. Had trouble getting back to the airport as more protests started just before I was supposed to leave the office. It was all pretty quiet really until the GM came in looking a little pale saying, ‘I think you better leave!’ It’s amazing the thoughts that go though your mind, not just what kind but the amount in literally a fraction of a second. I cannot tell you how many different scenarios were racing through my mind as I sat and looked at

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Facing the conflict within our own mind

Do your dreams feel trapped within your mind? Are they bursting at the seams to escape the confines of your inner subconscious? I once read that our dreams are ideas we have when we are not putting up barriers and reasons why it will not work, or more damagingly why I cannot do it. We all face this conflict on a daily basis, but there are some dreams we have that just keep banging on the door of your heart, screaming for your attention. And if the heart doesn’t listen the ide