When I am on good form, I am a business GENIUS! When I am on good form I am creative, productive, focused, I have a lot of fun and life is easy. When I am on good form I enjoy life more. When I am on good form I don’t take the bullshit so seriously. When I am on good form I am confident in my own skin. When I am in good form I am joyful, fun and energetic.

When I am on good form, I am the real me – magnificent, unique and have a great sense of humour and a lust for life.

Who are you when you are on top form?

Sometimes you are on poor form…really poor form, and you try and try to carry on regardless and just keep doing your do. Even though you know that if you stopped to get yourself back on good form, you would be more productive, have greater clarity and enjoy life more. Sometimes you need someone to remind you of who you are when you are on top form – when you are rested, cared for, energised, enjoying life. I needed that reminder yesterday! Let this blog post remind you to keep yourself on top form.

What will you do today to make sure you are on top form?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Love

Donna.x

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Today while working on my daily October practice of Laughter, I came across a video from Dr Madan Kataria, the founder of Laughter Yoga, in which he talked about the ancient Indian wisdom which says ‘don’t curse the dark, light a lamp’. Most of us have a tendency to curse the dark, to complain about our lives, to see only what is missing in our life, to see only what is bad in the world. Our media compound this on a daily basis by behaving like Chicken Little and insisting the sky is going to fall in. (it never does)

We curse and rail against the dark…but for most of us, what we yearn for is light. We ache to be joyful, to fall deeply in love with our lives, to dance through life with a carefree heart and a smile on our face. But guess what? Cursing the dark is not the way to get that. Complaining about life does not help our life improve (identifying where improvements can be made is good, constantly going on about the problems is not). Finding people to blame for why the world is going to hell in a handbasket doesn’t help us to feel good, to be joyous, to be full of gratitude and appreciation for the wonder and beauty of life.

Looking for the light, the beautiful, the wonderful, the good, the joyous, the fabulous, the happiness in life DOES help us to enjoy life. How do you light a lamp in your life? Laughter, exercise, fresh air, doing things you love to do, taking care of yourself, focusing on the positive, gratitude, fun, inspiration, dancing, singing, getting in touch with our inner wisdom, working towards our most exciting ambitions and goals, hanging out with ‘light’ people, being silly, recapturing our childlike enthusiasm for life…and there are so much more.

When you next find yourself cursing the dark, remember to just light a lamp. Just a small spark of light can take away the dark…

Love

Donna.x

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Last week, I was at a client’s offices and in the meeting room they had a picture titled “Face each problem with a will to win” with a picture of athletes in agony (marathon runners by the look of them). I admire the sentiment. Determination, tenacity and will gets you far.

BUT.

It’s the agony bit that bothers me! Yes, ok, winning is all good, getting to your goal is a magnificent thing…but in business and in life these days it is all too often at the expense of your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health…and I can’t see that as good no matter which way up I look at it! I mean, what’s the point of getting to your goal if at the end of it you are mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually depleted? It’s different if the thing you want to do pushes you to your limits (marathons, mountain climbs etc), but in your normal life? In your business day? I don’t think so.

This poster seemed to be from the ‘nose to the grindstone’ school of workplace motivation. And having been self-employed for the last 7 years, I can tell you what a crock of sh** that particular ‘motivation’ is! It is ineffective, demotivating and ultimately, pointless. So I had a think to come up with something that I think is a bit more inspiring. How about “Face each problem with curiosity, a sense of humour, a joyful smile and a determination to have a laugh while finding a solution”? With a picture of smiling, happy people?

Obviously this will never catch on in the workplace while we insist on being sober, serious, sensible and having our noses to the grindstone for 40 hours a week…but I live in hope that one by one we will wake up and realise life is for enjoying (even when at ‘work’!) What would the inspirational poster on your wall say?

Love

Donna.x

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When I am on good form, I am a business GENIUS! When I am on good form I am creative, productive, focused, I have a lot of fun and life is easy. When I am on good form I enjoy life more. When I am on good form I don’t take the bullshit so seriously. When I am on good form I am confident in my own skin. When I am in good form I am joyful, fun and energetic.

When I am on good form, I am the real me – magnificent, unique and have a great sense of humour and a lust for life.

Who are you when you are on top form?

Sometimes you are on poor form…really poor form, and you try and try to carry on regardless and just keep doing your do. Even though you know that if you stopped to get yourself back on good form, you would be more productive, have greater clarity and enjoy life more. Sometimes you need someone to remind you of who you are when you are on top form – when you are rested, cared for, energised, enjoying life. I needed that reminder yesterday! Let this blog post remind you to keep yourself on top form.

What will you do today to make sure you are on top form?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Love

Donna.x

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When I am on good form, I am a business GENIUS! When I am on good form I am creative, productive, focused, I have a lot of fun and life is easy. When I am on good form I enjoy life more. When I am on good form I don’t take the bullshit so seriously. When I am on good form I am confident in my own skin. When I am in good form I am joyful, fun and energetic.

When I am on good form, I am the real me – magnificent, unique and have a great sense of humour and a lust for life.

Who are you when you are on top form?

Sometimes you are on poor form…really poor form, and you try and try to carry on regardless and just keep doing your do. Even though you know that if you stopped to get yourself back on good form, you would be more productive, have greater clarity and enjoy life more. Sometimes you need someone to remind you of who you are when you are on top form – when you are rested, cared for, energised, enjoying life. I needed that reminder yesterday! Let this blog post remind you to keep yourself on top form.

What will you do today to make sure you are on top form?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Love

Donna.x

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When I am on good form, I am a business GENIUS! When I am on good form I am creative, productive, focused, I have a lot of fun and life is easy. When I am on good form I enjoy life more. When I am on good form I don’t take the bullshit so seriously. When I am on good form I am confident in my own skin. When I am in good form I am joyful, fun and energetic.

When I am on good form, I am the real me – magnificent, unique and have a great sense of humour and a lust for life.

Who are you when you are on top form?

Sometimes you are on poor form…really poor form, and you try and try to carry on regardless and just keep doing your do. Even though you know that if you stopped to get yourself back on good form, you would be more productive, have greater clarity and enjoy life more. Sometimes you need someone to remind you of who you are when you are on top form – when you are rested, cared for, energised, enjoying life. I needed that reminder yesterday! Let this blog post remind you to keep yourself on top form.

What will you do today to make sure you are on top form?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Love

Donna.x

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When I am on good form, I am a business GENIUS! When I am on good form I am creative, productive, focused, I have a lot of fun and life is easy. When I am on good form I enjoy life more. When I am on good form I don’t take the bullshit so seriously. When I am on good form I am confident in my own skin. When I am in good form I am joyful, fun and energetic.

When I am on good form, I am the real me – magnificent, unique and have a great sense of humour and a lust for life.

Who are you when you are on top form?

Sometimes you are on poor form…really poor form, and you try and try to carry on regardless and just keep doing your do. Even though you know that if you stopped to get yourself back on good form, you would be more productive, have greater clarity and enjoy life more. Sometimes you need someone to remind you of who you are when you are on top form – when you are rested, cared for, energised, enjoying life. I needed that reminder yesterday! Let this blog post remind you to keep yourself on top form.

What will you do today to make sure you are on top form?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Love

Donna.x

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When I am on good form, I am a business GENIUS! When I am on good form I am creative, productive, focused, I have a lot of fun and life is easy. When I am on good form I enjoy life more. When I am on good form I don’t take the bullshit so seriously. When I am on good form I am confident in my own skin. When I am in good form I am joyful, fun and energetic.

When I am on good form, I am the real me – magnificent, unique and have a great sense of humour and a lust for life.

Who are you when you are on top form?

Sometimes you are on poor form…really poor form, and you try and try to carry on regardless and just keep doing your do. Even though you know that if you stopped to get yourself back on good form, you would be more productive, have greater clarity and enjoy life more. Sometimes you need someone to remind you of who you are when you are on top form – when you are rested, cared for, energised, enjoying life. I needed that reminder yesterday! Let this blog post remind you to keep yourself on top form.

What will you do today to make sure you are on top form?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Love

Donna.x

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When I am on good form, I am a business GENIUS! When I am on good form I am creative, productive, focused, I have a lot of fun and life is easy. When I am on good form I enjoy life more. When I am on good form I don’t take the bullshit so seriously. When I am on good form I am confident in my own skin. When I am in good form I am joyful, fun and energetic.

When I am on good form, I am the real me – magnificent, unique and have a great sense of humour and a lust for life.

Who are you when you are on top form?

Sometimes you are on poor form…really poor form, and you try and try to carry on regardless and just keep doing your do. Even though you know that if you stopped to get yourself back on good form, you would be more productive, have greater clarity and enjoy life more. Sometimes you need someone to remind you of who you are when you are on top form – when you are rested, cared for, energised, enjoying life. I needed that reminder yesterday! Let this blog post remind you to keep yourself on top form.

What will you do today to make sure you are on top form?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Love

Donna.x

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When I am on good form, I am a business GENIUS! When I am on good form I am creative, productive, focused, I have a lot of fun and life is easy. When I am on good form I enjoy life more. When I am on good form I don’t take the bullshit so seriously. When I am on good form I am confident in my own skin. When I am in good form I am joyful, fun and energetic.

When I am on good form, I am the real me – magnificent, unique and have a great sense of humour and a lust for life.

Who are you when you are on top form?

Sometimes you are on poor form…really poor form, and you try and try to carry on regardless and just keep doing your do. Even though you know that if you stopped to get yourself back on good form, you would be more productive, have greater clarity and enjoy life more. Sometimes you need someone to remind you of who you are when you are on top form – when you are rested, cared for, energised, enjoying life. I needed that reminder yesterday! Let this blog post remind you to keep yourself on top form.

What will you do today to make sure you are on top form?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Love

Donna.x

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