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Whenever you think something great about someone else, always say it

June 23, 2014 By Clare Leave a Comment

I read heaps of blog posts, management articles and listen to a lot of podcasts. And for the most part I find them very inspiring and thought-provoking…. in the moment. I might mull over them for a few minutes, tweet a link to it and bookmark it on Pinboard. But more often than not that’s where my (at least conscious) engagement ends. However, I do have a collection of probably 15 or fewer pieces/talks that I recall often and talk about with other people and that really inform or affect what I do and how I do it. This is my measure of what makes a ‘good’ article/talk/post.

Sean Johnson wrote a post about his ‘eight life hacks’ on his blog over 5 years ago. I don’t know how I found it, but according to Pinboard I bookmarked it in December 2010. And it’s one of those ones that’s stuck with me. Or more specifically, one line from the post has stuck with me….

Whenever you think something great about someone, always say it.

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Beautiful

March 27, 2014 By Clare Leave a Comment

You’ve got to get up every morning with a smile on your face
And show the world all the love in your heart
Then people gonna treat you better
You’re gonna find, yes, you will
That you’re beautiful as you feel

~ Carole King, ‘Beautiful’ (Tapestry 1971)

Listening and dancing with Ella this morning to one of my favourite albums, this chorus stuck with me. Perfect advice for mummas to share with their little girls.

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