About Me
Life in 5 is… A wordsmith, intellectual magpie, unapologetically me and self-proclaimed enemy of the ordinary, living in sunny Queensland, Australia. Lover of life, boss of my husband and dog, and slave to a cat – here to offer up a vitamin rich diet of random postings, riffs and raves gleaned from many years of juicy living and...
Why Five?
101 Reasons Why Five is Fabulous! Confucius say… “To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.” Google the number 5 and you’ll discover it’s a prime number, a rational number, a circular number, a magic...
Fings About Five
Need an energy boost? A mindset makeover? Stuck in a style rut? Or maybe feel like a good laugh? Does life just happen to you, when you’d rather make things happen? If you said yes to any or all of the above, you’ve come to the right place. Some say life’s a bitch, I say life’s a garden – you’ve gotta dig it! And that’s just...
Pay It Forward & Share the Love
Pay it forward. If ever there were three words (apart from “I love you”) with the power to make a huge difference in this world – it’s those.
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Most people automatically associate the concept with the book by Catherine Hyde or movie of the same name, but the idea of having a good turn repaid by having it done to others instead, first emerged centuries ago.
The phrasing may have changed throughout the ages as the principle of reciprocity emerged in the teachings of countless religions and in the philosophies of ancient civilisations from Babylon to Egypt to Greece to China and on to the modern world. But the words “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” pretty much sum it up.
Read MoreFive Reasons Laughter is a Lifesaver
Some statistics make you wonder, some of them really make you laugh, and then there are some that really get you thinking. Like this one…
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Did you know that children laugh on average 300-400 times a day*, but by the time we become adults that rate apparently plummets to a pathetic 8-15 times per diem. Doesn’t that rip the fork out of your nightie?
What a sad indictment of today’s society that we can find so little to laugh about. I mean come on chucklers, if babies can laugh before they can manage to say Mum-mum or goo-goo, how is that a fully-grown adult can’t even summon up a giggle at least once an hour?
Seems we all need to get up to more funny business.
Read MoreFive Essentials to Look For When Hiring
Good people are everywhere, but they’re not always easy to find – and they’ve usually been snavelled by some other lucky employer.
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One of the toughest things about being in business is finding and keeping good people. Take it from someone who knows. It’s a real lottery and unfortunately the numbers applying for a job are usually in inverse proportion to the star candidates with the qualities you need to make you, your team and your business better. Otherwise, why are you paying them?
Personal spin has become an art form these days and resumes lie. Overblown resume claims are in plague proportions in the job market and frustratingly in my experience, a significant number of them are nothing less than big fat porkies.
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