Inspiration
22nd January 2018
(Ask me anything…) “Hello Amanda!!!!! Happy New year! I wanted to get your advice, because I’ve a huge presentation. How do you seem to natural in front of an audience and not let the nerves creep in? -Natasha …………………………………………………………………… Hello […]
27th November 2017
I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older. And what it means to grow old gracefully. I discovered a streak of grey hair and other than triggering vanity and panic, it occurred to me that in the blink of an […]
27th November 2017
I never wanted to run a business. Even if I did, I didn’t think I was capable. As a beatnik hippie (seriously, I used to wear Jesus sandals made from rope) sales and marketing were as appetizing to me as […]
18th October 2017
I was 10 years old. The first time it happened, anyhow. I went to the supermarket with my friend and her mum. “Wow, they’re so pretty” the shop owner said to my friend’s mum. Then he grabbed me, put me […]
16th October 2017
I was a math kid through and through. Numbers were my thing. No one could solve an equation quicker than me. Words, though? Words were my weakness. And I don’t mean that in the romantic sense, I mean […]
15th July 2017
Ten years ago (when I was 22, living at home, and thinking tomorrow would never come) my mum came home with a fruit tree shrub. We didn’t know what it was. Maybe lemons? Maybe limes? “How long do you think […]
20th April 2017
There’s this dis-ease that goes around by the name of dissatisfaction. Never enough. Always wanting more, needing more, waiting for the next big hit. We’re like addicts waiting for the next high. I suffer from it frequently. No matter […]
20th April 2017
I really believe so much of how we experience life (and the opportunities we create for ourselves) is down to our attitude. Every one has a sob story. Everyone can give a list of reasons of why their life is […]
20th April 2017
People in entrepreneurship and creative circles worry about competition, people stealing their ideas, or creative blocks. That’s the ego’s way of looking at things: in fear and scarcity. There is always enough to go around. So long as we are […]