Author Archive for: ‘betsymaxwell’
Learners are Earners.
“The ability to learn is the one common trait for every successful person I know” say’s Jeff Immelt, the CEO and chairman of one of the largest and most profitable companies on the globe; General Electric. Immelt says; “The world is moving quickly and we all must keep learning and growing.” If you ask him [...]
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How to Estimate Your Body Fat Percentage
Over our recent transformational weekend at the Elevate Events Maximise Your Happiness workshop, I spoke about the importance of Omega 3 fatty acids in maintaining stable, healthy and happy psychological functioning. Imbalanced levels of Omega 3 fatty acids can cause stress, anxiety, depression and even physical symptoms like chronic muscular tension and headaches or migraines. [...]
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Sharpen The Saw
A man stands in the forest with his wood saw and begins to saw at a large tree with the hopes of conquering it and bringing it down quickly. He saws and saws and saws and saws… and saws. Soon the man begins to tire and his blade becomes blunt. A woman is walking through [...]
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Use Time Wiseley. We Never Get it Back.
I have been training for an endurance running event for the last 13 weeks. A 45km trail run through the Blue Mountains – the longest event I have ever entered. The event was scheduled for this coming Saturday however, due to the incredible amount of rain Sydney has seen lately, my ultra-marathon has been cancelled. [...]
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Exercise as a treatment for depression? What the?
The jury is out folks: Studies have found that as little as 16 weeks of regular exercise is equally as effective as antidepressant medication in the treatment of depression. Whether you are pumping out a power walk or dropping the dumb-bells like they’re hot; regular cardiovascular exercise and/or weight training will significantly improve your symptoms [...]
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The Momentum of Achievement
Well, we finally did it. We pulled off our first event! After a good 6 months of planning, a soft launch to spread the word and lots and lots and lots of Facebook reminders, Elevate Events held our very first public event last Saturday morning and if I do say so myself; it was excellent! [...]
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Only 25% of people stick to their New Years Resolutions!
Be part of that 25%! Here’s 5 quick tips for increasing your chances of sticking to your goals this time and every time: 1. Write it down. You will increase your chances of achieving the goal by a whopping 50% by simply writing it down! Keep it somewhere visible too! 2. Break it down. Break [...]
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Resolutions Don’t Work!
Res-o-lu-tion. Noun. A firm decision to do or not to do something. Great. So the clock has struck midnight once again and you’ve made yet another New Years Resolution. Another decision. Unfortunately that is not enough! If you are thinking that somehow this year’s resolution is going to be different, I’m afraid you are going [...]
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Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
This morning has been an interesting one. I parked my car in the back lane behind my studio at 5:50am and went for a run. I was gone for less than 1 hour and when I returned, I was greeted with a big fat scratch up the side of my shiny car which covered 3 [...]
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The Elephant and The Stick
Did you know that sometimes in Asia, when a baby elephant is born the trainers tie it’s trunk with a rope to a stick that is stuck in the shallow ground. As a baby elephant it tugs at the rope but it is not strong enough to pull free. As the elephant grows bigger and [...]
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