Author: Encouraging Excellence

  • What are my Values?

    By Noeleen Bontempi What are Values? Let’s discuss a bit about your values. What is the difference between values and beliefs and how does this affect our behaviour? You may ask yourself why this is so important? Knowing what your top values are saves you time, effort and energy. It is also important because if […]

  • 5 Rules for Life

    by Lori Deschene When I first sat down to write this piece for 5 Rules for Life, I wrote Live without rules five times, each followed by a reason to keep your approach to life flexible. The way you live is largely a reflection of where you’ve been, who you’ve been, and the beliefs you’ve […]

  • Moving Forward

    By Noeleen Bontempi In this time of uncertainty, there are positive and creative ways to help you look towards a positive future, and create your life as you want it to be. By setting personal and positive goals, you can achieve the life you want. Do you often wonder why you bother to make New […]

  • Don’t Wanna Be In Your Gang!

    “D’ya wanna be in my gang, my gang, my gang? D’ya wanna be in my gang? Oh Yeah!“ Gary Glitter used to sing that song when I was a child, and I used to love it. Not so much anymore and not for his mis-deeds, but for the exclusionary nature of it. I’ve attended quite […]

  • I Can’t Afford It….Or Can I?

    How often when you go shopping do you walk away with nothing? Absolutely nothing! I regularly do, I love to window shop and I have a fantastic strategy in place to stop me buying things that I’d like and know I’ll probably never ever use. Do you often enough find when you make a sales […]