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Last year I put out into the universe that my Big Hairy Audacious Goal was to speak on the TED stage. I mentioned to a few key people that I was keen to start talking at events. Kim Knight<\/a> being one of them. Kim mentioned she may have space for me next year. A couple weeks later she invited me to speak at her networking meeting the following month. My second speaking gig in a month! This blog post is the content of the talk I gave in August 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be careful what you put out to the universe. It usually gives you what you ask for and faster than you anticipated!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The universe and speaking your truth. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about the Universe, I\u2019m not a New Years Resolution kinda girl. Honestly, I hate the pressure of having to share what your resolutions are with everyone. I hate how everyone jumps on the band wagon in early January, and by mid February no one is sticking to them anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s interesting that 61 of ParkRun<\/a> record attendance events are from January (28%). The next biggest months for attendance records are February and March each with around 10%. So almost 50% of the attendance records for ParkRun happen in the first 3 months of the year. There are only 7 attendance records in July! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I was starting my business journey I joined various online business networking communities. Hello Boss Community<\/a> was a community of female entrepreneurs that I really felt at home in. We had quite a heated and engaging debate about having a word of the year. I quite liked the idea of a word theme, rather than specific resolutions. Words are definitely my thing! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve worked in a fair number of industries and jobs in my life. As Emilie Wapnick explained in her TED talk<\/a>, I\u2019m a Multipotentialite. I a variety of fields and then get bored. Moving on to something else taking my new skills with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music and Motivation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Charlene & I at Discount Cruises (now Cruisabout<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 2011 I took on managing the first store in Durban of a new brand within Flight Centre. Our staff consisted of myself and 1 staff member. We were the only branch outside of Jo\u2019burg. We needed to find something to help us feel part of a community. We both loved music and the emotions it evokes. We decided a song would be a great choice for us to connect over. We chose a song that was super upbeat – Hello by Martin Solvieg & Dragonette <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It helped us to connect to our each other and our team as it grew. We could use it as a way to feel connected when we went to group functions with other brands and we didn\u2019t quite fit in. I still remember most of the dance we choreographed in our chairs! We played that song almost every work morning for more than a year! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choosing “my” Song. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So when choosing a word of the year, I wanted to choose something that I could find a song for. I wanted something that would resonate with me. A song that would be able to spark the joy over and over throughout the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’d just watched Zootoptia<\/a> (Zootropolis in South Africa) with my then 3,5 year old son. For those who haven’t seen it, the movie is about a rabbit who goes off to the city to become a cop, and is the first small mammal to pass the academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realised the theme song was pretty motivational. The chorus goes \u201c I won\u2019t give up, no I won\u2019t give in. Til I reach the end, then I\u2019ll start again\u2026. I wanna try everything, I wanna try even though I could fail!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that’s how the year of Trying Everything<\/a> began. A song and a word (or two). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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