What 16 successful female entrepreneurs REFUSE to do in 2014

As much as positive and measurable goal setting is an integral part of personal and business success, so too is deciding what not to do along the road to happiness and prosperity. We’ve rounded up sixteen inspirational women from a variety of entrepreneurial backgrounds to give us their personal, professional and wise insights into what they refuse to do in

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71 Perspectives on Why Fear is Awesome!

My heart stopped! I am afraid of heights, what was I doing on a small plane getting ready to jump 4000 ft from the ground. Did my heart really stop? Or was it beating so fast that it made me numb? You see, I am actually a coward of many things. Heights scare me, snakes scare me, speaking scares me,

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I am a woman!

I am a woman, and I am proud of it. When I was younger, I struggled to accept that I was a girl and eventually would become a woman. Growing up with two brothers, expressing emotions, feeling deeply were sort of seen as signs of weakness. I learnt that be taken seriously, there were things I could and could not

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Unexpectedly Simple Success Secret

When I started my Wonder Women book project which features 50 of Asia’s most successful women, I invited my Facebook friends to share the questions they had for these female powerhouses. There were a number of responses, but the common one was “What is their Secret for Success?”   Even when I run workshops, participants assume that I actually have

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Personal Growth: Turn Your Self-Talk Into Opportunities for Growth and Success

  Personal Growth Taught Selene to Cope with Internal Struggles, While Quieting the Inner Voices,  and Stopping Introversion From Stealing Her Dreams.   Last week I interviewed, Selene Chin from Dog Digital in Singapore. Dog Digital is a digital agency, with a head office in Glasgow. Over her 16 year-career she has worked in advertising houses such and Ogilvy One

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My New Mantra: I’m actually not that busy

Leaving Singapore, I was burnt out by the intensity of my life, my job and especially the fast pace that sometimes made me feel that my busy-ness was on steroids. The most amazing part of living in Spain is that it was the exact opposite of Singapore’s pace… It was significantly slower and it opened my eyes to a new

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Three Magic Powers to Achieve Ultimate Bliss

Last week I got to interview Jessica, a previous participant of my “Recipes of Success workshop”. When I met her I could feel her passion for her work. She started to tell me about her work experience that it blew me away. I knew I had to share it with you too. Jessica enjoyed every job she ever had since

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Wonder Women – Turn a Transition into a Work of Art

This week I got to interview Carolyn who runs the Huang Yao Foundation. Starting from banking, to motherhood, to establishing a foundation to continue her grandfather’s legacy, to gardening; Carolyn shares how she tries to live in the moment and how she is more aware of the stages of life and career – transitions. Today, we delve in deeper to

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Banish Unproductive Work Habits and Get to Work B*tch

Everyone is in the race for being more productive. We all want to do more things, want to achieve more things? Have you ever walked into the office in the morning, with all the best intentions to conquer a massive workload, just to face one distraction after the other all day and leave the office feeling deflated and with an

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Business Stress: 6 Things You Can Do When You Feel Stressed or Down

Being in business for yourself, by yourself is super-rewarding, however, it can be rather stressful. Sometimes the load just seems too heavy… What do you do when your clients are unhappy, or pull out of deals? You stress of course! Well, that’s one option, at least for a very short while. But then it’s time to count to 10, slowly,

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