The Winner’s Ways Archive

Money talks. Chocolate sings.

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

So it’s Easter time again and if you needed an excuse to eat chocolate – this is it! Luckily, research (probably done by chocoholics), has shown that eating chocolate actually releases happy hormones reducing the stress of depression which in turn helps you stay youthful, mentally and physically. Bring it on! At this time of [...]

Enter the Dragon

Monday, March 19th, 2012

It seems fitting to borrow the 1973 Bruce Lee movie title for this issue of The Winner’s Ways. According to Chinese astrology, we have just entered the year of the Dragon – the Water Dragon to be precise. The Dragon conjures up contrasting thoughts. In the West it’s considered to be a frightening and fiery [...]

A Little Fragrance Always Clings to the Hand that Gives Roses

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

They say that kindness is hard to give away because it’s usually returned! I’ve recently been at the receiving end of some incredible kindness and it’s true, it makes you want to give it back in spades! Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on ‘Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; [...]

The Bird Waits in the Egg …

Friday, December 16th, 2011

The bird waits in the egg … When the bird hatches, it will almost definitely do what it’s meant to do. If it’s a sparrow, it’ll look like a sparrow, it will fly like sparrow and it will do sparrowy things. Then it will produce eggs containing other sparrows. And so on. To all intents [...]

Believe 6 Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Monday, September 26th, 2011

“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast” said the Queen in Lewis Carroll’s enchanting tale “Through the Looking Glass” What a great way to start each and every day! Especially when you are feeling particularly challenged. Using your imagination to conjure up half a dozen astonishing impossibilities would create a new [...]

Fresh Vision Pierces the Darkness

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

We began our last Winner’s Ways with an expression of heartfelt sympathy for all those suffering the ravaging effects of flood, fire and drought. Unfortunately, we begin this Winner’s Ways with a similar sentiment. This time our hearts go out to our brothers and sisters in Christchurch, New Zealand in the wake of the recent [...]

Its the little things that count More than you know

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

First of all, we extend our heartfelt sympathy to all those affected by floods, fire and drought.  And our thoughts go especially to those who, tragically, have lost their loved ones. At these times we need to draw on our reserves of inner strength.  If you are, for whatever reason, feeling somewhat overwhelmed and you [...]

There’s always free cheese in the mousetrap, but the mice aren’t happy!

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Are you missing some of your targets? Big goals can be as tantalising as cheese to a mouse. However, the trap is, life often throws in a few major obstacles, just to make sure you’re serious. That’s interesting because the word goal originated back in the Middle Ages and in those days “gol” meant obstacle [...]

Travel to the Future 2011 Revealed

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

There’s no doubt that with a new year looming, many of us feel inspired to set about improving aspects of our lives, to turn over a new leaf, to do something, finally, that we’ve been meaning to do for months, even years. Psychologically, the clocking over of 2010 to 2011 would seem to be the [...]

IF and WHEN were planted and NOTHING grew …

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings” – Jane Austen Ask anyone these days what they’ve been up to since you saw them last and the answer is invariably, I’ve been so busy! That’s life – a job, duties, chores, responsibilities. And in our society we do applaud a good work ethic. You [...]