If not you, who? If not now, when?…. It’s your time

“Defy those expectations … Don’t live your life according to what other people think. Go out there and do what you really want to do”. ~ Professor Michelle Yvonne Simmons, 2018 Australian of the Year

No more waiting –

for the time to be right
for someone to give you permission
for someone to tap you on the shoulder and say “Wow, I notice how secretly talented you are and I want to give you an amazing opportunity on a silver platter”
to be rescued
for a sign from the universe
until you feel better prepared or more educated
until the kids have grown up
until your partner’s risky business ventures have settled down.

I know, I’ve been there. And one day when we catch up, I’d love to share you my embarrassing Richard Branson story, if I haven’t already done so.

It’s time to stop hedging your bets, to stop worrying about what others will say or think, then draw a line in the sand and get moving in the direction of your choice.

The socialisation of girls and women has tended towards the passive and the waiting. But who says we have to abide by that? Why not carve out a destiny and reality you prefer instead?

“I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love fame

The ‘gold standard of executive branded’

There is no time like the present. If not you, who? And if not now, when?

Let’s embrace the ‘gold standard of executive branded’ for 2018 – proactive, future focused and deliberate.

Thank you and congratulations Professor Simmons.

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Ready for a bigger, better, bolder, more beautiful, bodacious and brilliant 2018? I know I am!

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It’s 11pm and you’ve just finished ticking off the last item on your never-ending to-do list. You should be getting ready to sleep, right? Instead, you find yourself taking care of last minute housework, down an Instagram hole or even just staring at the ceiling unable to switch off. Welcome to the gender sleep gap—a silent, often overlooked disparity that’s affecting women’s health, productivity, overall well-being and even careers and earning potential.

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