Manifesto Musings

We have written a great deal about what this my manifesto journey has meant to us. We now want to take this opportunity to write about the wonderful support and encouragement we have received from our roadtesters. This group of my manifesto mates have been there for us at every turn – nothing was too much… Read More

In the Emmy award winning comedy TV series, Ted Lasso, there are many quotable quotes and powerful messages related to building culture, fostering belief, and nurturing passion. With the help of his trusty assistant, Coach Beard, Ted Lasso, a successful American college football coach, is appointed to manage a struggling English Premier League football team,… Read More

When I was a young girl who was not aware of the reasons for her moods and impulses or who she really was or what she really wanted out of life, I was like a child crying for the moon, for that shiny unattainable object which would always be beyond my reach. I was reminded… Read More

Courage – what a great word! It feels inspiring and it sounds powerful. There are times when I have displayed courage, there are also times where I wish I had shown more courage, and there are times when – putting it bluntly – I wish I hadn’t been such a coward. Many of our my… Read More

Synchronicity is a concept which we return to on many occasions. The reason for this is that we notice a convergence of occurrences which seem to form an arrow pointing to a truth which we need to pay attention to. In this instance, my eye settled on a self-quote from the book Justin and I… Read More

Previously, we have written about how crafting a personal manifesto takes time, energy, and commitment. This has contributed to us referring to it as ‘work’. We have also explored the potential benefactors of the work, which include personal growth and insights for the individual, and then the positive ripples quickly extend to an individual’s close… Read More

In January 2022 the first blog I wrote for our my manifesto website was Why Craft Your Own Personal Manifesto? In that blog, I spoke of my young womanhood in Broken Hill and the way I had searched for “a guide, a blueprint that would assist me to take the next step in order to… Read More

The wisdom of the coaching model pioneered by Sir John Whitmore, is that the coach aims to raise the awareness of the coachee and then leave the responsibility for that awareness with them. We have taken on that concept fully in the last three months as Justin and I have been writing our book, A… Read More

Crafting your personal manifesto takes time, energy, and commitment, and this is why we refer to it as ‘work’. However, please know that we are viewing work in a very positive, rather than negative, light. When you think of it as work – we hope you think of rolling up your sleeves and getting into… Read More