“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it” Nelson Mandela Ever wish you were a little more courageous? Working with and researching great and aspiring entrepreneurs it seems courage is a characteristic they share. They have courage and the chutzpah to act on that courage! Courage can be defined as “the…
Ted Levitt, past editor of the Harvard Business Review declared – “entrepreneurship was the sacred mushroom of the 1980’s…delusively greater and grander than it was”. Despite this illusion and the lack of a definitive answer to the entrepreneurial mystery, many institutions have capitalised on teaching entrepreneurship for decades. Hoping to emulate the achievements of visionary leaders…
I have discovered entrepreneurs can be a little crazy. They have out of the box ideas, a high appetite for risk and a zany approach to success. While undertaking research for my book on the Legacy of Anita Roddick (a self confessed ‘crazy person’) I have dived deep into trying to understand what made her…
“When one woman wins we all win” Pink Pink admitted she had been jealous of her chart rivals in the past until she came to accept that you can’t make everyone happy and instead of jealousy she had the option to be truly happy for other women and that is what she is. Adding to the…
My Opa died two weeks ago. He was 92. He lived a hard life but he lived life well. He escaped war and left a country that had nothing to offer for a chance at a new life in a young country, Australia. I cannot imagine the courage it takes to leave everything you know…
Fear and Feminism Over the past few days I have had the pleasure of listening to many inspirational women. And while my life is full of women I get inspiration from every day – these women were different because they were famous. But they were not different in the way that fear still paralysed them,…