by Daphne Wells | Dec 12, 2017
Can-do-it-ness. What is that? Words are fun, right? Making up new ones to fit particular circumstances. Creating words from other words. “I can’t”, my younger self said. “There’s no such word as can’t, what you’re really saying is that you’re not willing to try,” said...
by Daphne Wells | Nov 27, 2017
A crash course in patience! Removing my heels prior to climbing on the stool to retrieve my bag from the top shelf seemed the safest thing to do. I was on my way out for dinner. All ready to leave home when I realized I wanted to use that bag. Yes, that bag. My...
by Daphne Wells | Nov 21, 2017
There’s gold in them thar hills! Mining for gold … Roaming tussock clad hills amongst the many rocky outcrops on a frosty winter’s morning rugged up in my warm jacket, hat and mittens. I was a young girl on an exploratory mission, relishing the isolation and the...
by Daphne Wells | Nov 12, 2017
Achieve your goals, without feeling drained or alone. You don’t have to do it all alone! Alone in the café I’d find myself wondering how to improve turnover. How to make it all better. How to entice more patrons to walk down the stairs for their daily coffee fix...
by Daphne Wells | Nov 7, 2017
At last! Here's how you can find the treasure hidden within your business! Months and months of working harder, and working longer and longer hours. Yet I didn’t have more money to show for it. Like a let-down balloon wondering where all its air had gone I wondered...
by Daphne Wells | Oct 30, 2017
Have you ever wondered how to achieve what you truly want to achieve? “The world will be saved by western women.” Dalai Lama How are we doing lovelies? We’re high achievers us women. Yes you are. But are we achieving what we want to achieve? Are you achieving each day...
by Daphne Wells | Oct 15, 2017
Resentment is such a waste I’d purchased some soil for my new garden. Supposedly high-quality top-soil. It certainly appeared so when it was delivered. Beautiful, fine texture, easily handled and moved. Job done. I could dig it, plant it, care for it easily. The hard...
by Daphne Wells | Oct 6, 2017
Life is a garden Your garden teaches you “A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” – Gertrude Jekyll It’s spring in New Zealand where I live and that, for me, means...
