Motivation

Episode 47 : Overcoming the Underwhelm

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:56 — 49.7MB) Tweet The excuses driven by underwhelmed motivation You know that capturing a Life Story in some form is a great idea and maybe even occasionally at 2:30am you have had a little panic attack knowing that you need to get underway, NOW! …But then [...]

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7 Ways to Screw Up an Interview

Tweet Don’t screw up and you’ll be better than most You’ve been there haven’t you? Maybe it’s a formal or a general conversation where everything starts well. Everyone is getting on just fine and then somehow it starts to unravel because you drop the bundle. You went in with the best of intentions but you [...]

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Episode 42 : Unexpected Surprises from Creating a Life Story

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:28 — 55.9MB) Tweet You’ll never know what surprises there are until you Create Your Life Story! Here on Create Your Life Story I’m constantly wanting to motivate you to start on your personal Life Story project but I know that there can be several issues with [...]

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Say Hello via Audio

Tweet Don’t be shy… Say G’Day I know, you feel a little shy and you may not be totally comfortable on the microphone yet but what better way to move forward than to tell your story to someone who understands. I’ve recently installed a SoundCloud easy audio uploader so you can drop me a comment [...]

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Create Your Life Story Presentation for Local Rotary Club

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Podcast (additional): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:57 — 30.5MB) Tweet What is Create Your Life Story? Occasionally I get a chance to share what Create Your Life Story is all about within my community. Community here refers to the real flesh and blood community rather than my online community through this site [...]

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The Selfish Reason You’re Recording a Life Story

Tweet Kick Your Motivation to Record Your Life Story If I was to ask you why you want to recording a Life Story, what would be your response? That response is the motivation that helps you to get on with completing a biography but it’s worth taking the time to really consider it and not [...]

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Episode 35 : Why You Won’t Record Your Life Story

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (23.2MB) Tweet A Life Story – For most it’s only, a Great Idea! Everyone I tell about Create Your Life Story say what a great idea it is, then something like, ” I wish I had have recorded my Gran, she had so many wonderful experiences in her [...]

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Genealogy is Dead

Tweet There is no future in Genealogy – It’s all about the past There you are poking through the archives. Looking at old documents trying to discover the secret that is the final number to the code to reveal the next layer of your family history. If only you can find this one last piece [...]

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Episode 33 : Don’t have an Amazing Life and Not Tell Us!

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:50 — 52.3MB) Tweet Don’t you dare take your stories with you! Don’t you dare, not at least consider the importance of someone’s or your own story before you start procrastinating about creating a Life Story project. Our Life Story is something that we take for granted. [...]

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Episode 32 : 5 Simple Steps to Starting Your Life Story Project – Today

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:36 — 53.4MB) Tweet Get started today on your Life Story or “How to avoid the overwhelm.” Don’t look at this web site! Looking at Create Your Life Story for many people, with the amount of information that is now available, can be intimidating. Do you sometimes [...]

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A Christmas Gift of Your Story

Tweet What gift are you giving for Christmas this year? It’s normal at this time of year to exchange gifts, sometimes wonderful thoughtful gifts, sometimes just another pair of socks. Gift giving is something we do but what about considering a gift that may be a little different to the normal ones we hand out [...]

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Episode 29 : Stories of Celebrations in Your Life

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (1.7MB) Tweet How do you celebrate those special events in your life? End of the year celebrations are the time when we often assemble with family and carry on family and famular traditions that we take for granted but what are the stories of those traditions that we [...]

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It’s a Marathon to Success not a Sprint

Tweet Never have I thought this was going to be a sprint. Even though I started Create Your Life Story only four months ago the unofficial journey started three years ago with Your Story and my desire to connect with people and share their stories with the world. From that desire I knew I would [...]

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It’s not as Scary as You Think

Tweet The biggest thing that stops creating a Life Story is procrastination. Waiting until the time is right to get started, then oops, it’s too late for one of the many reasons. The second greatest issue is fear: Fear of not speaking well Fear of not having anything interesting to say Fear of what others [...]