Empower Newsletter – April 2013
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Welcome to the April edition of the Empower Newsletter. This month the focus is on ‘keeping it simple’ and how going back to basics can help us create more of the life we want. |
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Did you know? |
‘less is more!’
Over the last month I have heard several times that less is more! The judges from the reality TV show The Block continually told contestants that when it comes to decorating, ‘less is more!’ Apparently the trick to making a garden look striking is to keep the design simple. When out shopping for clothes and accessories recently I was told that when it comes to fashion, ‘less is more!’
It got me thinking that ‘if less is more’ in all of these other areas, the same must be true for life itself. I wonder what would happen if we didn’t overcomplicate our everyday lives, if we put more effort into what is really important to us! Would we end up with more? More of what is important to us! What if we decided to focus on the things that are important to us and less on the things that are not? Would the quality of our lives in the areas we were focusing improve because we were concentrating on them! My guess is that it would, how can it not when
‘what you focus on is what you get!’
The first step is establishing what is important to you. Some of you will know, and others will have to think about it a bit more. Some quality questions to ask yourself include: -
- What am I doing when I am at my happiest, most fulfilled or most content?
- How do I know this is important to me?
- How does it make me feel?
There will probably be a number of things that are important to you. If this is the case prioritise them by numbering them in order of importance.
The next step is to start focusing more on the areas that reached the top of your list and less on other less important things in your life.
I found it interesting that the meaning of ‘less is more’ is “The notion that simplicity and clarity lead to good design.” So does that mean by simplifying what we focus on and gaining clarity around what is really important to us, we create a good life?
Sounds pretty simple doesn’t it! What have you got to lose by giving it a go?
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Affirmation Corner |
‘It is what it is!’
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Events Schedule |
Chicks in the City
Wed 17/04/2013 at 6.30pm
The next gathering for Chicks in the City will be Wednesday 17 April 2013.
Chicks in the City meet the third Wednesday of the month from 6.30pm to 8.00pm at Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde in the lounge area next to the Bristo.
Chicks in the City is a group for women to connect. Basically it’s all about hanging out with women, meeting new friends, socialising, finding like-minded women to chat to or even making long lasting friendships.
All women are welcome and it’s free.
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Something to Ponder |
When a composer overcomplicates things, we hear it. When an architect or model overcomplicates things, we see it. When a chef overcomplicates things, we taste it.
Life is not so simple. The thing is we don’t necessarily get immediate feedback when we overcomplicate our lives and we may not know what we are doing until the damage is done.
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Quote of the Month |
“Less is more and usually more effective.”
~ Steve Jobs ~
Written by Di Browne, Coach to Empower
Newsletters | Di | 
April 2, 2013 12:58 pm
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