tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28317760075106681852011-11-27T15:35:49.970-08:00motivational advice specifically for womenLouise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-47699290893551571662010-09-16T01:20:00.000-07:002010-09-16T01:42:02.665-07:00

 It's good to network on the internet; invaluable today when so many people are online. As a campaigning tool (like the Hot Women Campaign ) it's essential. It also means you can connect without meeting in person. In other words, you can befriend the guy in the lighthouse of communicate with someone the other side of the world. You can skype, IM or You Tube. It saves huge amounts of

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-81716649464323580582010-03-18T05:38:00.000-07:002010-03-19T01:53:48.180-07:00

Most of us benefit from encouragement in one way or another. Women in particular spend much of their waking hours doing just that, willing our children or our loved ones to do better, or be happier. Sometimes it requires that deep centred, intense 'make or break' motivation, but most of the time it is just gentle, regular, repeated expressions of approval. Whatever form it takes, that warm

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-70846883839622360802010-03-09T08:06:00.000-08:002010-03-09T09:16:55.309-08:00

Photo: My elder daughter, Brooke.A mother’s warmth is the essence of motivation. If we could liquefy the encouragement, care and compassion we deliver to our children it would surely fill an expanse greater than the Pacific. Why can’t we put it to more use?

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The Gordon Brown ‘bullying’ scandal highlights several aspects of today’s society. Firstly, that the problem of bullying is widespread. Secondly, and more optimistically, that it is now viewed with distaste by the general public. Otherwise Mr. Brown would not go to such great lengths as to refute it. The reason for this is clear. Bullying behaviour is no longer considered either socially

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-49307045199647166182010-02-08T08:09:00.000-08:002010-02-08T08:35:06.581-08:00

I made a new friend the other day. He’s a fourteen year old boy – the sort you know just by meeting could go a long way. He’s not just got a delightful personality and is polite, but he tinkers with computer programmes, like writing his own. In other words, he’s got a brain. His bike had been so badly trashed at school by a gang of bullies it’s still there, unmoveable. More appalling to me, he’s

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-52682910778974680882010-01-25T03:32:00.000-08:002010-01-28T05:53:38.259-08:00

It’s everywhere at the moment. We’re questioning the irresponsibility of super-optimistic thinking like never before. I guess this is all because it’s cost us money recently. We’re blaming reckless consumption and the ‘because we’re worth it’ trend of super-selfindulgence for the near collapse of the banking system, the demise of our overheating planet, and stuff like that. And, to a greater or

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-15709657440601846042009-10-12T03:09:00.000-07:002009-10-14T02:13:44.048-07:00

Last Thursday I was invited by Andrew Chapman to speak at the internationally famous Cambridge Union by participating in their Freshers feminism debate "This House Believes We'd be Better Off if Women Ruled the World."(pic. left to right,Rupert Myers, Emma Wimhurst, Louise Court, Edwina Currie, myself and James Max)Oh dear. I’m afraid we only managed to convince the house to the tune of 53 votes

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-2027718433799229802009-06-24T03:54:00.000-07:002009-06-24T04:16:08.525-07:00

Last week I was misquoted in the press for this story. I, in fact, when called up by a journalist I said that I did not consider the matter a bullying issue for several reasons. To make it one, I thought, would just trivialise other more serious cases of harassment. I was not enraged, quite the opposite.Affectionate banter, sometimes promotes good feelings, a sense of camaraderie, relief from the

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-20589160572762599352009-04-09T06:38:00.000-07:002009-04-09T07:00:40.812-07:00

Download to iTunes. Louise Burfitt-Dons gives ten tips for women to remotivate and encourage them. 4 minutes 28 seconds. http://www.louiseburfittdons.com/mp3s/US_Motivation_for_Women.mp3

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-46757554758461434942009-04-03T04:45:00.001-07:002009-04-27T08:59:28.714-07:00

I knew Jade Goody, not that well, but enough to call her up on a couple of occasions after she’d been on television and congratulate her on her performances. I meant it. Media work is not as easy as it is made to look! She donated money to the charity I founded, Act Against Bullying and I went to her 25th birthday party.We met through a mutual friend Mark Fuller who brought her along to an AAB

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I remember as a child that around this time we would often receive 'spring' cards - approaching Easter. They seemed to add so much with such a simple image. Just a daffodil head, bright yellow and full of promise! What a strong emotion, so homely, caring and selfless.Have you noticed in the twilights of the early Spring –A faint blue light sheds beauty over every living thingThe leafless trees

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-7302525471388351982009-03-05T04:25:00.000-08:002009-03-05T07:10:59.013-08:00

You’ve probably heard it hundreds. Someone, usually the extravert, confident, well-meaning though not really that into you person says, ‘Well what are you waiting for? Just go for it!’Sure. ‘Go for it’ works well—when you’ve made it through to the attacking circle and got a clear view of the goal (reference my young friend Hannah Walker who will one day play field hockey for England).Absolutely.

Louise Burfitt-Donsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2831776007510668185.post-7282469155188202402009-02-08T01:49:00.000-08:002009-02-08T02:31:27.124-08:00

It was an early, frosty start for me this morning. My younger daughter had been chosen to compete for her RAF cadets—and we had to make the bus by seven. Early, we watched other teenagers arriving with their creased and starched uniform trousers on hangers, shiny boots in hand. ‘I really love the RAF,' she said unprompted, 'It’s different to school. Everyone’s respectful. They’re all there for

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A lot of the best motivational and encouragement advice I have gathered has been from sports coaches. The reason for this is because it is not just ‘pie in the sky’ style of wishful thinking but based on hard research - evidence of how human beings operate under stress.For example if a footballer gets into a habit of missing his penalty kicks then it takes mental work and visualisation

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I believe that motivating women requires a completely different approach. Which is probably why many women complain that the standard methods of motivation just don’t work for them. Firstly, traditional motivational courses start with setting goals and focusing on those aims. That’s all very well and good if you know exactly what goals to set. And let’s face it, it's now well accepted that

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