today was a very exciting day

i love my life: my kids, friends, patients and acquaintances. i don;t want to become too politically correct and i am sure people know me well enough that if i ever exclude someone or something , or say something a bit strange or offensive - i can guarrantee i don;t mean it.

On the otherhand if you have ever upset one of the above, be warned. i would help out any and all of them if they ever needed me.

My little routine - essentially wake, feed, clean, parent and drop kids to school. Then walk on the beach or something equally as beautiful, go to work, meet the most amazing people, do some other work related activity, pick the kids up and come home. I cook dinner, the kids swim, I round them up into the bath, dish up dinner, feed and orchestrate the busiest point in that amount of space and time, in the world at that point, I am sure!

> my daughter just asked me an economic questions - yikes - "mummy who makes the money that we use and how do they know how much to make" .

Every day i think how lucky i am to be in the health industry. People trust me and i respect that and I honor that respect above anything else. So thank-you if your eyes should ever stumble accross this.

I am one of those very fortunate people whom can say I don't work, as i am doing something I love.

Sugar Master

B et al, Forget sugar daddy, as sweet as sugar - try Sugar Master that needs to be banished by Sugar Slayer!

I am certain the 1-2 glasses of wine that we drink each night is just as much about the sugar fix, as it is the habit or the desire to be slightly numb or relaxed.

Just as the last 15 years saw a massive rise in Australians with Diabetes (according the Aus Diabestity report - commissioned by the then Health Minister, Michael Woodridge, in 2000) with sickening statistics like :

- 1 in 4 Australians over the age of 25, have an impaired glucose intolerance problem
- other amazingly poor stats that i will look up at work first before i quote them.....

So I believe that many of us are plain and simply hooked on sugar (which is the main reason we develop an impaired glucose problem - saturating ourselves and faces with sugar rich foods and refined carbohydrates!

The understanding of diabetes and metabolic issues in the current medical paradigm is that it only encompasses diabetes type 1 and 2, and gestational diabetes. I am sure in the next 5 years it will be recognised that PCOS (poly cystic ovarian symdrome) , and regular alcohol drinkers, chocoholics, high soft drink consumers and bakery-addicts all have the same problem. An addiction to sugar!

Treating it is tricky as most people get a slight feeling of euphoria shortly after eating or drinking wine or beer , as their blood sugar starts to rise.

Then after a short time, this short-lived elation leads to irritability, anxiousness, binge behaviours and yelling or tiredness.

The way to releave these negative effects is another fix (fix of sugar that is).

So off we go to the cupboard or fridge and have some more. We can repeat the cycle many times until we go, enough, and go to bed. Not before consuming 30-200% more in calories than we needed for that day.... then the weight creeps on and you know the rest....

I will present some solutions and suggestions for tackling the sugar addictions next.

B

Don't buy into all things Christmas - especially stress

Well I am not a perfect dodger nor non-fabricator of stress. Hell, I can create a stress hurricane along with the best of them. However (probably due to rebellion and non-conformity rather than anything zen) I don't part-take in Silly Season stress.

Yesterday I completed my entire Christmas shopping. Uh-huh - oh-yeah- it only took me 30 mins (plus another 30 mins the other night at Robina). So what did i do.....

1. Plan whom i was going to buy for. Keeping it to an absolute minimum.

2. work out how much i wanted to spend (just like renovating - double it!!)

3. brain storm some ideas

4. some market research and surveillance on the web for prices etc.. (others would prefer to let their legs do the walking and call this "shopping" - yuk).

5. Go during the day - work hours great, no kids, unaccompanied, well fed and rested and off you go.

6. Bang, bang, bang. One shop, 3 purchases - next...tick tick tick....plough your way through your list calmly, methodically, committedly... breath deep and viola - all done.

7. proceed home, wrap, lay under tree and relax.

Now how to replicate the same priniciples to other area's of stress and life!

Choosing a professional, tradesman, accountant anyone

Lately I seem to be having to "choose and decide " on people and what they offer in terms of their expertise.
Since June, I have been regrouping financially and paying off debts and relaxing again.
Now, however, i am ready to go through a period of expansion.

Byebyebridget.com is nearly ready to go live and my book is nearly ready for print.

Aside from the website and book, i am also personally ready to trust people again after being stung severely early in the year with a unit, drop in interest rates and decrease in trade and a quieter year in my business (A combo of me still having a baby and a down turned market/economy).

So expansion is exciting and scary and i recognise the need to surround myself with ethical, committed and talented staff/sub contractors.

I have learned much of Richard Branson and between him and a few other business mentors (Gerry Robert, Ronnie Kagan, Don Power and Craig Trinder) I am starting to truely harness their advice and am very excited about business in the future and the role i can and will play in it.

So at the moment, I am sorting out whom to go with financially, work, printers for bbb and book, merchandise, staff, IT, patents. All those decisions and things going on at once and many of them made last week and a few more to decide on this week.

The thing i really miss is someone in my life to bounce things off. A close alliance or partner. I often find by putting my thoughts into words, that the ideas and decisions kind of fall into a logical sequence. So, maybe i need to learn to talk out loud - or does that mean i am turning into a nut.

Hmm. I think i will get a business coach instead.

Adios

you are turning into your father!

Do you know what.... i think we do actually turn into those around us, especially our mentors and parents. I have noticed this because my sister and i lived with our grandparents for a few years growing up and we both have similar traits. I really noticed it in my sister when i stayed with her in London - now i notice it in myself. Keeping scraps of paper to use for note taking, having hourdes of paper and "things" in draws, the list goes on.
So if you don't want to evolve into your parents , don't hang out with them.

1st Dec World AIDS day

I always remember World Aids Day as i used to sponsor the HIV wing at Prince Henry's in Sydney when i was a drug rep. That's what i used to love about repping - becoming part of the solution - not just another drug for the doctors to use on people. the wing was great fun and the staff and clients awesome.

today the B Team (would be the A team but Bridget begins with the letter B), meet today. things are coming along fantastically and anyone who is involved with byebyebridget is passionate and loving their involvement , including me, as it is going to assist so many people around the world.

i have made a few postings on You Tube (I am giving Flickr away). here is the one about the launch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pifP0BrLVY0

Have a great day

5 hot tips for sending corporate Christmas presents

Have you thought about what you will be thanking your top corporate clients with this year? These 5 tips are guaranteed to set you aside from the masses of other “thank-you” gifts that people receive.

1. Send a gift with shelf life.
Such as a book. Not just any book. A useful, practical, hands-on-advice book that will improve their life within the first chapter. WOW. That is a fantastic way to say to your top clients “Thanks for you support – I really value it and I value you !”

2. Send them something relevant.
For example, everyone travels, but not everyone is into rugby union (I know hard to believe)

3. Send your gift AFTER the Christmas rush.
How many times have you received corporate cards and thank-you cards, that get torn open, dismissed and added to the pile on the mantle piece in that pre-Christmas rush?
“Wow” your clients when they least expect it. Arriving after Christmas doesn’t mean you have forgotten them or are disorganized, it actually means, “I care so much that I wanted you to receive this when you had time to read it”

4. Hand-write a card
It doesn’t have to be much, but a hand written anything adds so much value. It says “I am never too busy for you and I value you”

5. Give them a gift that brings you on-going business.
How clever. Give them something that doesn’t necessarily have your logo plastered all over it, and the other extreme is something totally unrelated, but give them something that offers you 3rd party referral. Such as membership to an on-line coach service, an annual subscription to a journal or a BOOK that mentions your business.

If you are still stuck for ideas – I have the perfect answer.

I am doing a short run on books for the HOT TIPS for the BUSINESS TRAVELER (see the attached PDF for the cover design) that will be ready either just on Christmas or soon after. At this stage this will be a short run and 100 of the books will be sent to large corporate bodies, such as Virgin with the remainder going to you and sponsors.

For a small investment of $3000 you will receive the following:
- 100 books
- Your website or email mentioned 2 times in a chapter (see a copy of the chapters attached)
- A half page add or editorial (whatever you supply and we need this by 5th December for the printer)
- First round offers to be involved when the book goes global and is printed in LARGE numbers
- There is no mention of Christmas in the book, so you can use the book for awards, thank-yous through-out the year.


You need to act now as closing for this GOLDEN opportunity shuts off Monday 1st December 2008.

If you know of others that may be interested , please forward this email.

Let me know asap to reserve your chapter and place, ph 0405 669 135