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Customer Service, Melbourne coffee, Icebergs & Wise words from a Barista

Author by Shereene JesurajahPosted on Categories Interview & Inspire

Melbourne sure does love it’s coffee.

And whether or not you are a big coffee (or perhaps you are a chai drinker?) Melbourne is never too shy to boast that we have the best coffee especially if you were in desperate need or were wanting a warm beverage to relaxing with and meet up with friends.

Our Baristas are the key to Melbourne’s biggest success.

For this one Barista though Dom, Dom represents what so many excellent Baristas bring to their work & their art.

Dom’s Customer Service mentality is much like an iceberg, what we enjoy is by being one of Dom’s customers is not only surface level stuff either. Let’s hear what Dom has to share.

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Life by Misadventure

Author by Julie TPosted on Categories Contributor, Creative Space, Discover & Learn

“Mommy, I’m scared of the dark, can I sleep with you?”
This is the story of Annie Womble who has 2 sisters and is scared of the dark. She finds herself questioning her own existence & in her indignation as she investigates inside herself while taking herself out on a journey of Misadventure, she finds one of the greatest treasures one sweetly smelling Womble can ever find.

A tale of Courage & Fear.

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Courage Summit – 4th Feb 2018, Save The Date: Courage without Fear?

Author by Gaz WagnerPosted on Categories Discover & Learn

As we then look to the year ahead and what we would like to achieve that lack of clarity then makes it nigh on impossible to summon and sustain the courage for positive change.

Plato the ancient Greek philosopher is quoted as teaching “Courage is knowing what not to fear”.

Hear from Coach Gaz on the idea of summoning courage in the face of adversity…

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What it means to find your intention

Author by Shereene JesurajahPosted on Categories Discover & Learn

Finding your intention is not such a big deal. Really, it’s just an opportunity to find yourself.
But how can we find ourselves in what is for some people a lifelong journey of discovery?
Imagine meeting a stranger whom you’ll never see again and telling the truth & nothing but the truth about who you really are and where you’ve really come from. In a way, we all have our own version of an answer to the question ‘what’s my purpose?’, ‘am I happy?’ or ‘am I fulfilling my professional dreams?’. Some of us are quite happy or extremely happy about how far we’ve come and where we’re going to go next. Some are not so.
Which group are you in? Who do you Intend to be?

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