Rainbow Designs

a blog in the life of an online gift shop and its owner

Archive for April, 2008

… for an Exceptional, Superb & Powerful Life!
1.) Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate antidepressant.
2.) Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3.) Buy a DVD, tape your late night shows […]

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Paul Potts was a mobile phone salesman with no self confidence who took a chance and wow:

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1. The actions of one person can certainly do your head in if you let it
2.  Rain and lots of it can bring the grumpiness out in people
3. A new doona does wonders for your sleep

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I love reading other blogs and have found so many inspiring, clever, thoughtful and amazing people through them. I thought I would start a regular post about the blogs I enjoy and the first one is Walk Sydney Streets
This blog captures snippets of a spritely 93 year old (Alan) walking the streets of Sydney - […]

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One way of dealing with a telemarketer….

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I’ve been going over my previous blog post and it is quite refreshing and uplifting to read many of them. It really shows how far I’ve come plus also reminds me of some important lessons that I may have forgotten over the past year. Just like this short post on being content with who you […]

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ha ha - again I was going over my old posts and came acros this one. A year on and I certainly understand the comment made by Michelle! I now dream of the day that the only message I receive is to telling me ‘No New Messages’!
I guess this find me with another problem, how […]

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Who subscribes to newsletters only to find you never actually receive any or you seem to forever be getting them? As a business owner it is a fine line between keeping your customers/subscribers up to date and informed and overkill and plain just ‘driving them crazy’!
I was just reading a post from Annette about not […]

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Well it’s been just over a year since I started my blog and having a quick glance over some of my old posts from the very beginning has made me realise I haven’t exactly been following my own advice! For instance this post I did on Switching Off which I wrote on March 07 is […]

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<> Filing - I am being over run with files!
<> Stock management - I just can’t find a system (preferably one that is automated) that works
<> Accounts/book keeping - trying to keep up to date, learning a new system (MYOB), keeping on top of tax time/bas time
<> Planning - I spend all my time […]

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