Wednesday 18 November 2015

Quote #11: The Secret of...

Quote Week 11


I read a great article a while ago about a stock-broker who joined a company based in the middle of no-where and within months had grown his portion of the business so substantially that people were taking notice of him. The secret to his success? Paperclips. He started every day with 2 jars and 120 paperclips. One jar was empty but every day, he would make telephone calls and after each call he would move one paperclip into the other jar until his original jar was empty. 

It seems like such a simple thing to do, but he did it consistently and without fail, every single day. Often we see successful people only once they have already become successful. We don't see the months (or years) of consistent work that went in before the success came about. Instead, it seems as though people become successes overnight, which is not an accurate representation at all. In terms of blogging, over the years I've learnt that the blogs who do well and keep growing do one thing right - they post consistently. It's something I'm trying to get better at, one blog post at a time. And so, here's to those who work consistently, who work with purpose and who keep the end goal in mind!

PS - Instagram and Layouts let me create the background for this quote and I think I'm going to be using more of this concept in future posts, so keep an eye out for new improved images! It's amazing what mirroring an image can do and what pretty patterns you're able to create - give it a try!


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Friday 13 November 2015

A Hike and Some Flowers

A while ago Frosty and I had an awesome weekend hiking up Table Mountain and then we took a family drive to try and find some flowers in Darling with his brother and brother's girlfriend (it was overcast and there weren't many flowers out), but we did manage to find a stunning orchid farm and spent the morning walking around. And we had the cutest puppy join us for our day out - here are some pics.


View from hiking up Table Mountain
View half way up Table Mountain
View of flowers and sea from the top of Table Mountain
Pretty scenes at the top of Table Mountain.
Yellow flowers (Conebush Protea) on top of Table Mountain
The Conebush Protea (I think).
Frosty at the to of the mountain
Karoo Prinia near Table Mountain
Karoo Prinia
Karoo Prinia at the base of Table Mountain
Karoo Prinia in black and white
White Orchid from Duckitt Nurseries
Orchids from Duckitt Nurseries.
Purple orchids from Duckitt Nurseries
Orchids from Duckitt Nurseries.
Yellow  orchids at Duckitt Nurseries
Orchids from Duckitt Nurseries.
Orange-y orchids at Duckitt Nurseries
Orchids from Duckitt Nurseries.
Having some fun at Duckitt Nurseries.
Having some fun at Duckitt Nurseries.
Puppy running through grass
Happiness is... running through long grass so fast that your ears stream out behind you :)


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Wednesday 11 November 2015

Quote #10: Experience is One...

I found this quote amongst my images just now and I can so clearly remember thinking that this is quote was incredibly applicable to my life in the week that I created it. And now I can't remember why I thought it was applicable to that week - so instead I'm just going to let you enjoy the quote! 




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