by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | May 11, 2022 | Lessons, Perspective, Postscript
It was a prodigal moment.11 days missing and I was one day away from cancelling her insurance. Then on the evening of Mother’s Day I heard it. She walked into the lounge, meowed as though to proclaim, “I’m back and I’m starving!” in the...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Apr 13, 2022 | growth, Habits, Lessons, Motivation, Personal Development, Wellbeing
“There’s nobody here, everyone’s gone,” she said. Karina’s 91 year old grandmother was stuck in her apartment in a now abandoned building in the Ukraine, which had been her home for the past 62 years. She’d lived through WW1, Stalin’s famine where her whole family...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Mar 31, 2022 | Habits, Lessons, Motivation, Perspective, stress, Wellbeing
Green never looks good on anyone.I remember years ago being green with envy. A guy I knew had just started developing property. Every time we met, his face lit up with joy and delight when he spoke of his work. And I’m ashamed to admit, I found myself envying him. It...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Dec 17, 2021 | growth, Lessons
It was 25 years since we’d spoken.My first real business mentor.Tim popped up on LinkedIn, one click and we were connected again. We made a time to chat and then over the next 1.5 hours we talked. “How did your life go?” I asked him. He laughed and...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Aug 13, 2021 | Lessons, Wealth
Yesterday I saved $1,800 by paying attention to something I might usually have missed. I thought everyone did this, until talking to a friend who said it wasn’t something she’d ever considered. Over the past year I’ve simplified my life to...
by Lou Fitzgerald-Baker | Jul 23, 2021 | Lessons, Motivation, Personal Development
I think it’s safe to say that many of us crave a different day at the moment. And in the absence of driving into the sunset or jetting to a foreign destination, then maybe this story will help: Years ago I used to work at a Free Trade Zone. It was an industrial...
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