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Gifts life Mar 03, 2020

Gifts... I wonder if we live in a world where true happiness is the exchange of gifts... To me shells and waves are gifts from the ocean 

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Magic Monday at Coolum Beach adventure life Mar 02, 2020

Magic Monday  the start of a new week, new month and new season... here in the souther hemisphere it is now the season to harvest from your summer efforts... The fun begins .

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Soft excuses life Feb 24, 2020

Sometimes I like to fast forward and look back...

What would I wish I had done but let soft excuses get in the way...

There are plenty of soft excuses... hundreds... we can get super creative and start to believe our own voice...

However, instead of listening to the soft excuse in the now, I go...

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How does your product enrich people's life? business Feb 18, 2020

Interesting question I was pondering at today’s sunrise...

For all of my business friends...

How does your product enrich people’s life?

Let me know in the comments... so interesting how much magic we all have in our minds that can help others!

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Water is Life! adventure life Jan 29, 2020

Yaroomba Beach - These sunrises and myself disappeared for a bit... bunkered down by smoke and the beauty hidden. The birds disappeared and are now back too... the sky is clear and the ocean feels alive again. After all this rain there seems to be more dolphins, sharks, jellyfish even shells on...

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Appreciate Kindness life Jan 20, 2020

This was so true for me over the last 18 months when we were going through tough times with dad. Thank you everyone who constantly checked in and helped in any way... it was great to feel the love and support... we tried everything we could 

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New Year Ponderings life Jan 01, 2020

How many New Years Eve’s do you have left?

Not that I am a big ‘new years eve’ fan... but more a ‘living life’ fan...

Each New Years Day is a reminder of the passing years and a time to reflect on how you are spending them...

Do you think you have 50 more or do you...

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Three 3 little book worms life Dec 30, 2019

We have 3 little book worms  it’s so awesome to see the kids want to pull out a book and read!

It is common for older people come up to us in public, to say how wonderful it is to see our kids reading books rather than on devices  ...

The peace and quiet of a traditional...

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Over 20 years ago! business Dec 20, 2019

Over 20 years ago! My first big DREAM and my first business venture.

I spent thousands of hours writing software with the dream of one day living on the beach working from home and putting my knowledge into 'leveraged products' so that I could have the time freedom to enjoy life outdoors!

I...

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Has anyone read this book? business life Dec 19, 2019

Has anyone read this book?

This is going to be a hard read for me... it’s like a novel... but it has...
No inside sleeve
No back sleeve
No page of contents
No chapter names
No charts
No pictures or diagrams
No bold sections
No italic sections...

Just a plain font the whole way through.

I...

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Would love your thoughts.... business life Dec 11, 2019

Question I am pondering and would love your thoughts...

In this changing shape of work... where do you operate your lifestyle from?

It’s a big question but I find myself moving between spaces. Quiet implementation space line an office.

They wider big picture spaces for creative thinking...

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Today is a big day! business life Dec 06, 2019

Today is a big day...

The first time some 'strangers' will be using our previous family home for their weekend as their AirBnB.

To whoever is there I hope you are hanging out downstairs under the deck.

While everyone melts from the heat, I know this spot is the coolest place on the coast. 10...

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Welcome summer!!! life Dec 06, 2019

Welcome summer!!!

Such an awesome time of year on the coast... actually I think I say that to myself almost every day of the year... anyway... nice long days... wake up at 4am... lots of colours I. The ocean and outdoor fun to be had!

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Little piece of paradise... business life Nov 29, 2019

Over the last 10 years, thousands of hours of my time and many hundreds of thousands of dollars have gone toward, what I like to believe is a little piece of paradise. If you or anyone you know is looking for an amazing holiday experience literally 50 meters from the beach then check this out......

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We'll always remember... life Nov 17, 2019

Today would have been dads 71st birthday  what an awesome birthday celebration we had last year for his 70th...

Although he didn’t make his 71st we had a special time helping him keep this gift of life...

Lots of growth and perspective shifts over the past 12 months...

Most of all...

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Putting it out there... business Nov 14, 2019

Putting it out there... to those of you who know me well...

I’m launching a podcast and pondering names...

It could be The Michael Maidens Podcast or more topic centric...

I could start to talk about what I’m this message but I feel I’ll influent your suggestions...

So, any...

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Big fun last minute adventure! adventure Nov 13, 2019

Huge adventure yesterday...

We arranged some friends to enjoy the full moon rise over the ocean at our old place before it goes on AirBnB...

The wind was strong northerly so the idea came up to Kite surf from one house to the other!

Seems logical right?

20km in a straight line...

Approx 1hr 30...

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Making memories with the kids life Nov 07, 2019

Making memories with the kids 

Sunrise at the beach... Shadows with a wise eagle on the tall post watching us... most likely dad 

 

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Anyone else who appreciates screen real estate? business Nov 01, 2019

Is there anyone else who appreciates screen real estate as much as I do???

Back when I was programming I had 5 monitors... it was amazing... everything I needed in a glance...

One in the centre for the code, one for the database architecture, one for the design specs, the other for the...

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Magical morning colours! life Oct 30, 2019

Magical morning colours!

Such an amazing light show that Mother Nature gifted this morning 

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Just a quick reminder... business Oct 26, 2019

Just a quick reminder that we are in our final hours of the Offer Academy Course Beta Intake!

You can check it out here! http://michaelmaidens.com/join

I am back home from the USA and literally heading out the door to an engagement party  :)

The time in the USA was so fun and the...

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Very grateful... business Oct 24, 2019

Very grateful... I have had over 150 wonderful people so far come and thank me for my presentation at James Wedmore’s Business By Design event ... but the latest one was the best...

“You didn’t look like a professional speaker, you just got up there and shared with us and I...

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Sometimes all you need.... business life Oct 17, 2019

Sometimes all you need it a change of scenery...

I’m working on my presentation for a live event next week and as soon as I sat down here the whole structure just came to me.

I’ve been letting it sit, but with a deadline pending I need to get pen to paper...

Change of scenery and the...

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This sums it up! life Oct 16, 2019

Ummmm ... this sums it up!

All the time I see people being criticised for putting themselves and their products and offers out there...

It breaks my heart to see people retract their gift and hide...

I know I lived this for many years too... playing things down...

I used to park my car blocks...

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