Are you one of those people who always turn up to an appointment on time? Or are you the opposite…always running late, flustered and making excuses as to why you’re late?

I had a recent experience where I was considering selling my house and had called a local real estate agent to provide an appraisal. Gary turned up 5 minutes late with no apology. This behaviour bugged me, especially as it was a first encounter and there was a possibility of doing business.

I’ve just spent 2 days at the Melbourne event of “Essentially for Women” and discovered I’m actually 20 years younger! How?  One of the women, presenting showed statistics that in this day and age that 50 has now become the new 30.  It’s like the fashion spiel when ‘purple’ became the new ‘black’.  (The women reading this will know what I mean.) So if anyone asks my age, instead of telling them I’m 51 (and proud of it), according to statistics I am officially 31 !  I like that. Anyhow here’s me with Lyndsey Baigent, the Founder of Essentially for Women.  She was very inspiring and boy what a story she had to tell.   Regards Lorraine

I was listening to an interview with Jack Canfield, co-author of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series.

Have you noticed how different the opposite sex is? (and I don’t mean physically different).

You’ll find women talk, talk, talk and men tend to say as little as possible (that’s probably because they can’t get a word in if they are talking to a woman).

Although I am a woman, I must say that being in a group of women talking incessantly, drives me crazy.

I attended a Businesswomen’s Event this year where there were at least 100 women in attendance. The constant noise was deafening! There were a few guys there and I don’t know how they could stand it.