KATRINA WEBB NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2009

Ciao from the beautiful coast of Croatia! Currently I am travelling and working with my family in Europe, which has been very enjoyable especially as it is Summer. At the same time it has been a different experience travelling with our 20 month old boy Sebastian, but one in which I thoroughly recommend.

Challenges are always something I have enjoyed and thrived on. They enable us a chance to learn from a new experience whether its in our personal life or in our work. The great surprise with challenges is when you achieve an amazing and unexpected outcome.

For example a few weeks ago we visited good friends in Poland. They managed to find the most incredible 15th century church in a town called Klemzig where my ancestors prayed one last time before immigrating to Australia in 1846 due to religious persecution.

One website I have found very useful for booking private apartments whilst travelling, which was 

recommended to me by two travelling colleagues, is www.homelidays.com.

Or for something a little different you can become a member of www.homeexchange.com just like the movie Holiday starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslett.  If you are keen to travel and maybe explore work opportunities overseas you can exchange your home with other keen travellers. It is a very economical and a great way to experience the life of a local.
 

OCTOBER IS OCSOBER!

Speaking of challenges... looking for a new challenge in October. A challenge that is good for your health and at the same time helping others? If your answer is yes, then join me, as an ambassador, and try Ocsober.

What is Ocsober?
Ocsober is a month long campaign where adults are asked to “cut out” alcohol for the month of October and, in so doing, secure sponsorship from family, friends and work colleagues. People who take up the challenge of going alcohol free will be Ocsober Legends.
 
As an Ocsober Legend you will not only feel better, you will have been encouraged and supported in your efforts by your employer, work colleagues, family and friends through sponsorships. Money raised through sponsorship goes to providing more children vital health and drug education in schools.

Did you know that:
 

• More than 22,000 Australians die each year as a result of alcohol and drug misuse.
   
• Almost one third of teenagers aged 15
  engage in binge drinking.
   
• Teenagers who start drinking before the age
  of 15 are FIVE times more likely to become dependent on it than those who don’t start
  until aged 21.
   
• Alcohol related motor accidents cost
  Australia $3.1 billion every year.
   
• Alcohol misuse results in $3.5 billion lost productivity every year.

To find out more visit www.ocsober.com.au OR www.lifeeducation.org.au

'EIGHT' PAPER BACK NOW FOR SALE

One of my goals this year was to become an author and recently I achieved it with the book “Eight”. In collaboration with seven other well respected speakers we compiled a book to help readers to improve performance.

Each speaker has written a chapter on their area of expertise and has provided five tips at to summarise their chapter.

Here are 8 tips for the 'Eight' book.

1. Look to collaborate with your conversations rather than compete or capitulate.
Change the way you talk by Gary Edwards

2. Prioritise what is important to you and make sure you have enough time each day to do all the little things that will make the difference between silver and gold.
Turning Silver to Gold by Katrina Webb OAM

3. Make sure your image is appropriate for the situation and the outcome you want to achieve.
Marketing You by Julie Zanes

4. Change - adopt new techniques and embrace new technologies to enhance your future.
Achieving the Impossible through Change by Anthony Clarke OAM

5. To become self aware, we should develop an understanding of ourselves in various areas. These include; our personality traits, personal values, habits, emotions, the psychological needs that drive our behaviours and our strengths and weaknesses.
Become Self Aware by Heather Hamilton

6. Choose how to live, regardless of how you feel.
Understanding and Living with the Emotional Truth by Kirrilie Smout

7. You can do nothing about how other people behave towards you. Only how you reflect and then react to that experience matters.
It’s not what happens to you, it’s how you react to it by Shivani

8. Prepare contingency plans for events that might happen in your life and visualise successful outcomes.
Prepare to Win by Derrick McManus

To find out more detail about each tip and for 32 more tips purchase a copy of the 'Eight' Book for $22 plus postage at www.katrinawebb.com.au/shop

CORPORATE EVENTS FOR STAFF CHRISTMAS PARTIES

What to do something different for your employees this Christmas? Why not reward them with a fun and challenging Silver to Gold Paralympic Team Building event tailored to your organisations needs.

Teams can participate or compete for points in a series of Paralympic sports - wheelchair basketball, and rugby, seated volleyball and blind 100m sprint to name a few.

Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are up for grabs!

For more information click here or contact Abby on 0417 808 107 or clients@onyasoapbox.com

Click here for more information on Silver to Gold Team Building Events

RUNNING TIPS

As we head into Spring and the weather begins to get warmer, fun runs and outdoor activities are on again.
 
The City to Bay Fun Run will be held in Adelaide on the 20th of September.

If you are competing or if you enjoying running for fitness click here for my free running tips.

Ciao,