The end of the year is a natural time to sit back and reflect on the past year and to take the lessons from 2010 with us into 2011 to ensure that we grow, prosper and thrive.

Most people don’t give the REFLECTION process the necessary time to receive the POWER, benefit and impact of the process.  Spend 2 hours with the Fairy Godmother as she takes you on a process of reflecting on your 2010 to create a powerful 2011.

Johannesburg

Date:  Wednesday, 1 December

Time: 19h30-21h30

Venue:   30 Keyes Avenue, Rosebank

Cost:   R100 per person

Cape Town

Date:  Monday, 13 December

Time: 19h30-21h30

Venue:   Bandwidth Barn, 5th floor – Buitengracht Centre, Buitengracht Street, Cape Town

Cost:   R100 per person

To book email info@fairygodmotherinc.com or call 084 207 0202

In the last few years everyone has been jumping up and down about the Law of Attraction and how you can just ‘imagine’ things and your thoughts will be like ‘a magnet that just attracts things to you’.  Well, it doesn’t work quite that simply.  Just thinking about a beautiful red Ferrari and imagining driving one is not going to cause that Ferrari to be parked in your driveway when you wake up tomorrow morning.
You don’t just instantly start attracting like a Master Manifester – there are 3 stages:

ACTION

TRACTION

ATTRACTION

In stage 1 – the Action phase – it is about ‘showing up’ and just taking the small steps in the manifesting process.

The manifesting process is

1.    Ask  - get clear on what you want and ask for it by writing it down, saying it out loud and visualising it.

2.    Receive “Answers” – which will come as people, opportunities and things or inspired thought.

3.    Take Aggressive Action – just DO it!  Take action on any “answers” you receive.

Imagine taking one small action daily towards your Big Dream/ WIG (Wildly Improbable Goal).
What would that look like after 6 months?
It would cumulatively be 180 actions which suddenly turn into something significant!

If you are able to conquer your fears and any  ‘stuckness’ you experience (and we ALL experience these, even Fairy Godmothers) and keep taking those small actions you will be amazed at how, after a while, you move into the TRACTION stage.  This is where the rubber hits the road and it feels like a lot less effort and it is easier to spot (and overcome) your fears and you begin to move into the momentum of your Big Dream and goals.

It’s like pushing a massive boulder along a dirt road. In the beginning you have to exert lots of effort into pushing the boulder –  using your arms, shoulders, legs.  It may make you sweat and breathe hard and at this stage it is easy to give-up and say “hey this boulder isn’t going anywhere”.  But if you keep your focus, attention and effort on the boulder it will slowly start to rock and move and overcome its inertia and, after it does a few rolls down the road, it becomes easier to push and you exert less effort.  This is TRACTION.

After a while, if you CONTINUE to take ACTION (and push the boulder) during the TRACTION stage, you will move into ATTRACTION.   ATTRACTION is where you literally move into the ‘slipstream’ of your dream or goal and it starts to carry and move you, rather than the other way round.

Look at the “Extraordinaries” like Richard Branson, Mandela and Oprah – they are so in their ‘slipstream’, ease and flow of ATTRACTION that everything comes to them.  Do their lives look easy, effortless and fun?  Of course!  But was it always like that for them?  NO!  They also had to go through the ACTION and TRACTION phases.  They are Extraordinary simply because they went through these phases.  Most people give up in phase 1 because it is just way too much effort to continually conquer your fears and grow yourself so that you can be at the same expanded level as your Wildly Improbable Goal.

How do I know all this? Because I am having the experience of it.  When I first became a Fairy Godmother there was LOADS of fear and I had to just chip away at taking ACTION whenever I received answers – and often I took loads of ACTION even though there were no answers which, after a ,while I realised was a completely fruitless exercise driven out of fear.

Then in 2008 (2 years after I started… it may only take you a few months) I moved into the TRACTION phase where it felt like the action to keep things moving and growing somehow became much easier.   It was like some momentum of its own was beginning to carry me and then, in November 2008 I moved into the ATTRACTION phase.   The switch to moving into ATTRACTION was that I gave up resisting and ‘trying’ and, instead, moved into a space of simply ‘allowing’ whatever was needed to happen.    And, then, guess what?  In 2009 I got so caught up in “trying” and “pushing” again that I slipped out of ATTRACTION and back into TRACTION and over the last 18 months I have see-sawed between the TRACTION and ATTRACTION phases.

The key levers that shift me from TRACTION in ATTRACTION are

1.    Being grateful
2.    Finding the joy in each moment
3.    Letting go and trusting life
4.    Having fun, playing to my strengths and doing what I love.

I know I am in the ATTRACTION phase when everything feels effortless – this is also called FLOW.
In this space,  simply with clear intention things are attracted.  When I slip back into fear and scarcity-thinking then I go back to TRACTION and pushing the boulder… but it is all a journey and a process.

So the moral of the story is – when you get the “answers” in line with your dreams and goals just keep taking the actions even though, at the time, it feels like very small steps.

Want to prepare yourself for a Successful Career?

Not sure what your Career Choices are?

Want to do what you love and live the life you dream of?

Spend a full day on the Map your Dream Career workshop with the Fairy Godmother, to get clear on your future dreams and goals and how they relate to a successful career. Get clear on your passions, talents and strengths and use those to make choices about your tertiary options (or subject choices).

If you are struggling to decide what subjects to choose or if you have no idea what to do when you leave school then this workshop is definitely for you.

During this workshop you will

• Map out your future dreams and goals
• Discover your passions, talents and strengths
• Get clear on a BIG Career Goal that inspires you
• Find out the next steps to take to pursue your Career Goal
• Learn how to chat to your parents about what you want to do
• Learn how to achieve your career dreams and ambitions

This workshop is suitable for teenagers from Grade 9 to Grade 12 – it is very helpful for Grade 9’s needing to make subject choices and Grades 10 -12 who are wanting to plan out their tertiary options.

Dates:   the Fairy Godmother will be doing “Map your Dream Career” Workshops in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town in March, April and May 2011.  Dates to be confirmed

If you are interested email us at info@mydreamcareer.co.za and we will send you the dates for 2011 in your area once they are confirmed or call 084-207-0202

If you are a Teacher or School and you would like the Fairy Godmother to do a workshop for your School email us at info@mydreamcareer.co.za

This Workshop is facilitated by Donna McCallum aka the Fairy Godmother  who has helped thousands of people in South Africa get clear on their dreams and turn them into reality. You may remember her doing crazy Fairy godmother Antics on 5fm with Kevin Fine…  more

This workshop is being run by Equal Zeal and Fairy Godmother Inc

Today at 15h00 I will be interviewing Lisa Raleigh on my radio show “Interview with a Fairy Godmother” on 101.9 Chai FM.

Lisa Raleigh is a phenomenal woman who has an incredible passion for health and wellness.  She has a BIG vision of touching millions of people’s lives and empowering them to be full of vitality, healthy and fit.   Lisa started off her career as a trainer, she then started her own gym VO2max in Durban.  You may remember her as the beautiful, blonde trainer on South Africa’s Biggest Loser in 2007 and 2008.  Based on her success in this reality show, she started her Lisa Raleigh weightloss clinics and over the last 2 years has helped South Africans lose over 2 tons of body fat!

I’ll be speaking to Lisa about HER tips and tricks for success and for living the life of your dreams.

If you are not in Johannesburg then log onto Chai FM to hear the Audio Stream

The interview will be on this website next week for you to download.

Yipppeeeeeeeee!  Today I start the regular “Interview with a Fairy Godmother” Radio Show on 101.9 Chai FM.

For those in Johannesburg you can listen in from 15h00 – 15h30 every Monday on 101.9 Chai FM as I interview Daring Dreamers – those ordinary South Africans who have followed their BIG dreams and are living EXTRAORDINARY Lives.   (for those not in Jozi, you can listen via Audio Streaming HERE)

Today I am interviewing  Thabang Skwambane,   Director of Kaelo Consulting and also founder of The Lonely Road Foundation,  about his passions, dreams and tips and tricks for success and how he is making a meaningful impact on South Africa.

The radio shows will be podcast on this website soon!

Want to meet people who will help you achieve your dreams and goals?

Need to be supported in your BIG Dream?

No person who has ever done anything great, has done it alone.

Join us for the Fairy Godmother Networking Forum – an event where you can meet and connect with other Daring Dreamers – people who have big dreams and goals and are turning that into reality.
Whether you are just starting on the journey of living your dreams or whether you are a master manifester, this event will inspire and empower you to take your dreams and goals to the next level.
This event is open to anyone who has done a Dream Mapping and Goal Setting Workshop, is part of the Fairy Godmother Community or has participated in the Growing Wings program.
In July our event will be slightly different to last month’s dinner, we won’t be sitting down for dinner but will be having finger snacks.

Date:  Thursday 8 July
Venue:  Triba, 33 St Albans Road, Craighall, Johannesburg
Time:  18h30 onwards
Price:  R 150   (R100 for FGM Community Members)  – this includes a cocktail snack dinner

To Book

Email Lynn -  magicmaker@fairygodmotherinc.com or call 084-207-0202

This is a magical networking event to help you boost your dreams and goals. Meet and connect with other Daring Dreamers who also have BIG goals and are looking to fulfil their own powerful potential.