Personality Plus

Personality Plus

Recently, our Commerce faculty dinner featured two speakers who were both outstanding. One of them described himself by his Myers-Briggs Type and wondered how many Commerce students were the same type (it was INTJ for those wondering).  Some of my colleagues...
Love What You Do

Love What You Do

I have been thinking of that quote, ‘If you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life.’ Attributed on the internet to Mark Twain, Marc Anthony and even Confucius, the quote obviously still has a lot of currency with people, even though we don’t know who...
You Can Only Be What You See

You Can Only Be What You See

A couple of weeks ago, I shared the story of my third-grade teacher and her influence on my aspirations.  She predicted that I would be President of the United States. As I have written about previously, while her aspirations for me helped me leave home for...
Positive Gossip

Positive Gossip

When I moved to Australia 30 years ago, I learned quickly that a trait I had learned growing up, being an affirming person, sat uncomfortably in Australia with some of my colleagues. I would go out of my way to affirm their teaching, their thinking or their...
Mallee Star Remembers her Roots

Mallee Star Remembers her Roots

At just 21 years of age, Georgia Sheahan is already a business owner, sports talent and community leader. Travelling all the way from Dumosa, in Victoria’s Mallee, Georgia joined the St Hilda’s College community in 2017. Graduating from Wycheproof P-12 College,...