Magic Minute Standing Up For Yourself By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // For most of his early years, James lived in the bullying thrall of his older brother, till one day it all stopped. He’d just sat down in the armchair to watch a bit of television when the dark pall of his brother filled […]
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Magic Minute London’s Amazing Parrots By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // In 2001, I was wandering through the magnificent expanses of London’s Hyde Park when I stopped in wonder. A flash of bright green parrots whizzed over me and settled noisily in a big oak tree. ‘Parrots,’ I thought, ‘how strange. What on earth are
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Article Smidge Teaches Teamwork By Laurie Smale Has your team ever been involved in a project where a lot of effort, even with the best of intentions, falls well short of what is desired? Well, many hands may make light work, but if each person is not contributing to the project in a complementary way,
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Quote Most of My Life By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Most of my life I’ve lived with other people’s underestimations of me, so I’ve had to work hard to surprise them!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #underestimationsofme #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou #surprisethem Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google
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Quote Funny How it Always By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Funny how it always seems easier to solve someone else’s problems!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #someoneelsesproblems #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou #easiersolveproblems Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile Pinterest Twitter / X
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Magic Minute Not Every Headline Rings True By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The end of the platform was whizzing past and our daredevil challenge was about to go horribly wrong. My little brother and I were about to step off the moving train ‘the man’s way’ because Melbourne’s old trains had a running board
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Magic Minute The Shaky Truth of a Headline By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The platform was approaching fast and our daredevil challenge was about to go horribly wrong. My little brother and I were about to step off the moving train ‘the man’s way’ because Melbourne’s old trains had a running board to stand
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Speaking Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #121 By Laurie Smale On Wednesday 17 June 2026, I attended the Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night #121 Special thanks to Kev Howlett for providing this opportunity and Les Zig for being the Facilitator of the Open Mic Night. My segment is also on the full Busybird Publishing Open Mic Night video and starts at
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Quote The Sparkling Conversationalist By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “The sparkling conversationalist is not itching to foist their notions and suppositions upon others!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #sparklingconversationalist #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou #notions #suppositions Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile Pinterest Twitter
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Magic Minute Raking in The Eels! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // We whacked the ripple in the muddy swamp water with the rake, and to our surprise up came a stunned eel! “It worked!” We cried, then waded in and got six more! We couldn’t believe it! Kiethy Dowler was right. We’d just seen
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