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Marvelous Smellbourne and Collingwood Football Club, Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Marvelous Smellbourne and The Collingwood Football Club

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Magic Minute Marvelous Smellbourne and The Collingwood Football Club By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // In the early 1900s, some of Marvellous Melbourne’s waterways were really open sewers, like the smelly, Reilly Street Drain, which emptied into the Merrie Creek near where the legendary Aussie Rules, Collingwood Football Club was born. While compiling the club’s […]

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What's in a Name and a Sandwich, Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute What’s in a Name and a Sandwich

Achievement, Advice, Books, Cleverness, Co-operation, Coaching, Communication, Conversation, Courage, Curiosity, Failure, Fear, Generosity, Goodwill, Hindsight, Humanity, Inspiration, Italians, Kindness, Laurie Smale, Learning, Life Principles, Listening, Love, Luck, Magic Minute, Mind Expanding, New Language, Podcasts, Respect, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence, Setbacks, Shame, Speaking, Teamwork, Temptation, Video, Wisdom / /

Magic Minute What’s in a Name and a Sandwich By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Legend has it that the name ‘Sandwich’ came about by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, wanting slices of meat between two bits of bread brought to him so he wouldn’t interrupt his gambling session! But ‘sandwich’ can mean

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"Good Morning" and The Unexpected, Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute “Good Morning” and The Unexpected

Achievement, Advice, Books, Cleverness, Co-operation, Coaching, Communication, Conversation, Courage, Curiosity, Failure, Fear, Generosity, Goodwill, Hindsight, Humanity, Inspiration, Italians, Kindness, Laurie Smale, Learning, Life Principles, Listening, Love, Luck, Magic Minute, Mind Expanding, New Language, Podcasts, Respect, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence, Setbacks, Shame, Speaking, Teamwork, Temptation, Video, Wisdom / /

Magic Minute “Good Morning” and The Unexpected By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Good morning” I said, as a pensive, middle-aged lady strolled by me on our walking track. She went on a little and stopped. Her reply threw me: “Thank you so much for your warm “Good morning,” she kindly said. “But my morning

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A Choking Baby's Hands of Fate Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute A Choking Baby’s Hands of Fate

Achievement, Advice, Books, Cleverness, Co-operation, Coaching, Communication, Conversation, Courage, Curiosity, Failure, Fear, Generosity, Goodwill, Hindsight, Humanity, Inspiration, Italians, Kindness, Laurie Smale, Learning, Life Principles, Listening, Love, Luck, Magic Minute, Mind Expanding, New Language, Podcasts, Respect, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence, Setbacks, Shame, Speaking, Teamwork, Temptation, Video, Wisdom / /

Magic Minute A Choking Baby’s Hands of Fate By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Mrs. Smale! Mrs. Smale! My baby’s choking!” screamed our distraught neighbour, storming into our front yard, holding her semi-conscious toddler in her arms. His face now purple, our quirky 1950s mother could see this little boy was about to die, and

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When a Bully Meets Their Match Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute When a Bully Meets Their Match

Achievement, Advice, Books, Cleverness, Co-operation, Coaching, Communication, Conversation, Courage, Curiosity, Failure, Fear, Generosity, Goodwill, Hindsight, Humanity, Inspiration, Italians, Kindness, Laurie Smale, Learning, Life Principles, Listening, Love, Luck, Magic Minute, Mind Expanding, New Language, Podcasts, Respect, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence, Setbacks, Shame, Speaking, Teamwork, Temptation, Video, Wisdom / /

Magic Minute When a Bully Meets Their Match By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I was around nine and just turned onto the 3 m high embankment that went across the swamplands to our home when the worst possible thing happened! Breaker Brown, the school bully, appeared from nowhere and grabbed the seat of my

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Awakening To What They See Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Awakening to What They See

Achievement, Advice, Books, Cleverness, Co-operation, Coaching, Communication, Conversation, Courage, Curiosity, Failure, Fear, Generosity, Goodwill, Hindsight, Humanity, Inspiration, Italians, Kindness, Laurie Smale, Learning, Life Principles, Listening, Love, Luck, Magic Minute, Mind Expanding, New Language, Podcasts, Respect, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence, Setbacks, Shame, Speaking, Teamwork, Temptation, Video, Wisdom / /

Magic Minute Awakening to What They See By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I kept a straight face but froze inside. As coach-leader of my first under 35s camping-tour, one of my young cohorts said, “Have you got any Monty Python tapes?” Everyone looked at me assuming I did, for they were all the rage

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Disappointment Becomes Opportunity Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Disappointment Becomes Opportunity

Achievement, Advice, Books, Cleverness, Co-operation, Coaching, Communication, Conversation, Courage, Curiosity, Failure, Fear, Generosity, Goodwill, Hindsight, Humanity, Inspiration, Italians, Kindness, Laurie Smale, Learning, Life Principles, Listening, Love, Luck, Magic Minute, Mind Expanding, New Language, Podcasts, Respect, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence, Setbacks, Shame, Speaking, Teamwork, Temptation, Video, Wisdom / /

Magic Minute Disappointment Becomes Opportunity By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // As part of my chequered wanderings, I once tried my hand at bus driving. “A good honest job where all I have to do is be nice to people,” I thought. So I set about getting my Light-Frame Bus Licence, and what a disaster

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Laurie Smale Inspirations

Laurie Smale 80th Birthday Celebration!

Achievement, Curiosity, Inspiration, Laurie Smale, Temptation, Wisdom / /

Laurie Smale 80th Birthday Celebration! By Laurie Smale Laurie Smale 80th Birthday Celebration! A heartfelt ‘Thanks’ to all on my 80th birthday celebration, my loyal followers and those who simply enjoy an inspirational uplift now and then… Life is but a blink, so think positive and don’t waste a moment of it!😍💕 #lauriesmale #80thbirthday #thinkpositive

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Your Untold Dimensions Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Your Untold Dimensions

Achievement, Advice, Books, Cleverness, Co-operation, Coaching, Communication, Conversation, Courage, Curiosity, Fear, Generosity, Goodwill, Hindsight, Humanity, Inspiration, Italians, Kindness, Laurie Smale, Learning, Life Principles, Listening, Love, Luck, Magic Minute, Mind Expanding, New Language, Podcasts, Respect, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence, Setbacks, Shame, Speaking, Teamwork, Temptation, Video, Wisdom / /

Magic Minute Your Untold Dimensions By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Born into a struggling single parent family just after World War II, it wasn’t easy for me to find my feet in the world and discover my untold dimensions. Yet, by the time computers were upon us, I was already an expert in helping

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Keeping The End in Mind Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Keeping The End in Mind

Achievement, Advice, Books, Cleverness, Co-operation, Coaching, Communication, Conversation, Courage, Curiosity, Fear, Generosity, Goodwill, Hindsight, Humanity, Inspiration, Italians, Kindness, Laurie Smale, Learning, Life Principles, Listening, Love, Luck, Magic Minute, Mind Expanding, New Language, Podcasts, Respect, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence, Setbacks, Shame, Speaking, Teamwork, Temptation, Video, Wisdom / /

Magic Minute Keeping The End in Mind By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Never compare yourself to someone else’s ‘easy’ ride to success. All this does is reinforce your negative notion of yourself while you battle on with no end in sight. Truth is, you’re making the mistake of celebrating these guys at the top

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