Belief Building February 2022

As tomorrow is Valentines Day, this newsletter has a theme of love and partnership.

I hope you enjoy it.

Marie Skłodowska and Pierre Curie shared a passion for science and each other.

Their love and partnership developed in the romantic city of Paris as they worked together, before they married in 1895.

Marie was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize in 1903. She was initially excluded from the nomination but her husband, Pierre, who in common with Marie was prepared to challenge convention, advocated for her to be included given the immensity of her contribution.

She was the first woman in France to be awarded a PhD in 1903.

Tragically, Pierre died in 1906 and although heartbroken, Marie was appointed to Pierre’s Professorship at the Sorbonne, becoming France’s first female professor.

Marie continued her research and won the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her advances in the study of radiation.

Controversially, she had an affair with a married man around this time and the media did not report on her kindly.

She regained some favour during World War 1 as she worked with her daughter on the use of X-ray which saved many lives during the war.

Marie died at age 66 in July 1934 primarily from illness brought on by the degree of exposure to radiation that she had endured as part of her research and work.

She is remembered for her contributions to science and has received many accolades for same.

However, her story is also one of partnership and passion.

In keeping with the theme of partnership, Napoleon Hill proposed a collaborative approach to building success.

In the 1920s, Napoleon Hill researched the secrets of hundreds of wealthy people and the book, “Think and Grow Rich”, is the output of his interviews and research.

In the book, he describes one of the strategies; a master mind group
as a team oftwo or more people working in harmony with each other to help all members ofthe group to succeed.

Perhaps this is something we can consider in our own lives, by creating a study group or having an accountability partner for exercising or a WhatsApp group for reporting progress with home renovations, or whatever our individual goals are?

Whether we have a mastermind group or we are pursuing our goals alone, the work of Louise Hay and Mel Robbins is of interest.

Louise’s work has been in publication since the 1980s. She believed self-love was an essential first step for everyone on the road to success.

Mel Robbins in her recent book the “The High 5 Habit” offers advice that follows Louise’s message.

Both recommend looking in the mirror to begin a positive relationship with ourselves.

Mel recommends giving ourselves a High-5, whilst Louise recommends using encouraging and accepting affirmations.

Both authors suggest that ‘mirror-work’, would help us improve our inner dialogue.

Feeling better about ourselves is also likely to draw more possible partners to us, whether they are business partners, romantic partners or master-mind group partners.

Maybe Valentine’s Day is a good time to give ourselves the gift of self love and approval