IB Woman
Issue No. 31 - October/November 2006
Enlightened Success in timeless world
Michelle Stanton
by Penelope Herbert
Growing up in a household that expected not only success but perfection, Michelle Stanton’s work ethic and constant focus on being number one, landed her in a hospital bed. She lost her business, lost her passion and almost lost her life.
Yet, that experience marked the beginning of her new life. One that was more fulfilling and more peaceful than it had ever been.
“When I awoke in a hospital bed in 1995, I experienced a deep inner peace that was both blissful and radically different in the way I perceived life,” Michelle relates. “It has taken me almost a decade to make sense of my subsequent experiences and I now know I had unwittingly stepped in to a timeless world — which felt like being in heaven on earth.”
The timeless world or 'The Zone' as it’s commonly called, is a peak state often associated with top sportspeople, masterpiece-creating artists and outstanding business leaders. She says that in business charismatic people draw clients to them like a magnet and many people believe this is innate. Michelle knows it can be learned.
She teaches that in this zone, humans can expand into their full potential and perform at their peak in all areas of life, with effortless ease.
“All successful businesses today are constantly looking to grow and develop their workforce in order to remain viable,” says Michelle. “The Zone is a unique competitive advantage that enlightened CEOs would be wise to tap in to.”
With a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, a diploma in Education from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Monash, Michelle is no business lightweight. She has received an Award for Excellence in business-to-business marketing and worked for more than 10 years in top corporate marketing roles.
But her inner peace and a calm lifestyle eluded her as she strove for bigger rewards. It wasn’t until her mystery illness put her in hospital that Michelle ...
