Back on Track with Di McDonald

Hello Ladies, my name is Di McDonald and I’d like to share a little of my story with you and how Back On Track came to fruition. Hopefully this will give you a bit of an insight as to who I am and why I do what I do.

When I was 10 years old. I was sitting in the school playground with all my friends listening to a guest speaker talk about setting goals. I was asked if I had a goal. I had no idea what that even meant at that age, and the speaker could see that by the look on my face. So she asked me if I had a dream. That was easy……

My dream was to one day play Netball for Australia – what 10 year old girl didn’t.

Every one had a little chuckle. However, this amazing woman said to me, “What a wonderful dream, and had I thought how I might go about making my dream come true?”

This was my introduction to the world of goal setting, daring to dream and the start of my five “R”principles.

Step One was to make the Year 7 Netball team – and my dream was on its way. Over the years, these principles have played an important part in not only my sporting life, but in my personal and professional life – especially ‘The Dream’.

And yes, my Dream did came true, I was very fortunate to represent my country and play netball for Australia and win a World Championship – of course against NZ! This phase of my life was an amazing journey of sacrifices, dedication, commitment, passion, highs and lows and a powerful love for my team mates.