Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Ageless Boomers
If your goal is to live longer, to live your best life and to contribute to society in a positive way, you are not alone.
Most people would like to achieve this level of satisfaction and fulfillment and are realizing that there are many opportunities [...]
Age Is Just A Number
My blog post, “Insurmountable”, listed all the barriers we face in pursuit of our dreams.
For me, age is the most visible as I am coming up on the half century mark.
As the decades have passed, the list of things I believed I was no longer [...]
3 Steps Toward Making Your Dream A Reality
Do you have many dreams you’d like to make come true?
If there’s so much you want to do but in reality, so little time to do it, the feeling of overwhelm itself can actually hold you back from accomplishing any of your major goals.
If this [...]
A Battle! An Awakening! A Relationship! A Triumph!
Can a small choice change the course of our lives?
I was speechless for minutes when I held the phone close to my ear and listened to Lauren Miller’s dramatic and powerful story.
Believe me this event does not happen to me very often. I don’t [...]
3 Myth’s To Help You Address Your Adult Child’s “Failure To Launch”
Failure to launch.
Either returning home after being away to college, leaving the nest, or having never moved out to begin with, there is generally a variation of one or both of these two scenarios.
For some of these young adults, the current [...]
Career Success Lessons From An Impressionist Painter
Recently I saw a film about the later years of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the great impressionist painter.
It was a beautiful movie visually. And, I found some life and career success advice in it.
There is a scene in the film where Renoir tells [...]
Dressing for Success: Can You Imagine?
What you can imagine can come true.
And, when it does, what do you do? I experienced a part of my dream with the publication of my first book, a historical fiction mystery series. Writing a book is really good, publishing it is even better, [...]
What No App For This?
Creators need stuff in order to make their magical ideas come to life, but managing all that material can be overwhelming, and your IPad won’t help.
The way you keep all the things that inspire your ideas, is as important as having the supplies [...]
Put Worry to Work: 3 Steps To Be Worry Free
Something is not right, so you start to worry.
You have heard rumors of downsizing at your job. Worry sets in. A relationship folds, you worry that you will not find another partner. The doctor calls and asks you to stop by her office, worry [...]
What A Necktie Can Teach You About Success
Yesterday I was visiting clients.
At my first stop, my client looked at me and said, “You’re wearing your UVA (University of Virginia) tie today. ” His son is graduating from high school and enrolling at UVA in the fall.
I left his [...]
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
Are you still the fairest of them all?
When you look in the mirror, do you see someone you don’t recognize or someone much older than you feel? Baby boomers want to remain vigorous and healthy, yet many are sinking into a hole of pain and [...]
The Power Of A ‘Thank You’ Note
When I was a little girl, my father would always say that the best part about receiving a gift, was the chance to say, “thank you”.
I never really understood that back then, because sitting down at the dining room table with a box of crayons [...]
No To Diet & Yes To Photography!
Summer is around the corner!
We get recharged with the smell of fresh flowers, a slice of blue sky and the calm warm winds announcing the arrival of a new season; a season we so deeply love.
Along the path everything around us becomes colorful [...]
5 Good Reasons To Say “YES!”
The journey of Life is ever changing, ever creating, and thriving in forward motion.
It all unfolds, step by divinely prepared step, in any direction you so choose, should you say, “yes”.
Often though, we struggle with our decisions and [...]
Insurmountable?
I watched an interview the other day and a woman said her problems were insurmountable.
This struck me in two ways. First, who in this day and age says insurmountable? We may say impossible, unbeatable, no way, or can’t do it, but insurmountable? [...]
Numbers & Questions!
The year I entered first grade in school I realized that I was a numbers person.
I liked to add, subtract, connect and befriend numbers. I became very aware of the ones marked on the old houses in my home city of Cluj, Romania and everywhere [...]
Heart, Beauty And True Confidence: Forget Me Not
Tragedy strikes again.
I was laying down (a rare privilege for me), watching the noon news trying to catch up on what is going on beyond my personal chaos.
Breaking News flashes across the screen. ”Bombs go off at the Boston Marathon”. I [...]
The Anger Games
Anger and violence are everywhere.
Family violence in our homes, bullying and shootings in our schools, anger on the sports field, the playground, and road rage in our cars are the chosen ways for many to solve problems. But, does it really [...]
Stay Focused On Your Goals
Henry Ford once said, “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
Good one, Henry.
I have a great story about this. It involves a trash can and a hair dryer cord.
In our bathroom at home, the trash [...]
What If An Alien Ate Your Brain?
Or what if an alien biochemically manipulated your brain, wiped your personality from your memory blueprint, and influenced you to act against your own best interests?
How would you know?
As a major Star Trek and Star Wars fan I have taught [...]
How Committed Are You?
Every career path is challenging.
Without question, those who succeed are fully vested. They’re willing to do whatever it takes to reach their goals. They just won’t accept failure. They press on in the face of hardship. They ignore naysayers. [...]
Empty Nest All Over Again
Some boomers are past the empty nest syndrome by many years, yet others may be in the midst of it right now.
Whichever you can relate to, there are probably moments when nostalgia and sadness creep in, leaving you feeling at a loss.
This happened [...]
The Dark Side Of Perfectionism
Do you find that trying to do things too perfectly is a source of stress for you?
While doing your best is certainly a virtue, perfectionism has a major down side. The problem is that many people mistake perfectionism for working their hardest, [...]
Career Success Lessons From The Boston Bombings
I have been thinking about the Boston bombings and how many people stepped up to help without thinking about their own safety.
It made me feel good to see people willing to do for others without being asked, or without getting anything in return.
These [...]
Never Give Up!
What would you do if you woke up one morning and those most precious to you were gone?
“Kidjacked” is the true account of how Scott Lesnick persevered, not once but twice, to get his two small children back to the United States [...]
Confidence Is About Expectations: Expect To Do Your Best
A confident person expects to succeed where others fear the attempt.
Authentic confidence, is about expectations. You just better get real about your expectations.
Genuine confidence is not surety in a particular outcome. It’s knowing that [...]
The Most Powerful Word In The English Language?
I’ll spare you the tease. That word is NO!
The ability to be assertive and say ‘no’ is a communication skill we all learn at a very young age. If you’re a parent, you know better than anyone that once this word enters a child’s vocabulary [...]
The Brain: Engine For Success
People claim that we only use up to 10% of our brain.
The brain is the engine activating our thinking, our behavior and most importantly creating the results; the way we live our lives.
Are we living in a lazy brain society? Since technology [...]
10 Ways To Brand Yourself As A Polished Professional
Little things mean a lot.
I had a colonoscopy last week. Unfortunately, I’m at the age, where I need to get checked out every five or so years. As strange as it may sound, I found some great life and career success lessons during the procedure.
My [...]
Simple Practices That Lead To Success
Do you have a simple set of guidelines that keep you focused on your creative goals?
If you are someone who creates you must have the skill set to be an independent worker. Someone who is a self-starter and can design, develop and manage a project [...]
How Do I Talk To Isabel?
Communication and intimacy.
You’ve heard the expression; it’s not what you say but how you say it!
How true and how profound. Why is it so important to learn how to express our feelings, our emotions and our view on certain topics?
The [...]
Choosing To Be Humbled – What?!
Sounds crazy, doesn’t it?
When we’re always trying our best to look good, why would you seek out being humbled?
I had this opportunity recently, though I didn’t choose it consciously the first time around. My friend Kate mentioned that [...]
How Many Frogs Must You Kiss?
Have you been on what feels like hundreds of dates, but found no one who fits the bill?
While this might at times feel discouraging, the truth is if you were willing to accept almost anyone, you probably could have a relationship tomorrow.
If [...]
A New Perspective On Courage
Wayne Dyer says, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
Such good advice to follow, since you know that challenges will come your way as you age and your perspective is a major factor in how [...]
No Limits Living
I don’t know about you, but for me I can guarantee that 99% of all limits placed on my life have been placed on me, only by me!
The genetic pattern I came in with, for whatever reasons, tends to be both very amiable and very analytical. [...]
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