Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Your Life Is Run By Your Habits – Why Not Choose Them Wisely?
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle
It all comes down to your habits.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you’ve heard that before. My question to you is: So what are you doing about it?
Over 90 percent [...]
Heart, Beauty, and True Confidence
A Songbird Sings Again
Kechi was the sole survivor of a Nigerian plane crash. She had 3rd degree burns over much of her body including her face. Her confidence had been robbed by the unfortunate tragedy she suffered. The ability to sing was [...]
Iceberg Thinking
Did you know that your unconscious mind is running your life – and it doesn’t even know what it is saying!
It is easy to imagine that you are aware of all of your thoughts and that you always consciously manage your own life. That would [...]
Make Your Relationship Stronger With These Communication Tools
When life’s in full swing, it’s easy to neglect communicating to your partner what’s important in your relationship.
And you’re communicating well, when your partner actually hears the message you mean for him or her to hear. This doesn’t [...]
Become Your Own Super Hero
Are you focused on what will produce you the greatest results?
Have you ever asked yourself these questions?
“Why does this always happen to me?”
“Why do I “almost” make it then fail?”
“Why does money and success keep eluding me?”
“Why [...]
Don’t Let Your Expectations Do You In
Whether your anger stems from road rage, your relationship, your job, or anything else in your life, the underlying cause might be the same.
It’s easy to blame the driver who cut you off, your partner, or your boss for “making you feel angry”, [...]
Consider The Source
Criticism. Most people hate it.
But, astute people thrive on it. How else would they grow? The best thing you can do when people criticize something you’ve done or said is consider the source. Are they an objective reviewer? Are they being [...]
Can Politics Affect Creativity?
I woke up this morning thinking about starting my paintings, still stuck in my head and ready for moisture and brushing.
Then I turned on the news and heard all the same crap about the presidential and other upcoming elections. “The Final [...]
Silencing The False Voice
As different as our lives may be from one another, there is a constant we all share and that is the “false” voice of negativity.
This voice tempts us with doubt and fear by whispering ever so slightly messages meant to take us from [...]
Walking Through It Without Getting Stuck In It!
Often when we are experiencing troubles in our life with our relationship, family, career, finances, and/or health, we can feel so badly that we begin to believe things will never change.
Ironically, this is the one absolute way to make sure [...]
The Other Dream Team
Over the weekend I saw a great movie called The Other Dream Team.
If you recall, the original Dream Team was the USA basketball team in the 1992 Olympics. This was the first time NBA professionals competed in the Olympics. The USA Dream [...]
Lonely? Get Connected
Loneliness is a state of mind that occurs when a person feels emotionally disconnected.
Contributing factors are physical isolation (like-minded people aren’t nearby), low self-esteem and shyness (which keeps you from reaching out and accepting [...]
How to Meditate: Part I—Awareness of Breath Meditation
In my last post, 5 Things You Can Do to Live a Mindful Life, I explored ways that we can live mindfully.
The first of those 5 things is to cultivate a formal mindfulness meditation practice, because the formal practice serves as a training ground [...]
Ouch, That Stings!
Have you ever been in a place in your life where everything seems to be going your way?
Life was great, your health, finances, relationships and career was heading in the right direction. And then… the bottom fell out. Your world was turned [...]
The Obstacles of Life
Hello everyone!
I hope you all had an inspiring week and are ready to get ready for the week to come! The other day I was thinking about what I wanted to write for this week’s blog. I began to think about how hard it can be to become INSPIRED [...]
One Edit is Enough – How to Finish Your Book Writing Fast
You don’t want to spend all year on this book.
You want it finished fast so you can get your cash flow going and brand yourself as the go to person in your niche.
Your reader will read each chapter that uses a recommended chapter blueprint [...]
Do You Feel Comfortable in Your Skin?
Do You Feel Comfortable in Your Skin?
Continuance of Love Yourself First: Dressing for Success
Actually, I couldn’t tell you the name of the advertiser in the commercials focusing on male athletes that state they feel comfortable in their [...]
Why Me?
“Rumination is less an art than a burden, yet we practice it all the time.”
We’ve all done it…we have experienced something in our life that was so unpleasant, so frustrating, so angering, so unfair, so absolutely unbelievably torturous [...]
2 Ways to Play the Game of Life
Of course life is not a game…or is it?
My corporate training/consulting mentor, Larry Wilson, Founder of Wilson Learning Corporation and an interviewee in my OOP book, Finding the Great Creative You, talked about the two strategies for playing [...]
The Scariest Thing on Halloween: The Unknown
Halloween for years has been considered a time for honoring the dead.
Today we put up decorations in our house and watch scary films to embrace the holiday. But during a time when we should be embracing fears, are we avoiding them?
What is fear? [...]
Scary Times… Not!
Hopefully, Halloween is the scariest thing you have to deal with right now.
While many are panicking over the receding economy right now, let’s all try to focus on creating ways to deal with it and trust it will pass. As Albert Einstein [...]
Why Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Did you know that specialization is a relatively recent compulsion?
The Middle Ages confined higher education to law, medicine, and religion. In revolt, the Renaissance favored what we now call the humanities — classics, languages, literature, [...]
Your Unique Gifts, Skills and Abilities Make You Special
My corporate climb
The other day, I interviewed Andy Mills retired President of the Thomson Reuters Financial Professional Publishing Group. This interview is for my membership site, My Corporate Climb.
Andy grew the Thomson Reuters Financial [...]
Creating a Movement… In Three Easy Steps!
Did you ever have a brilliant moment, an idea that hit, and you just knew that this was the ‘cha-ching’ idea that will send you over the top?
When it happens, it’s absolute magic. And synergy usually happens with two creative people [...]
Time Is Of The Essence
Classic Rock Band the “Guess Who” sang, “No time…no time…got got got got no time.”
In the same song, they also warned “No time left to lose.” We also put much faith into “time healing all wounds.” Bob Dylan wrote, “Time [...]
Want to Write Your Book Faster? Check Out Collaborative Writing
As I am writing this blog post I am thinking about how incredibly fast the past three months have flown by and yet how much progress I have made on a powerful novel series I am currently co-writing.
The more amazing news, however, is that this [...]
The Accidental Advocate
What motivates people?
Why do some people have everything under control and are engaged in life while others seem to just flounder? Is it genetics, environment or our experiences? Motivation comes from our emotions. Those deep feelings [...]
What Lies Beneath ~ Finding Your Inner Golden Buddha
Golden Buddha Sighting
In 1957 the Thai government was moving a large clay Buddha with a crane when suddenly the clay started to crack. The workers covered up the Buddha as it was starting to rain. When they came back that night to check that [...]
The Fire Within
Hello all!
Hope everyone is having a great start to the week! Sometimes I just get so fired up about a topic it simply cannot wait till the weekend, I just have to write it now. This is why I love writing so much because no one has to motivate [...]
You Are Not an Accident
There is no one else on Earth exactly like you.
There are others who share some of your skill sets or who have come from the same DNA pool from which you came. But there is no one else ever in the history of humanity who has your DNA combination, [...]
What If The Life You Really Want Were Possible?
Dreaming of meeting the love of your life, having financial security, or traveling the world, yet feeling it is impossible?
Well then, welcome to a wonderful group called humanity!
You see, within each of us are secret desires of our heart. [...]
Four Times to Disobey the Reciprocity Rule
The Reciprocity Rule
The Reciprocity Rule is a common societal norm that supposes that when you receive something, you return something of equal value. This can be material or emotional. This generally works to everyone’s advantage. When [...]
Your Passion Can Ignite Sales!
Today I got to live my dream!
Today I was fortunate to coach an Olympic Athlete whose message is going to inspire millions. And it was awesome!
This weekend I flew to Portland Oregon to work with two time Olympic Athlete Lopez Lomong. He placed [...]
Wave Goodbye to Overwhelm
Are you too busy to read this blog?
If your answer is “yes” read on anyway! The normal adult in our society is often responsible for maintaining a career, organizing household finances, managing household chores, caring for children and/or [...]
Ever Hear Of JR Martinez?
He was a star before Dancing With The Stars.
We happened to sit at the same table during one of the lunch breaks. He stretched his hand out to me and introduced himself – “JR”. I smiled. I was used to being the one initiating conversation. [...]
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