Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Midlife Sage Says: A Kiss Every Day Outlasts Lingerie
The National Retail Federation predicts $18.6 billion will be spent on Valentine’s Day gifts.
Gifts that include jewelry, flowers, candy, and greeting cards. However, many middle-aged couples ignore the hype and prefer a nice dinner with fine [...]
Valentines Day For Singles
Valentines Day is the most romantic day of the year.
Or is it merely the most romantic day of the year for Hallmark? I imagine the CEO of Hallmark dancing around the office, singing love songs, and floating on cloud nine—as the cash rolls [...]
Success And Happiness
How to be a successful author.
Write something a publisher thinks everyone wants to read. Get that publisher to take over and do the rest. Sit back and enjoy the royalties.
How to be a successful writer.
Write what’s in your head. Write [...]
Valentine’s Day Gifts For Her – Fun, Romantic & Affordable
It’s Valentine’s Day again.
That time of year that women love and men dread. It’s like a giant gift-giving mine field for men so help yours by forwarding this blog.
The secret to a great Valentine’s Day is to make it romantic. And that [...]
Driven by Impatience? Headed Toward A Cliff: Part 2
A diagnosis.
If you’ve been wired to give and give and give and then suddenly wake one day and say, “Hey! What about me? When’s it MY turn to get back?” Then you might be looking at a classic case of ‘driven by impatience to have [...]
A Final Bit of Career Success Advice From the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl happened over a week ago – and what a weird one it was.
The Ravens were way ahead and looked like they were going to run away with it.
Then the power went out in the stadium. It took about 35 minutes to get it back on and [...]
The Truth About Lying
When you were growing up, you probably learned that lying was wrong.
Remember the old adage, “Honesty is the best policy”?
However, chances are that those same people who told you not to lie often told a few non-truths themselves. And today, [...]
Cornered By Commercialism – It’s Valentines Day?
I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop today and someone from the media asked me “off record” of course, what I thought about the upcoming and impending Valentine’s Day.
Before I could give it any eloquent thought, with the [...]
How I Dealt With People Who Did Not Understand My Mental Health Issues
Friends and professionals.
Throughout my 20 years of personal experience in dealing with fear and anxiety, I had a challenging time in getting my friends to understand my issues with fear, stress, and anxiety.
Most of my friends and relatives [...]
How To Make The Right Mistake
Have you ever made a mistake?
Do you regret some mistake you’ve made? Of course. If you are breathing and not in denial, regardless of how long you have lived you have made mistakes and assuredly you have regrets about some of them.
Mistakes [...]
Got Too Much Stuff In Your Life?
We are all so lucky.
Not only are we able to make a New Year’s Resolution and aim for all the glorious goals we all hope to achieve, but if we miss this deadline, our dreams and desires don’t have to be shattered on the ground. [...]
Teen Dating Violence: How NOT To Be A Victim
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
Many of you remember the tragic death of University of Virginia Lacrosse Player Yeardley Love who was murdered by her boyfriend a few years ago. Her family founded joinonelove.org in her honor, [...]
Choose Some News That Doesn’t Fit
Where do you get your news, and why?
Do you like the ease of TV, the speed of online sites, or the feel of a newspaper in your hands? Maybe you like the slant your outlet puts on the news because it matches your own values.
I spent 25 years [...]
The Female Water Snake Arrives, Do Your Preparations
On Sunday, February 10th, 2013 we welcome the Female Water Snake and say farewell to the Male Water Dragon.
Last year the Water Dragon brought with him yang water energy and the power of an ocean. The ocean it is one of the most powerful forces [...]
30 Ways To Love Yourself
It’s the season of love.
Whether you’re in love with another human being or not, you must love yourself first.
The wise Diane Von Furstenberg said, “The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.”
Yet this relationship [...]
Creative Power Tools
I just got an email from a vender selling fantastic new tools.
The kind I really like, handheld and powerful. I really got excited and wanted to hit the buy now button. Without thinking much about exactly which project I needed them for, in [...]
The Success Of Failure
The moment I decided it was “ok” to fail, I knew I was onto something.
I had matured well beyond my years that moment-the moment that I saw THE SUCCESS OF FAILURE.
I define success as going from one perceived disappointment, setback, or [...]
Fall In Love With Work Again
You will spend more waking hours on the job than you will with family and friends.
It is no surprise that people who have stressful and toxic work environments have higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, depression and other stress related [...]
Prepare Now For The Chinese New Year – Year Of Female Water Snake
The Year of the Female Water Snake is poised to make her appearance February 10, 2013.
The snake is known for shedding it’s skin so be prepared to let go of the old and welcome in the new in 2013. Prepare now by making amends with all friends, [...]
Female Water Snake 2013: Facing a Year of Transformation
Not everything you see is what you see it as. It is only how you see it at the moment. – Milton Erickson
‘Nothing is as it seems’ could possibly be a theme for the new Chinese year of the Female Water Snake—2013, as she [...]
Why Your Kids Are Tuning You Out
Modern parenting can make you nostalgic for the good old days.
You know, the days when kids went outside to play and basically didn’t see their mother for a solid eight hours (except when she made them a nutritious bologna sandwich on white [...]
How To Propose On Valentine’s Day!
Should I or shouldn’t I propose on Valentine’s Day?
Well, that’s the question a lot of men are asking themselves right now and as for the women they are wondering . . .
Will he or won’t he propose on Valentine’s [...]
The Only Conversation: Planting Yourself In The Present Moment
We are always having conversations, most of the time, with ourselves.
Although we have a deep need to speak and be heard, there are few who can really listen and actually hear. Even fewer know how to speak their truth in a way that is uplifting [...]
Anyone Buying The Guilt-Free Coke?
The invention of Coca Cola.
When Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton invented Coca Cola in 1886, chances are he couldn’t have imagined that one day in the distant future:
– A major news organization, CNN, would report that [...]
Think Pink—The Color Of LOVE!
Valentine’s day is coming up.
Some of us want chocolate. others want roses or fresh flowers. A few years back, In my younger days, I would have wanted one of those exotic sexy outfits I now see in the windows of those romantic stores. Sassy, [...]
Iron In Your Coffee
Coffee is a love affair for me.
I love the smell, I love the flavor. I love the ritual enjoyed daily making my sacred cup.
But like all love affairs, my obsession with coffee has its dark side, and I’m not talking a roast choice. Coffee, [...]
Things I Learned Never To Assume
Never assume others will care just as much as you do.
Each person has their own priorities. Others are simply too busy to care about anything else besides surviving from one day to another.
Never assume others have good intentions.
There are [...]
Anticipation… “Is Makin’ Me Late, Is Keepin’ Me Waitin'”
Who can forget Carly Simon singing “Anticipation”?
Expectantly waiting for that wonderful night to happen? The state of looking forward to something pleasant is so heady, so delicious that sometimes what you actually experience may be [...]
Convincing A Person To Get Help For Their Mental Health Issues
Getting help.
When I began my struggle with fear and anxiety, the first thing I did was to seek help from a mental health professional. I realized that in order to deal with my fears effectively, I had to educate myself on the techniques that [...]
Running On Empty!
Are we running away from our reality?
Where does everyone rush to? Do we enjoy the passage between our destinations? These are deep questions some of us prefer to ignore and others choose not to answer. Why bother if we can live a simple life; [...]
Dating Is A Matter Of Perspective!
Dating doesn’t have to be complicated.
Yet, the world of dating seems to be more problematical than ever. Staying together appears to be even tougher. Marriage rates are at an all-time low, and divorce rates are at an all-time high.
As of [...]
Adapt to Adversity
Are you able to handle life’s ups and downs?
When hardship strikes, do you have the right tools to endure?
You need resilience to be better equipped to face life’s misfortunes and unforeseen setbacks. Resilience may not be something [...]
Perfect Is The Enemy Of Good!
Why are we so consumed with perfection?
Some of us strive to look perfect, act perfect and finish our tasks at the utmost perfect level and in a fashion that needs no correction. The question is? What is perfect to us? The perception we live [...]
Never Too Old
Some people get to a certain age and begin to write off the future.
They start thinking, “I’m too old to reach my goals.” “If I were going to succeed, it would have happened already.” “Time’s up.”
Don’t throw in the towel too [...]
Motivation In The Workplace
Business leaders and manager at all levels usually agree on one thing.
It’s a constant challenge to keep others in the work environment motivated and productive. This is especially true given the reality that what drives one person, can be [...]
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