Creative Success Depends on Long View
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What Optimists Do RIGHT
There is a common phrase, “Two LEFT feet.”
Usually this phrase refers to an inability to dance or clumsiness. What it means to me is that sometimes things just don’t go RIGHT.
Recently my friend, Nancy Weil, Founder of the Laugh Academy, [...]
What Are YOU Magnifying?
Hello all!
It is officially the New Year now and some exciting things are on the horizon for us all. I see opportunities, prosperity and abundance headed straight our way in 2013. Some of you may be disagreeing right now and shaking your heads [...]
Obstacles Are Opportunities
Oops, you stumble and fall.
Someone else gets the promotion you craved. The person you love walks away. You are told a woman can’t be a welder. These obstacles, no matter how painful, have a lesson for you. Each scenario, whatever it may [...]
Life Is Special, Figure What’s Best About YOU!
Living your best life starts with knowing and believing what’s “best about you.”
Seeing the good in yourself can affect every area of your life and all of your relationships. As you diligently try to sort through your good [...]
The Year Of Silence
When I awake.
I woke up this morning, took a deep breath, closed my eyes, said a little prayer before I rose up to do my normal routine. When I awake, I lay in the bed and go through what needs to be done for the day in my mind. It’s so [...]
What Advice Would You Give Yourself Long Ago?
I complimented a colleague of mine recently on her icebreaker at a meeting.
She asked everyone to share a quote that has made a lasting impression in our lives. Immediately, the attendees either smiled, laughed, or froze in place at the thought [...]
Is There A Time & Place For An Apology?
It’s all over the news: Lance Armstrong mea culpa for his doping habit in a taped interview with Oprah.
Sounds like it might be a hollow apology doesn’t it? Some have said it’s likely some kind of publicity stunt. Others [...]
Are You Developing Smart Phone Neck?
Um, hello, up here! Hi!
Nobody looks up anymore. Everyone is too busy looking down at their smart phones, laptops and tablets – texting, reading, flirting, browsing, shopping, playing games, watching videos and more. You could be at risk [...]
We Need to “Disarm” Insurance Companies!
The true culprit.
We have heard and read “ad nauseum” about gun control, mental health, parenting, who is responsible for such tragedies as the Newtown, CT shootings, blame, blame, blame. This is insanity. Video games, The [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Here’s a Survival Guide in Five Easy Paragraphs
Life experience.
Some of you have been around the block enough times to know where to avoid the mud and dog poop or when to stop and smell the roses. Others, however, refuse to try a better path so they continue to trip over the same obstacles. [...]
Life’s Not a Competition
As unbelievable as it may sound, you can stop competing with everyone else right now.
Life’s not a competition with others. It’s a competition with yourself. The only one you really have to compete with is you.
Okay, you’ll say, “That’s [...]
Falling in Lust
The Holiday, as it turns out, has become my love barometer.
This Nancy Meyers film tells the story of two women suffering the malady of love who do a home exchange with each other in different countries to get away from it all and each winds [...]
Are You Ready To Speak Your Truth?
“I’m calm, I’m at ease and ready to speak candidly.” Lance Armstrong
Rumors are rife that Lance Armstrong is going to admit to doping in his upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey. It seems very clear he did some doping [...]
5 Steps To Deep Happiness Inside
We are bombarded with a minimum of 70,000 thoughts day and night.
New science suggests that the number of thoughts that we process through our mind now reaches over a million given the frenetic, over stimulated environment we now live in. And, [...]
Looking For Mr. Or Mrs. Right!
A personal success story.
I was in my final year of veterinary school when I joined ChristianMingle and met Jacob, who at the time was 4000 miles overseas inAfghanistan serving with the US Army. Both of us had very busy and stressful schedules [...]
Book Review: One Word That Will Change Your Life By Dan Britton, Jimmy Page & Jon Gordon
I might just get the hang of my New Year’s Resolutions in 2013.
That’s because I didn’t make any!
Instead, I read ONE WORD THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE, by Dan Britton, Jimmy Page, and Jon Gordon. They promise it will take you forty minutes [...]
Book Review: A Flower In The Snow by Tracey Corderoy
Luna and her best friend (polar) Bear belong together like peanut butter and jelly.
They do everything together. They skate, and play and laugh. Luna’s smile sparkles like the snow. Then one day Bear picks a sunshine-yellow flower to give [...]
Martin Luther King Day Of Service Starts At Work
Martin Luther King Day of Service Starts at Work
Did you know that Martin Luther King was only 26 years old when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott? At the age of 35 he won the Noble Peace Prize and at 39, he was slain in Memphis, Tennessee. [...]
Leaning In
I think circumstances that find us at our most alone, while they may be pitch black dark, can be such a blessing.
Is that an odd thing to find? Ok, possibly so. My point is, and I am thinking about my own experience from 2009, that once we [...]
You’re So Wonderful!
Ever have those days when you feel glum or weeks when you feel unappreciated?
I worked very hard getting ready for a nice family visit this past holiday. In addition to reworking my web site, reviewing last year’s business results and making [...]
Your New Year, Your New Moment
Great moments.
Times like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, New Year’s, 4th of July and other special events present you with markers for new beginnings. So much of this culture wraps around traditions that revitalize your mind, heart and [...]
So You’ve Broken Your New Year’s Resolutions…Now What?
It’s now been a few weeks since you set your goals for yourself for the upcoming year.
Maybe you wanted to get in shape or eat healthier. Maybe you intended to manage some aspect of your finances better or start the process (resumes, networking, [...]
Am I A Relationship Masochist?
I dated a man for six months wherein the entire relationship was like an amusement park ride.
It was equal parts screaming and relieved laughter. Very early on I realized that dating him was not going to be a stroll through the park, but rather [...]
The Connection Between Allowing & Happiness
When we are centered in a state of allowing, infinite possibilities become open to us.
However, when we decide exactly how things should be and then try to force it into fruition, we are blocking our greatest good. This is very easy to say [...]
Pinning for Scared Folks Over 40 Part 2
It has only been a few weeks since I started pinning.
Now I want to kick myself and say what was all that pin-phobia about. If you are over 40 and you want to know about social media, it is highly recommended that you ask your children for [...]
A New Year, A New You
I am fascinated by a phenomenon which happens every January.
The local fitness centers fill up with slightly overweight to very overweight folks who have made recovering their fitness one of their goals for the new year. They have shiny new [...]
How’s Your Spirit Working For You?
Listen to the beat of your life.
Is it slow and deliberate or is it quick and snappy, having a rhythm that reverberates to your very soul and makes you over-the-moon happy?
It is so easy to stay in our comfort zone, doing the same things, day [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Plan Your Own Play Day
Local children get all excited when the schools are closed for a snow day.
As an evolving curmudgeon, I snort with scorn because in my day we walked miles through a blizzard for the privilege of going to school so we could postpone our chores [...]
The Power Of Focus
How is your ability to concentrate and keep your thoughts on track with a specific project or venture?
Are you easily swayed by distractions like phone calls, other people who desire immediate attention or who are in calamity mode, or by your [...]
Becoming An Alpha Female
I am great… I am wonderful… I am rich…
When will the thought of the “I am’s” disappear? They won’t! You desire to be better than the next person, correct? Uh-huh. Now that we are off into the year, what [...]
Learning To Dance In The Rain!
Life’s not about waiting for the storm to pass, It’s about learning to dance in the rain. ~ Vivian Greene
Have you ever heard yourself, or someone else ask, When can I see results?
The truth is, we see results all the time, and all results [...]
Leadership, Heroism & Selflessness
2012 marked the passing of some incredible leaders.
A few, like US Army General Norman Schwarzkopf, were public figures. Others, like teacher Victoria Soto or Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung and their Newtown, Connecticut colleagues, [...]
A Solution to the After-Xmas Spending Blues!
Facing Fiscal Reality
OK, I roll back my timeline to when I turned 21 and attended my first legal-to-drink New Year’s Eve party. Actually I don’t really remember the party but I do remember waking up the next day and swearing to never [...]
Possible Impossibilities
What a powerful paradox
I’m a firm believer that nothing is impossible for those who choose to believe that all things are possible! My belief, that there are no impossibilities, removes all mental restrictions from my life. I am free to [...]
Be The Master Of Your Emotions
Do you find that at times your emotions get the best of you?
What do you usually do when you feel that you’re on the brink of a “meltdown”? Maybe you turn to someone else to console you or maybe you self medicate with drugs, alcohol or [...]
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