He was tall and blonde and as he took a step closer it was as though he was preparing to take the stage to give the most important presentation of his lifetime. His oration was delivered in a confident manner, making eye contact with his single audience member. This was a speech that was seventeen years overdue. "His name is Luka and he is my brother. My older brother, and I love him very much." Nick stepped back from the bedside, giving the frail woman a chance to speak. There was a … [Read more...]
Strategies to Fail in a Big Way
10.5 Strategies to Fail in a Big Way Imagine I give you instructions and a map to a goldmine. This map and instructions tell you EXACTLY where the mine is hidden, what to bring to the mine, what to do when you get there and everything you need to know to become rich. You wouldn’t even entertain the idea of finding strategies to fail in a big way at this point, right? But the problem is, you can’t find your own front door. You just keep bumping into walls and bumping into more walls until … [Read more...]
A Life in Three Acts
Why I Think of My Life in Three Acts Recently, I was working on another article for this site and I began writing about my life experience, so far. I think of it as a life in three acts. My first act lasted from birth until age 28, when my first husband passed away after a 14-month battle with leukemia. We married when I was quite young and he had just returned from Vietnam, so in many ways Bob helped raise me as I entered young adulthood. For the next twenty years I found my way in the … [Read more...]
The Same, But Different
Getting Serious is About More Than Productivity Life is not a straight line. Instead, it's a series of steps forward and then back again, then a sideways maneuver that makes total and complete sense at the beginning, but yanks you back in the opposite direction at some point. In order to achieve any one thing, or more specifically your ONE Thing, it's all about productivity and approaching life experiences as being the same, but different. I made this discovery quite by accident. These days … [Read more...]
The Uniform
I sat cross-legged on the bare linoleum kitchen floor, listening to the news on the radio and twirling a few strands of my hair. Patience was not yet one of my virtues. It wasn't as though boredom had enveloped me; more like I was longing for something to pique my curiosity and make this day more interesting. Lois came in from outside, shook off the dust and leaves she'd been tending to, and smiled down at me. "Get up. I've something to show you." She was in a very good mood and I could … [Read more...]
Healthy Productivity and Personal Growth
Is Healthy Productivity and Personal Growth Your Goal? I'm a writer, published author, and relationship marketer. Over the past decade or so I've been on a quest to share my skills and strategies with people all over the world who follow me. Becoming an expert with time management and productivity was only the tip of the iceberg; moving on to teach about action habits and health comes from my personal experiences. Healthy productivity and personal growth go hand in hand, and I'll share what … [Read more...]
Mentorship to Reach Your Full Potential
Mentorship: Why You Need a Mentor to Reach Your Full Potential You may think you can set out on your own in your career or with a new business. You are smart, a good people-person, and you learn quickly. While these are all great attributes to have, remember you start out at the bottom. Even if you go to college, this doesn’t teach you everything you need to know to make it in your chosen field. A mentor can help you to come into your own in this situation. Let's talk more about mentorship to … [Read more...]
Simple Success Strategies
There Are Simple Success Strategies That are Universal in Life and Business Believe That You Create Your Own Luck - Simple Success Strategies You're so lucky! Luck is where preparation meets opportunity and you're approaching the intersection throughout each day. This is the first of the simple success strategies I'll be sharing with you here. Your timing is perfect and you're in the right place at the right time We create our own luck. We do this by understanding that luck occurs when … [Read more...]
Breaking Off the Four Walled Affair
Four Walled No More... The Affair Comes to an End It was bound to come to an end, sooner rather than later. Relationships born of greed and contempt are better left for fictional characters in stories meant to entertain more than nurture. Forewarned, I had become lackadaisical in my teaching efforts. Often, I would wonder who was actually inhabiting my mind and body, as it couldn't be the real me. Breaking out of the four walled affair became my only option. I had taken more psychological … [Read more...]
“Broken Compass” Stories We Tell Ourselves
The day I stopped telling my "broken compass" stories... If you aren't familiar with the phrase, the "broken compass" story is the one we tell ourselves over and over again, based on distorted memories and perceptions that simply aren't true. It's the misguided path we sometimes follow along our spiritual life journey. Mine began to form when I was just a little girl. My parents split up when I was three years old and I took it hard. In retrospect, this paved the way for years of low … [Read more...]