How to Drop the Ego Forever... My journey from realizing that my ego was getting in the way of my life purpose and my success, to making the small shifts and not so small actions to get on the right track was a decades long process. This aspect of my life continues to be a focus as I now mentor and share with others how to drop the ego and change your life. Once I was able to identify my personal issues and work on them in a way that made sense for me, it was like exhaling after being under … [Read more...]
Increase Productivity and Boost Brain Power
How to Increase Your Productivity and Boost Your Brain Power How often do you find yourself feeling bogged down, running on low to no energy, or dealing with foggy memory? Let's discuss some strategies to increase productivity and boost brain power to enhance your life experience. The natural aging progression can be altered by incorporating the following healthy lifestyle choices. Remember, you don’t have to change your life overnight, just take your time adding one healthy choice at a … [Read more...]
Hitting the Pause Button
Power of Pause… Are You Overwhelmed by Your Life? My neighbor Sarah worked hard at a Fortune 500 company. When she accepted a promotion to the executive board, her already hectic life began to feel overwhelming. She was constantly moving from meeting to meeting. She was always thinking about the bottom line, and every project felt more urgent than the last. Even though she had an open-door policy, most of her team members didn’t approach her because she was so stressed. As time went on, … [Read more...]
It’s Your Turn
It's Your Turn to Live, Love, and Create The Tre Cime di Lavaredo peaks in the Dolomite mountains of Italy are picturesque, but they were used for strategy during World War I and even served as the border between Italy and Austria until 1919. Made of dolomite limestone, they allowed for the perfect strategy when Austria attacked Italy in 1916. It was Italy's turn to be victorious and the battle in the Dolomites was like nothing the world had ever seen—or has seen since. Now It's Your Turn … [Read more...]
A Stranger Who Quickly Became a Friend
I lost a friend this week. Her name is Barbara Joanne Winter and she made a great impact on my life, as well as the lives of people all over the world. We first connected in the most magical and serendipitous way. It was on the morning of November 14th, 2012, while we were both in line at the post office in Santa Clarita. I had just made the move to live in Santa Barbara half of my time, so I was tying up some loose ends. Barbara was standing behind me and made a comment about the package … [Read more...]
Manifesting Money and More
It turns out I have a talent for manifesting money and more, including objects of desire such as homes, trips, connections, and many things I didn't even know existed until I started my online business in 2006. Let’s look at seven powerful ways to give your business a money boost. We’ll cover mindset tips and tricks, how to set goals you can reach, hidden fears, negative money mojos, wealth attraction that works, and more. Manifesting money is much simpler than you may think. But even more … [Read more...]
Emotionally Unavailable… Stories
I'm a writer. Perhaps I have always been a writer, but during the decades that I didn't write, or at least not often I thought of myself as more of a storyteller. The concept of being emotionally unavailable is part of a much bigger story that is crucial to the telling of stories, I believe. When I left the world of classroom teaching as my full-time career and real estate - I worked as a listing and sales broker, as well as a residential appraiser on a part-time basis - I realized the value … [Read more...]
Delegating to Grow Your Business
Delegating When You Can to Grow Your Business Exponentially I was reluctant to delegate anything in my business, as I was positive I could do it better myself. That didn't work well, and it certainly didn't allow me to scale my business. Let's discuss delegating to grow your business. My first experience was when I got started online and needed to set up websites, opt-in pages, and more. The frustration exhausted me, yet I was determined to learn it all and save money in the process. When … [Read more...]
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Over Memorial Day Weekend in May of 2015, I found myself in Austin, Texas with people I didn't know well. On one day in particular, the man leading the Mastermind I was in town to attend asked me if I'd like to see the bats under the Congress Avenue Bridge in the downtown Austin area. It was an opportunity for me to buy the ticket and take the ride and I was all in. I smiled and nodded and followed him out of the hotel lobby and in to the street. The cacophony of sounds assaulted my brain … [Read more...]
How I Almost Didn’t Succeed
I've shared the story of how I left teaching and real estate in 2006 and came online to become an online entrepreneur and achieved great success, many times over the past year. But I've omitted a part of my story that I am finally going to tell here. It's a story of hopes and dreams and goals not yet achieved, and a person who was wide-eyed with wonder at the thought of being able to create a business that could be run from home or from wherever in the world one might be, with only a laptop, an … [Read more...]