Archive for the 'Staying Motivated' Category

The Great Purge Of 2010!

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Well, I got back home and reread my previous post to get fired up all over again about getting rid of more stuff. And for a couple of hours that worked really well. Then I got bogged down in the process. My “get rid of it” decision making turned into “well maybe I should keep [...]

Want A Less Complicated Life? Get Rid Of More Stuff!

Monday, July 5th, 2010

I hope your holiday weekend went well. Mine was spent with people I love and that is always wonderful! It was also great to take a few days off and not have to work on my long to-do list. Even with my new practice of scheduling things more productively, there is always so much to [...]

Clear Boundaries Can Be Motivating!

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

I asked for feedback last week on this new “short and sweet” blog format that I am using. About whether you liked it better or preferred my old format with longer posts. The response was generally to test drive the current format for a little longer and see what happens. So at this point, these [...]

Facing A Closed Door? Look For An Open Window!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Last week I was supposed to be working at a special event. A new friend was starting up a monthly Spiritual Breakfast for CEOs and Executive Managers. The format was to have well-known leaders speaking on important topics, and then have small group discussions about how to take the practices that the speaker presented back [...]

Learning in Lake Tahoe!

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Today I am in Lake Tahoe at the second two-day seminar of a year-long process dedicated to getting my business on track. This group started out at somewhere around 45 people but we are down to less than 35 at this point. So between the first and second seminar there was around a 25% dropout [...]

The Only Real Failure Is In Giving Up!

Monday, February 8th, 2010

I’ve been eating a lot of sugar over the past six months. My bad. I’ve gained weight, gotten moody and low energy, and in general seen a downturn in my overall health and wellness. But I haven’t been able to say no to sugar! Other than caffeine, I’ve never been addicted to anything, but when [...]

The Work Goes On!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Senator Ted Kennedy passed away last week and everyone has been writing about his life. As I was reading through all the various articles, I found a quote that was apparently one of his more famous sayings. I looked it up online to find its source and discovered it was from his 1980 Democratic National [...]

The Carrot Or The Stick? More Carrots, Please!

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Motivation is an interesting subject. I input the word into a Google search engine and got almost 70 million results! The most referenced topics (at the top of this long list) included definitions of the term, motivational quotes, how to motivate yourself and others, and how to teach motivation. Obviously the topic has a lot [...]

This Choosing To Be Happy Stuff Really Works!

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

I sold my old house this week! Hurray! I believed it could happen and it did! So I have done my happy dance (short form) in celebration of this accomplishment. And thank you Milford (my real estate agent) – you are absolutely awesome! I am saving another happy dance (long form) for when I finish [...]

Look For Ways To Do More Of What You Love To Do!

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

I have been experimenting with some new recipes this past week. Adjusting ingredients to replace what I am sensitive to with ingredients that I can use. As I have a sensitivity to yeast and thus should avoid all fermented foods and regular sugar, this can be challenging. However, my experiments so far have turned out [...]