Are you interested in information or transformation?

I spend a lot of time reading business and life transformation books and regularly attend seminars with some of the top experts in their fields to increase my knowledge to improve my life and my business. At times, I leave those events on fire to make changes in my life and business but something happens when I get home or back to work. The daily realities seem to push all the insights learned to the background and just never seem to get put into action. Does this sound familiar? How many times have you been to an event and written down a la..
Are you apologizing for joy?

I had to call a government office recently to see if I could reschedule jury duty. When they answered the phone it took them a moment to say hello because they were laughing so hard at something that was going on in the office around them. It truly sounded like a wonderful party was going on. When I asked her why all the laughter, she apologized and said there was a party for someone. For me, there were two things wrong on the start of that call. One, there was laughter at the county clerk’s office and two, she apologized for her joy! I pr..
When did we learn to settle for fine?

Have you ever said, "I'm fine" rather than, "I'm great"? How about when you’ve gone to a restaurant and said the food was fine rather than it's wonderful and yet you kept going back to that same place rather than find another restaurant that had better food and service and perhaps even a better price? Fine to me means that it is just satisfactory. That the experience just meets my minimum requirements for that interaction. I don’t know about you, but I prefer my life to be filled with exceptional experiences whenever possible especially if ..
Who Wants to Play SCRABBLE or Something?

I love Scrabble and have been playing it since I was a little girl. My mom and I would play it all the time and it was played often among my neighbors growing up as well. I remember playing it during the NY blackout of 1977 via candlelight and flashlights and the constant battles at my Aunt and Uncle's house every time I went to visit. You can imagine my surprise then when I asked my Mom and my husband if they wanted to play today. Their response, "we're watching football. We're good." Now I know this is the playoffs and all but they picked ..
Tink or Buzz?

Tink or Buzz? My husband gave me a Tinker Bell toy for Christmas this year. He wanted me to put in on my desk next to my Buzz Lightyear figure. When I asked why, he said that Tink and Buzz represent my two life philosophies. I have always been a big Tink and Buzz fan but never really thought about why. I started to think about it and fell in love with my husband all over again. Let’s start with Buzz. His trademark phrase is “To Infinity and Beyond” Every time I look at the figure on my desk I hear that phrase in my head an..
Up all night. How about you?

Tonight is one of those nights where sleep eludes. Rather than toss and turn and keep my husband up, I chose to go to my home office and catch up on all the things I have not gotten to over the past two weeks. I had good reasons for being behind. My mom had open heart surgery on the 5th for some bad valves. Great reason and you would think I could finally sleep since mom is doing well but sadly, not the case here. Around 3am in the morning I decided to login to Skype and send requests to a few friends I knew had Skype so we could..
Are you buying groceries or ingredients?

Sounds like such a simple question doesn’t it? When I first read that question in Living the Savvy Life by Melissa Tosetti and Kevin Gibbons I felt like I got struck by lightning. Why had I never thought that before? I realized it did not just apply to shopping for food at the local supermarket. Although I have begun shopping for ingredients at the local Publix and my bill has gone down and we have less wasted food! Plus grocery shopping is less stressful and there are fewer trips back for things I need to prepare the meals. When y..
Do you still smell the perfume after you have left the room?

I was speaking to my friend Koya the other day about how our pasts affect how we make decisions in the future. She said, “it’s like when you smell someone’s perfume even after you have left the room. You are not in its presence but it still has an impact on you.” I just loved the analogy because it brings up so many emotions and memories about times I have been hugged by someone who went a little zealous when putting on the perfume and I felt I needed to take a shower to get rid of the smell. What if past experiences and memor..
Why can’t we all just follow instructions?

What is it about instructions that make us all want to just say no? Do we really hate listening to what others show us or tell us to do that much? Even when what they are telling us will make our lives better, easier and will make the programming of the DVR faster? How many of you have opened a box, taken out the instructions for assembly, and immediately put them to the side? Then you went ahead and tried to put the item together, say a bicycle, IKEA furniture or even a new smartphone cell phone? Then, after many hours of frustratio..
“You already knew, only you did not want me to speak it.”

I was watching a really old episode of Stargate SG-1 and that line was spoken. The context was when one person was on trial for something he had done in the past and was being defended by another. It got me thinking. How many times do we know things but refuse to acknowledge them or reject them as false when someone else raises them up to us? As a business owner and consultant I often had to tell clients things we discovered in their business that were not easy things to talk about. And the reverse is I also had to hear things from s..

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Are you interested in information or transformation?

I spend a lot of time reading business and life transformation books and regularly attend seminars with some of the top experts in their fields to increase my knowledge to improve my life and my busin..

Are you apologizing for joy?

I had to call a government office recently to see if I could reschedule jury duty. When they answered the phone it took them a moment to say hello because they were laughing so hard at something that ..

When did we learn to settle for fine?

Have you ever said, "I'm fine" rather than, "I'm great"? How about when you’ve gone to a restaurant and said the food was fine rather than it's wonderful and yet you kept going back to that same pla..

Who Wants to Play SCRABBLE or Something?

I love Scrabble and have been playing it since I was a little girl. My mom and I would play it all the time and it was played often among my neighbors growing up as well. I remember playing it during ..

Tink or Buzz?

Tink or Buzz? My husband gave me a Tinker Bell toy for Christmas this year. He wanted me to put in on my desk next to my Buzz Lightyear figure. When I asked why, he said that Tink and Buzz repr..

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