Motivation
Planting for the Future
“The first principle of success is desire-knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.” -Robert Collier
A colleague of mine shared this story with me knowing that I would love it. And, of course I do! Whatever you plant now…will eventually grow. Determining how to proceed in life and organizing a plan is [...]
Making Promises
As we try to weather the economic situation we all are experiencing…most of us for the first time in our lives…I want to share some encouraging words…promises to yourself…to hopefully help to stay positive and optimistic.
This is the Optimist’s Creed as found on the Secret website.
I promise myself
To be strong that nothing can disturb my [...]
Leader vs. Manager
“Managers are people who do things right. Leaders are people who do the right thing.” –Warren Bennis
As I was searching the internet for a quote on leadership to, I came across this great promotional piece. I could write a dozen blog entries from this page…and probably will. There are some great points noted-including from [...]
I’m baaaaack!!!
“I’m baaaaaack!”- Arnold Schwarnager
Hello everyone! I am back from two months of maternity leave. Wow!! I had all these plans of everything I was going to get done…I got alot of them done but not without lots of planning around naps and feedings. But, it felt wonderful to check just about everything off that list!!!
And, [...]
Guest Blogger shares her motivation for weight loss and controlling her destiny!
Guest Blogger Dominique…check out her blog here. And, check out her Before/After pictures below. She has a motivational story we all can learn from.
A few months ago Maryann requested me to write a guest blog entry on my recent weight loss and what keeps me motivated. My initial thought was, well it has to [...]
Creativity at it’s best
“Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.” - Bernard Mannes Burach
As most of my loyal readers know…I am gearing up for the biggest job of my life…I am having my first child in 5 weeks! I [...]
Different strokes for different folks
”Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.” -Nikita Khrushchev
I am sharing another thought from one of my favorites-Brian Kim. I completely agree that different incentives motivate people. Whether it’s money, status, family time, fear etc. The key is figuring out what incentives motivate you and put them in action [...]
TV vs Doing!
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“Your self-image controls your performance; see yourself as confident and in complete control.” –Brian TracyFrom Brian’s blog…”When people say to me: “How do you do so many things?” I often answer them without meaning to be cruel: “How do you do so little?” It seems [...]
A Mother’s Day Surprise from Yours Truly
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“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.”
– Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln must have had one hell of a Mom!!! He was our 16th President, famous for the Emancipation Proclamation and delivered the Gettysburg Address (to name a few). His [...]
Open the door!
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“When the door of happiness closes, another one opens: but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” - Helen Keller
Don’t stare, don’t knock…walk through. It takes courage but walking through the first [...]
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