Depending on What you Focus On #99 My friend Cindy is a master gardener. I am not. I appreciate great landscaping, though I don’t find it gratifying to do the maintenance, nor do I have the vision for the outdoors in the way she does. When we moved into a home with land, I had no real idea what was…
Will You Hang in There? #98 Puzzles. They are great activities if you want time together with opportunity to laugh, talk or sit in silence working while being together. People love or hate them. I love them. We found a particularly difficult puzzle while in Iceland, and are as a family challenged to complete it. Too many pieces fit together…
You Can Stay Home for That #97 Today was a wonderful, unique surprise. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we’re doing a family vacation with a smorgasbord of events we’ve chosen from each of our family member’s lists. With our daily event(s), we also include lake time and relaxation. With a forecast of rain almost daily (☹), this may be…
A Skill We All Need to Master #96 We’re on a staycation with family this week. It’s terrific. Our process to create the week and events we’ll attend has been as fun as the beginning of the fun. We are grateful to have lake fun every day, but beyond that we wanted to create an experience with memories we’d cherish.…
Living in Between #95 It’s challenging (HELL) to be in limbo. I struggle with it. There is no “there.” Life keeps happening and there are infinite twists, turns and unexpected opportunities. I don’t like that. I’m a control freak. I like to believe I am in charge and can set the course of all that is to happen. Wrong. I…
The Only Thing Between You and Bliss #94 When things change it opens the space. Space in your mind, your environment, your beliefs and your possibilities. You can focus on what you’re losing, what’s going away, how “hard” it will be or what you don’t like about the changes. You can also focus on what you’re gaining, what’s emerging, how…
Not Today #93 When you get clear on things you say “yess” and “no” better. Historically, I’ve not been good at saying “no.” My company is named “YESS!” which explains a lot. It’s been an issue. The good news is, I have a great team who strongly suggested I learn to say “no” more frequently as a commitment. You see,…
Visionaries Get a Bad Rap #92 Visionaries get a bad rap. On one hand, they are hyper focused at times and then also appear scattered and unfocused. They don’t follow through – except when and where it counts. They are great starters, not always great finishers. They are inspirational, influential, and intense. They are the people who can find the…
No Dread Necessary #91 When you have something to do and it’s not on your list of favorites (or you even dread it, like I did moving this weekend) how do you make it more motivating to get it done? Hire it out if you can afford it. There’s so much you can delegate these days to people who love…
Talent is Hard to Find #90 Only 7% of your communication is the words you choose, yet we spend our time crafting the perfect words for our presentations, pitches and difficult conversations. Don’t get me wrong, the words are important. They’re just not as important as we make them. 93% of what matters is not the words. It’s the other…