Settle for more. I have a piece of artwork up that says that very thing. It reminds me to be disciplined with doing less to have more. More time, more space, more enthusiasm for life and what I bring to it. With the increase of owning time as my ultimate wealth, everything else flows from this thought. With an abundance…
Have you ever said, “when I have/reach______________ I’ll be happy (or successful or better)”? If so, let me be the first to say there is no “there.” You’re delaying your joy until some external event happens. Denial of today’s happiness is a great price to pay for the temporary happiness tomorrow brings. The unspoken message you’re repeatedly sending to yourself…
In yesterday’s blog I shared how self-care practices (taken one step at a time) have helped me get out of a rut at different points in my life. Today I’m sharing a few more – try them! Getting out of a rut is a process that times time. Be patient and kind with yourself and know that even small progress…
Have you ever felt like you were in a rut or experiencing a particularly low point in your life? It’s times like these when we feel down, hopeless, and stuck. This can run the spectrum of significance, such as being bored at work to grieving the death of a family member or friend, but the symptoms are the same. We…
I was in a room with people just like me recently. We were asked to describe ourselves and the facilitator captured our comments as we ideated. She worked to buff and polish our language and made it positive as many of the comments were self-deprecating, yet accurate. What we all shared is a maximizing mindset. It’s natural to expand opportunities,…
Change can be hard. It requires a letting go of what was while embracing what is possible and could be improved. Too often, our thinking is skewed to keeping things as is – especially if we believe it’s working for us. Our fixed thinking is what makes it hard, not the change itself. Change doesn’t have to be hard. When…
Everything in life is temporary. Reminding ourselves of the impermanence we live in is critical during challenging times and essential during the exceptional times. To recalibrate your attitude, reactions, and grace you extend to others during difficult times is more accessible when you remember how short this thing called life really is. What if we treated every interaction as if…
Going slow to go fast works. When you slow down, focus, and simplify, things are smoother. When you focus, you go faster. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Let’s go slow to go fast.
I love to dance. When the opportunity arises, I’m in. It doesn’t matter whether I’m tired, it’s been a long day, or I have the time – music, specifically the high energy kind – changes my mood and redirects everything to action for me. Time disappears, friends on the dance floor are made easily, joy and laughter flow. It’s like…
When things aren’t working, you have three choices. You can live with it, end it or change it. I learned this from Gino Wickman. Complaining about it isn’t going to help, though many people seek new audiences to share the same story, politicking their way through a situation and causing harm to all parties involved. Pausing to sort the facts…