Think back to the last time you left home without your phone. Did you go back to get it or were you able to carry on without it? I can’t remember the last time I left home without my phone. Smartphones are incredible tools that allow us to carry our entire lives in the palm […]
Make Every Day a Great Day – 7 Ways to Take Back Your Morning
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” ― Annie Dillard I’m going to break this down further and say that how we spend our mornings is how we spend our days. How are you spending those precious first moments? If you were to ask me this question seven years […]
Is this way of thinking limiting your freedom? – Learning to Think Long Term
What has been the single most important factor to your success in life? If you were to ask my husband, Jer, he would tell you that it was changing the way he sees time. Growing up, he was most concerned with what was happening that day or week. But as he grew older, he began […]
Just Stop It – A New Mantra to Achieve Your Goals
As we count down the final weeks of the year, many of us are planning what we want next year to look like. We’re setting goals, creating lists and getting excited to make next year the best year. But there’s one mistake that prevents us from achieving our goals. That mistake is adding new […]
Rethink Resolutions – 5 Tips to Finally Get What You Want
Can you believe that we’ll enter into a new year in four short weeks? As another year comes to a close, it’s a great time to reflect on what went well, what we could do better, and anything we might need to adjust. We look forward to a fresh start and many of us resolve […]
Fire Up Your Freedom by Uncovering What Motivates You
Have you ever stopped to think about what motivates you? Are you motivated by punishment or reward? Does your motivation come internally or externally? Maybe it’s a combination or depends on the situation. I don’t think that one way is better than the others. Like anything, they all have their advantages and disadvantages. Our freedom […]
How to be CONTAGIOUS and make your ideas catch on
Every one of us has a message to share. Messages aren’t exclusive to marketers, writers, speakers, bloggers, and the like. Messages are shared by parents, teachers, friends, salesmen, engineers, and well, everyone. Your message is important and you want to be heard, but how do you break through in this noisy world? Sometimes I […]
8 Ways to Avoid Information Overload (AKA – Analysis Paralysis)
Do you ever stop to think about how lucky you are to be alive during this period of history? We have access to all of the information we could ever want and most of it is free. But as with all good things, more isn’t necessarily better. Information overload is something that I have always […]
Halfy New Year – 7 Steps to Relaunch Your Goals
We’re six months into the New Year. How are you doing on the goals and resolutions you set? Every day is a great day to review the goals we set for ourselves. Monthly, quarterly and half-year reviews give us a bird’s eye view of how we’re doing on our long-term goals. If you’re like me, […]
The Power of Focus – Do More by Doing Less
If you’re like me you probably have a long list of things you would like to do. At times, you might feel like you’re not making progress toward any of them. During these moments, I like to step back and focus. I imagine this isn’t earth shattering news. But for some reason, it’s something I need […]