Posted in Books, OnGrowing, personal development on November 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Donna Karlin posted a new OnGrowing Challenge over on Transformational Girlfriends. She wrote,
” my challenge for this week is, what book are you going to start reading with the intention of finishing it?”
For me, finding a book to read is never a challenge (the clerks at Borders and the librarians at the county library all know [...]
Posted in Reflections on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s Thanksgiving here in the US, and I wish all my readers a most happy and bountiful Thanksgiving.
I’d like to share a piece written by my friend John Dealey. Enjoy!
The Story and Spirit of THANKSGIVING
Originally, about 200 colonists had started to make the crossing to America in two ships, the Speedwell and Mayflower. However, after [...]
Posted in Failure, Reflections, Success, Thinking Differently, tagged , Failure, risk, Scott Berkun, Success on November 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
On the Thinksimplenow blog there’s a post on the 7 Habits of Highly Innovative People, and one of the habits includes:
‘Commit to Failure’ - “Commit yourself to taking enough risks that you will fail some of the time. If you’re not failing, we’re not doing something sufficiently difficult or creative.” -Scott Berkun
Coincidentally, on a [...]
Posted in Success, personal development, tagged Andrew Carnegie, Hill, Napoleon, Success, Think and Grow Rich on November 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve always been a fan of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”. Imagine my surprise when I was surfing the web and found a clip of him on Youtube! Here it is for your enjoyment:
Posted in Choices, Overwhelm on November 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Over on Transformational Girlfriends, Susan wrote a post about surviving the holiday season with great suggestions on how to decrease the stress.
I find that for so many folks I work with, the pressure of the holidays (ho ho, oh no) is often about trying to create a fantasy holiday that no lesser human than Martha [...]
Posted in Choices, Reflections on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I was having a conversation with a dear friend (Joan Emery) this evening and the conversation turned to things we did that really neither served us, nor made use of our strengths. Now, no one would know that some things that we did weren’t our strengths, because to the outside world we appear [wink] invincible. But, nonetheless, [...]
Posted in Choices, Thinking Differently on November 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It seems to be a day for tagging and being tagged. I was tagged by Donna Karlin for the “Think Different Challenge“.
Ironically, just this morning I was having a conversation with someone around how your thinking colors your actions. If I think that someone is going to give me a hard time (returning something to a store, [...]
Posted in Choices, OnGrowing, personal development on November 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Ever looking for the next way to challenge ourselves, Donna Karlin and I have decided to create an OnGrowing Weekly Challenge to let people share how they deal, cope, thrive and grow in their lives.
Our first challenge is: “Who are you giving your personal power away to and how are you going to take it back?” [...]
Posted in Reflections on November 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Nobody sets out to do a bad job. I don’t think anyone wakes up and says, today I am going to slack off. Thomas Leonard used to say (and I’m paraphrasing here) that everyone is doing their best, even when they’re not.
Think about it. That waiter who spills the water on you, and forgets to bring [...]
Posted in Happiness on November 9, 2007 | No Comments »
I was talking with my friend Bobette Reeder this morning. Her son is getting married this weekend, and she went with him to pick up the Tuxedos. She said it was an almost surreal (and very happy) experience. There she was, watching her son…now a man…getting all the tuxedos for HIS wedding, and she was remembering [...]
