It is time for Graduation ceremonies. It all starts in preschool, then high school, and for some, on to college. Graduates get certificates from vocational programs and finish apprenticeships. Congratulations if you have a graduate in your family this year! While graduations are important milestones, it is so important to keep on learning […]
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You work hard! There are always details to attend to, and so it is time for you to plan a vacation. Yes, do it. Your inbox will wait, your clients can be rescheduled, but your family can’t. Children grow up before you know it. It is time to make some memories. So here are 5 ways
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Busyness is not better. Work less by working smarter not harder. We have heard these expressions before. But are we listening to the point that we need to focus? If we seek to understand the power of laser focus, we will accomplish much more. The term multitasking is very popular, but not a good way
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Our families are very important. Taking care of them along with our other responsibilities seems to make the days move faster all the time. Is it possible to slow down our lives? It seems to me that people are so overscheduled today that they don’t have time to think. Stress comes from every direction. Both
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Now is the time to make plans for 2016. You may have been thinking of resolutions you could make. Resolutions usually start with good intentions, then many seem to fade away as the year moves on leaving people feeling discouraged. That is no way to start a new year. Instead, how about making
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Please click on the link below to listen to my conversation with M. Shannon Hernandez. She is an author, speaker and writing coach who has been talking to people about living courageously. Our video was not in sync so I am bringing you the audio. https://cdn.blab.im/rec/2f13c2c52c0a4dec89458c51a372a74d/mp3/1a0a9fbabb974813b0e36ad0afb74949.mp3
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Holiday excitement, good or bad, can cause our stress levels to rise. When my children were small, I use to tell them to take off their shoes and let their feet say, “Ahhh”. Shopping, cooking, children home from school, errands, work, long rides with children, celebrations, relatives…all of this may have a compounding effect on
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We are the architects of the memories by which people will remember us. -Michael Hyatt It seems like I just sent out the last newsletter and I keep running into people who can’t believe how fast October has gone. Poof! As we are moving full force into November and turning our clocks back this weekend,
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Must go to the gym…how many minutes till I’m done?..gee, this not much fun, but I have to do it…wonder if I can fit it in today…is this workout really necessary? Fitness is necessary to live a healthy and successful life. What if we reframe our thinking to include fitness as the way that we play?
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When I was a child sometimes when I wanted to ask a question, my dad would say, “Whatever it is, the answer is No!” It was probably when he was right in the middle of something where he was trying to focus his attention. I came across an article this week that talked about how
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