The older I get, the more sure I am that our friendships are an important part of life. They can be powerful and influential relationships. Unlike family, we choose our friends. Because we get to choose our friends, friendships become a mirror reflecting back how healthy, happy and empowered we are living our lives.
Children have [...]
The other evening as I was leaving my office, I realized that I often take for granted how much I actual get done in a day.
Some days as I’m turning out the light at my desk, I wonder where the day has gone and what did I do with all my time. Did I waste [...]
We all have our emotional ups and downs – that’s life. The key is what we choose to do when the “down” days hit us hard. When we can’t seem to do the things that we know we should be doing or even those things we really enjoy doing.
I’m not talking about depression; I’m talking [...]
How often do you make time to tell and show the people you love and respect (including yourself) how grateful you’re feeling?
Today is the perfect time to begin practicing the “art” of gratitude.
Here are a few suggestions:
1. Begin and maintain a gratitude journal. Here’s a wonderful place to begin collecting the positive memories of those [...]
I have a new VIP MasterMind Group forming June, 2010 – come join me!
Take a listen and look. You’ll want to join other success-oriented and like-minded women who have decided to take themselves and their business to the next success level. http://www.goingforsuccess.com
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My philosophy is: Why reinvent the wheel? If we can learn from highly successful women who had a vision and turned that vision into a multi-million reality, I say we’d be crazy not to listen and learn.
This is one of my favorite success stories: Roxanne Quimby of Burt’s Bees.
From living without electricity in 1984 to earning [...]
I had a great discussion yesterday on my Women Enjoying Success radio show with Performance Coach Janet Hilts about the destructiveness of perfectionism. It started me thinking about myself – I call myself a recovering perfectionist. It’s such a hard road to go down, having to be perfect.
You’re going to want to listen to the [...]
I’m fascinated with what we can learn from the “guide books” that influenced our great grandparents, grandparents and even our parents. Are we still influenced by Emily Post today? Let me know what you think . . .
ETIQUETTE IN SOCIETY, IN BUSINESS, IN POLITICS AND AT HOME
BY EMILY POST (MRS. PRICE POST)
Funk & Wagnalls Company
New York [...]
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The third and final part of our Secrets of Success series is the power of Dedication. I’m talking about the unwavering dedication you’ll be making to your successes. You know, the type of dedication that [...]
You know I love history, especially when it shows us how women were “educated” to act in society and business. The following advice is straight out of Etiquette, by Emily Post published in 1922. This classic book set the standard for how “ladies and gentlemen” were to behave in proper society. Emily Post’s book had been the etiquette gold standard [...]
