"What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"~Mary Oliver
Your life is not a dress rehearsal. Are you living the life that YOU want or are you living the life others want for you? Why do we allow others to dictate to us how we can live?
Think for a minute about your plan for your one wild and precious life. What? You don't have a plan? When you don't have a plan, you fall into other people's plans for you. And do you know what they have planned for you, NOT MUCH! They will try to hold you down. They will try to make you do what they want, instead of what you want. They will try to keep you from succeeding so they can feel good about themselves.
Create a plan right now, what YOU want to do! And then go out and do it. We all have one wild and precious life but few of us are really living it wildly or looking at life as precious.
Start living your wild and precious life, NOW!
"What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
What Are You Asking For?
"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."~Oprah Winfrey
Do you have the courage to ask for what you really want? Really? Why have you settled for less than the best? Sometimes we believe that we are not worthy of the best that is possible...WRONG!!!
"The place for the thing you want is currently being occupied by what you've settled for."
Think about that for a minute. Want new clothes? Empty out your closet. Want a new car in the garage? Get rid of your old clunker...too late for cash for clunkers...
Stop settelling for less than the best. Have the courage to ask for what you want.
And ask for the best!
"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."
Do you have the courage to ask for what you really want? Really? Why have you settled for less than the best? Sometimes we believe that we are not worthy of the best that is possible...WRONG!!!
"The place for the thing you want is currently being occupied by what you've settled for."
Think about that for a minute. Want new clothes? Empty out your closet. Want a new car in the garage? Get rid of your old clunker...too late for cash for clunkers...
Stop settelling for less than the best. Have the courage to ask for what you want.
And ask for the best!
"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Who Are You?
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself."~Audrey Hepburn
Who are you? Really, who are you? Not what you do but what makes up who you are? In business are you authentic or are you playing the "business game?" Are you a second rate version of someone else? Why?
In this new economy, authenticity will be key to growing your business. So I ask again, Who are you? When I ask this question at networking events, people give me a blank stare and start to tell me what they do. We've been trained to say what we do, but nobody asks about the person.
People buy from people. They don't buy from companies, stores, online...they buy from people. People that they know, like and trust.
Think about the question again...Who are you? When you come up with a good answer, start telling everybody who you are. You will find that business will come flocking to you when you are authentic and you let everyone else see that authenticity.
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself."
Who are you? Really, who are you? Not what you do but what makes up who you are? In business are you authentic or are you playing the "business game?" Are you a second rate version of someone else? Why?
In this new economy, authenticity will be key to growing your business. So I ask again, Who are you? When I ask this question at networking events, people give me a blank stare and start to tell me what they do. We've been trained to say what we do, but nobody asks about the person.
People buy from people. They don't buy from companies, stores, online...they buy from people. People that they know, like and trust.
Think about the question again...Who are you? When you come up with a good answer, start telling everybody who you are. You will find that business will come flocking to you when you are authentic and you let everyone else see that authenticity.
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself."
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Have to or Want to
"It's always so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to."~Annie Gottlier
What a great quote. Do you realize when you struggle, most of the time it's because you believe that you HAVE to? It may not be there case, but you believe it. Think back to your last struggle. Was it because your didn't want to do it?
How can you change your mind about how you feel? Do you ever think about that? The best way I feel is to have an internal conversation with you nattering nabob of negativity. As you have this conversation, when the negative comes up again, say "Thank you for sharing, but I reject that idea." That's all. the more you tell your subconscious that you acknowledge the feeling but reject the belief, it will become less powerful over you until one day, it will be gone.
What a great thought, all I have to do to make it easy is to want to do it!
"It's always so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to."
What a great quote. Do you realize when you struggle, most of the time it's because you believe that you HAVE to? It may not be there case, but you believe it. Think back to your last struggle. Was it because your didn't want to do it?
How can you change your mind about how you feel? Do you ever think about that? The best way I feel is to have an internal conversation with you nattering nabob of negativity. As you have this conversation, when the negative comes up again, say "Thank you for sharing, but I reject that idea." That's all. the more you tell your subconscious that you acknowledge the feeling but reject the belief, it will become less powerful over you until one day, it will be gone.
What a great thought, all I have to do to make it easy is to want to do it!
"It's always so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to."
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Unwilling Service
"Unwilling service earns no thanks."
Are you providing 'unwilling service'? Why, because you get a paycheck? Stop providing unwilling service to anyone. It does them no good and it really doesn't do you any good.
If you don't have your clients bests interests at heart, you're providing unwilling service. Are you providing them with something they don't need anymore? Is there something else that you could provide them with?
Make sure that the service you provide to your clients is what they want. How do you know what they want? ASK THEM! Yes, ask them if what you are providing is doing the job for you. They will tell you and who knows, you might even get a testimonial or two out of it. That way, you don't need to tell other people how great you are, you just let the testimonials do that for you.
"Unwilling service earns no thanks."
Are you providing 'unwilling service'? Why, because you get a paycheck? Stop providing unwilling service to anyone. It does them no good and it really doesn't do you any good.
If you don't have your clients bests interests at heart, you're providing unwilling service. Are you providing them with something they don't need anymore? Is there something else that you could provide them with?
Make sure that the service you provide to your clients is what they want. How do you know what they want? ASK THEM! Yes, ask them if what you are providing is doing the job for you. They will tell you and who knows, you might even get a testimonial or two out of it. That way, you don't need to tell other people how great you are, you just let the testimonials do that for you.
"Unwilling service earns no thanks."
Monday, August 24, 2009
Experience All of Life
"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."
~John W. Gardner
What are you trying to erase from your life? Why? We need to learn to experience ALL of life and not just the good times. Why? Because when you experience the bad times, it makes the good times that much sweeter. As silly as this sounds, I'm just re-learning this again.
There were certain things in my life that I tried to erase. But you really can't erase them, you just try to hide them so deep that they would never see the light of day. I tried to remember only the good but without the bad, the good didn't seem as good as I remember it. Why? Because I was taking the easy way out and not experiencing ALL of life. I thought that if I just remembered the good, everything would be alright...WRONG!!
The reason we haven't been given an eraser is that Life is a series of Moments. Live in the present moment and let go of the past. Let go any labels you've assigned to yourself or others and be present. Have fun and make this moment, your best moment.
One of my favorite quotes is "Wherever you are, BE THERE!" Learn from the past and let it go. Be in the moment, this moment. That is something worth striving for and remembering...
"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."
~John W. Gardner
What are you trying to erase from your life? Why? We need to learn to experience ALL of life and not just the good times. Why? Because when you experience the bad times, it makes the good times that much sweeter. As silly as this sounds, I'm just re-learning this again.
There were certain things in my life that I tried to erase. But you really can't erase them, you just try to hide them so deep that they would never see the light of day. I tried to remember only the good but without the bad, the good didn't seem as good as I remember it. Why? Because I was taking the easy way out and not experiencing ALL of life. I thought that if I just remembered the good, everything would be alright...WRONG!!
The reason we haven't been given an eraser is that Life is a series of Moments. Live in the present moment and let go of the past. Let go any labels you've assigned to yourself or others and be present. Have fun and make this moment, your best moment.
One of my favorite quotes is "Wherever you are, BE THERE!" Learn from the past and let it go. Be in the moment, this moment. That is something worth striving for and remembering...
"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."
Sunday, August 23, 2009
How to Win
"Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail."~Aesop
Force and bluster are the hallmarks of the 90's, but they no longer work. Have you found this to be true? They worked as little as 9 months ago, but no longer. People are re-awakening to their real selves and are finding that they don't like force and bluster...for the most part.
How are you treating your customers, potential clients and others. (See previous post) Are you finding that bluster doesn't work anymore? How have you adapted to this? What have you done differently? What have you learned through this?
Challenge yourself to think this through. Even if you think that you weren't forceful or blustery, see how you may have been, even without your conscious knowledge.
Gentleness and kind persuasion win. How have you been gentle with your clients? Have you used kind persuasion or hard persuasion. I irritate some people but it is with kindness that I do it. If they take it wrong, who's challenge is that? Most people will not change unless they are irritated, at least a little. Experience the irritation. Expand your thinking. Grow!
"Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail."
Force and bluster are the hallmarks of the 90's, but they no longer work. Have you found this to be true? They worked as little as 9 months ago, but no longer. People are re-awakening to their real selves and are finding that they don't like force and bluster...for the most part.
How are you treating your customers, potential clients and others. (See previous post) Are you finding that bluster doesn't work anymore? How have you adapted to this? What have you done differently? What have you learned through this?
Challenge yourself to think this through. Even if you think that you weren't forceful or blustery, see how you may have been, even without your conscious knowledge.
Gentleness and kind persuasion win. How have you been gentle with your clients? Have you used kind persuasion or hard persuasion. I irritate some people but it is with kindness that I do it. If they take it wrong, who's challenge is that? Most people will not change unless they are irritated, at least a little. Experience the irritation. Expand your thinking. Grow!
"Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail."
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