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It’s an Every Day Decision

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"Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision." -Peter F. Drucker I love that quote.  It's true.  Creating a successful business requires a courageous decision. But after you make that first exciting, courageous decision… you've got to keep making the decision every single day to move forward and succeed. I've got [...]

Allow. Sparkle. Inspire.

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Three words to focus on for 2012. Last year I used the three words strategy (Breathe. Balance. Grow.) and did great focusing on it until we moved half way through the year and I forgot to put the words back up on my bulletin board.  But when I looked back over the year, I realized [...]

Are You Expert Enough?

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Read this.  Remember it. From http://expertenough.com/538/the-expert-enough-manifesto

Better Mistakes?

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Mistakes.  We've all made them. A very smart man once said, "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." ~Albert Einstein And it's true. It's easy to let a fear of making a mistake hold us back and stop us from taking bigger steps forward. "Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you [...]

What’s Your Excuse?

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We've all got them.  Excuses. Mine?  I'm exhausted.  I've got school lessons to take care of for the kids.  I've got a migraine again.  I don't know where to begin and I'm overwhelmed.  I'm shy.  I'm not a good speaker.  I'm not a writer.  I didn't go to college.  Someone else is smarter/better/prettier than I [...]

Just Pause.

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In today’s culture, it’s all about “go, go, go” and “get it done.”  We’re challenged to be superwomen and stay on top of everything that’s on our lists.  Something gets in our way?  We charge right through it! When Catherine invited me to add my voice to a conversation about “The Pause,” my first thought [...]

Looking Past Limits

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When you look at yourself, do you see limits?  Or can you see beyond them? This isn't a short video.  It's 15 minutes long.  And it's worth it. "There has never been, and never will be, anyone who sees, thinks, or responds exactly the way you do. Whether you're revolutionizing physics or making a quilt, [...]

Are You In Your Own Way?

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This is Therese Skelly.  She's been compared to a roto-rooter for the brain, and an eraser for limiting beliefs. Do you ever feel like you're the thing that's stopping you from moving forward?  You're not alone. I get in my own way.  A lot.  Sometimes it's little things.  Other times it's crazy big stuff that [...]

Be Motivated to Make a Difference

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What motivates you in business? I'm fascinated by Richard Branson. I'd bet most entrepreneurs are. He never set out to be a business owner or entrepreneur, struggled with dyslexia, and dropped out of high school. Since then he's built one of the biggest business empires in the world. Last weekend I downloaded his book, "Screw [...]

Is Your Courage Hiding?

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If your courage seems to be hiding out lately, here's some inspiration to encourage it! "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your [...]