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Growing or Dying?

Growing or Dying?

You are either growing or dying. Often when people create their plan for success they focus on business results, physical results and/or personal results.  Do you have a plan for GROWTH right now in your life? We have all heard the saying, “you are either growing or you are dying,” and yet are you purposeful […]

The Key to Permanent Change

The Key to Permanent Change

Getting It Off, Once and For All…  Americans are spending over $60 billion a year in an effort to lose weight.  And most of the investment goes down the drain because two-thirds regain the weight within a year and 97% gain all the weight back within five years (Marketdata Enterprises). The secret to making lasting […]

Fixed or Growth Mindset

Fixed or Growth Mindset

Carol Dweck is a pioneering researcher in the field of motivation.  She has studied our brain’s capacity to learn and solve problems. When presented with a problem that is too hard to solve, she noticed that people react with a “fixed mindset” by thinking they are not smart enough to solve it or with a […]

Everybody Hates Me

Everybody Hates Me

Everybody is a little extreme. Who is everybody?  Can I be 100% confident EVERYBODY hates me?  I think my Mom likes me…at least a little bit. In all seriousness, how often you use words like:  all, nobody, everybody, always, and never? “Everyone is struggling.” “No one is doing well in this economy.” “I always get […]

Emotional Guidance Scale

Emotional Guidance Scale

Have you ever been told you were emotional? I think we all have. All of us can experience a range of emotions every day from joy and hope to frustration, overwhelm or fear.  Negative emotions can be a call to action, telling us something needs to change. When you pay attention to these signals, you […]

Creating a Powerful Culture with 3 Values

Creating a Powerful Culture with 3 Values

Value #1:  Don’t let the fear of making a mistake prevent you from taking action.   The May 25, 2014 New York Times profiled Brett Wilson, C.E.O. of TubeMogul, a video advertising software company. In the interview, Brett talks about three values he created in the company culture which have contributed to their success.  What […]

Your Ideal Client

We have all experienced the “client from hell” but have you experienced your ideal client? The difficult client that is never satisfied regardless of how much extra you do for them; the one who complains incessantly and leaves you feeling inadequate, incompetent, and exhausted. It’s important to recognize you choose to work with clients from […]

Are You Part of the Minority?

Are You Part of the Minority?

The first quarter of 2019 is coming to and end. How are you doing on your New Year’s resolutions? Are you in the majority or the minority? Most people start their year with lofty goals and resolutions and yet, according to research at the University of Scranton, only 8% of those who make New Year’s […]

Stack for Success

Stack for Success

How do you stack? Have you ever had a day when you wake up in the morning and realize the alarm never went off, get out of bed and stub your toe, get in the shower and there is no hot water, get dressed and the shirt you planned to wear is wrinkled, go for […]

The Power Of Momentum

The Power Of Momentum

Momentum is something we all want. Have you noticed that the more you succeed, the more you want to succeed?  And if you think about failing, it often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy?  That is because you either are growing or dying, there is no neutral in life. Everyone is on the success cycle of momentum […]