Making A Difference?

August 4, 2011

Do you realize what impact just a few people can make?  Do you understand how you can make a significant impact in the lives of other people, your family, your business, company, or sphere of influence?  I think we short sell ourselves.  When you think of the lack of leadership in our government, the economic [...]

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Meaningful Relationships?

July 25, 2011

Find yourself continually perplexed why people distance themselves from others?  For many of us we practice gracious hospitality, are available to others to support them during difficult times and we honestly seek the best interest of others. Why are we in the minority?  Thoughtful consideration of others is becoming rare! When no words of appreciation [...]

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How Inconsistency Affects Your Life!

July 12, 2011

We expect consistency in our lives.  It makes us feel secure, confident and in control of our world.  When things do not go our way or situations change in our life, we experience what is known as “dissonance.”   Dissonance is simply a technical term for the cognitive, emotional, physiological, and behavioral state that arises when [...]

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Becoming Successful

June 25, 2011

  “Can’t sing. Can’t act. Balding. Can dance a little,” read a casting director’s notes after an early audition by Fred Astaire.  And Walt Disney was fired from an early job for not have any good ideas! In one of my sessions a client was quite forthcoming stating that he wanted to be just like [...]

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Frustration In Your Job Search?

June 19, 2011

“Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed.  If it cannot be changed, it must be accepted.” A day does not go by that I am amazed at how people approach their career search.  Looking for a job opportunity is not an easy task these days.  I [...]

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Less Equals More

June 10, 2011

“It must be obvious, from the start, that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity….To put it more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing.”    Alan Watts Most of us are constantly striving for a [...]

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Women In The Workforce

May 19, 2011

Accenture research on women in the workplace generated the Accenture Millennial Women Workplace Success Index, which identified two primary qualities as key to workplace success – the ability to balance personal and professional lives and a job where they can make a difference. Almost all of the respondents in this study – 94% — believed [...]

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Vanishing Middle Class America!

May 9, 2011

The paradoxical nature of relationships gives rise to doubt, suspicion and complacency. Afghanistan takes billions of US dollars and yet tells us that any future actions such as taking out Bin Laden, will be met with “serious consequences?”   And, they are our partners in the war against terror?  Washington politicians bow to the pressure of [...]

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Great First Impressions

May 2, 2011

” You don’t get a second chance to make a good first impression.” When you meet someone for the first time, in only a few seconds, the other person forms a basic opinion of you based on your: Appearance Appropriate Dress Body Language Mannerisms Demeanor Speech With every encounter, another person’s impression of you is [...]

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Loving & Living

April 18, 2011

The first letter in the word Life stands for Love.  One cannot love mankind without first loving himself.  Having a good self concept enables you to love, lead and accept others.  As the scriptures so aptly put it: “Love thy neighbor as thyself!”    The capacity for true love and acceptance is centered in the person [...]

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