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We Are The Rememberers
I was in a meeting the other day at the Family History Library, which has the largest shared family tree database in the world, when someone giving a presentation surprised the person with me by playing an audio file for her that they’d located in the database. Watching the immediate reaction of her hands shooting […]
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A Great Little Confidence Building Trick
How others see you isn’t important. How you see yourself is everything. What’s cool about that is you can replace the picture in your head of how you see yourself today with the picture of how you wish you were and then be that person! I use that trick all the time when I am […]
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God Doesn’t Care If You Serve In Marble Halls Or Stable Stalls
Today I had meetings with a non-profit organization called Bridle Up Hope that helps to build self-esteem and self-confidence in young women through teaching them to work with horses in combination with learning Sean Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens principles. This organization s making a huge impact in the lives of many young […]
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Totally Technology Dependent
I forget how totally dependent my life is on technology until something stops working and it sends my world into total chaos. When I found out today that my email server hadn’t been sending or receiving a bunch of emails I about lost my mind! Not only that but the emails I sent to people […]
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With A Great Team The Unimaginable Suddenly Becomes Very Imaginable
In September of 2017 I formed a brand new National Advisory Board for Utah Valley University’s Woodbury School of Business at the request of UVU President Matthew Holland (an amazing man who left UVU last year to serve as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). I was able to […]
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My BEST Tips for Meeting BIG Deadlines
Because I’m busy conducting the big board conference tonight I asked my daughter Ashley if she would write a blog post for tonight – Ashley’s been working hard to help me pull this conference together and when she sent her blog post over to me I thought, “If only I’d read her advice in this […]
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If Anything Is Worth Doing, Do It With All Your Heart
“If Anything Is Worth Doing, Do It With All Your Heart.” – Buddha That advice in Buddha’s quote has been both a blessing and a curse in my life. It’s a blessing in that I have followed it religiously – if I do something I give it 100% and then some. I jump in fully […]
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It’s Hard To Appreciate It Fully Until It’s You Doing It
For over 20 years I’ve been serving on the boards of numerous Universities. And each year, twice a year, the Universities hold board conferences for their board members to come together and hear updates on what is happening at the school, hear students and faculty present, have a dinner or lunch and often an event. […]
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Consider Just A Few Options, Then Pick One And Move Forward
Is there such a thing as too many options? Are too many options a bad thing? Are 31 flavors of ice cream better than 3? Do you want paper, or plastic, or the green reusable shopping bag? Do we want kiddie sized, regular sized, medium sized, or super-sized meals? There are a million options every […]
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Finding Awesome In Your Life
Over the weekend was interviewed on called Great Life, Great Career with Scott Miller which is sponsored by FranklinCovey aired on iHeartRADIO. I am a huge fan of the FranklinCovey organization and have been since I was a young woman. The book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People written by Stephen R. Covey was a […]
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You Lose When You Cheat To Win
Today and tomorrow I am attending the BYU Wheatley Institution, Ethics & Integrity Advisory Council meeting. I have just been asked to be the Co-Chair with four star General Robert C. Oaks who is also a former General Authority for The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints. Teaching and promoting Integrity and Ethics in […]
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Fail Upwards Baby!
(Guest post from Dalton Anderson) If I were to write a book on my life, the title will definitely be “Failing Upwards”. I define failing upwards as using the lessons life teaches you to improve your situation. For me, that’s been a whole lot of failures that have taught me and prepared me for the […]
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No One Is Successful And Brilliant From The Get-Go
I’ve had some amazing successes in my business life – but I certainly didn’t start out successful. And I’ve had my fair share of strokes of brilliance along the way – but I definitely didn’t start out brilliant. The truth is that when I first started out I was anything but successful or brilliant…I was […]
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Resolve What You Will Do While You Are Still In The Moment
This last Sunday I attended a meeting in which BYU President Kevin Worthen spoke. He covered several topics but there was one suggestion in particular that he gave that really struck me and I knew I had to share it with all of you: He shared that when you hear a speaker talk that inspires […]
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The Worst Part About Growing Up
“The worst part about growing up is seeing your parents growing old.” – unknown My husband’s parents live up in Idaho and as soon as the cold weather comes each year they love to take a road trip to go somewhere down south its nice and warm. On their way down south they always stop […]
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What AWESOME Looks Like now available in ebook on Amazon Kindle
January 29, 2019 the hardcopy of my book “What AWESOME Looks Like: How To Excel in Business And Life” was released. And I’m happy to announce that today, the ebook Kindle version of my book was released on Amazon.com. You can download your copy of the ebook version on Amazon.com here: https://www.amazon.com/What-Awesome-Looks-Like-Business-ebook/dp/B07PB1FKXB The ebook versions […]
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If You Hold A Cat By The Tail You Learn Things You Cannot Learn Any Other Way
“If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.” – Mark Twain Today was closing day for my son and his wife on their first home. It’s a starter home that will require some fixing up before they will be able to move in, but once we […]
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Advice For The Overwhelmed
Today was one of those days where when it comes to an end you just want to curl up in a ball and cry because you’ve had one thing after another pile on you so fast and furious you don’t even feel like you have time to breathe, let alone catch a potty break or […]
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Channel Your Inner Child And Dream Again
(Guest blog post written by Ashley Anderson Hill) : The Magic of Disney Over the holiday weekend my husband and I went with a couple of friends to the one… the only… (drumroll please) …DISNEYLAND! 🙂 #happiestplaceonearth Upon arrival, and after what felt like a 5,000-hour road trip, we decided to hit up the magical street […]
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Time Is A Precious Commodity
We realize the value of our time more and more the older we get…perhaps because we become keenly aware that the time we have left is growing less and less… The irony is that our time right now is, and always has, held the very same value – a minute has always been worth a […]
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If You Want to Increase Your Creativity, Quit Following the Manual
(Guest blog written by Dalton Anderson) I watched “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” recently and I highly recommend that movie. If you enjoyed the first movie, I think you’ll thoroughly enjoy the second. It was—AWESOME! And speaking of the first Lego Movie, it gave me an idea for a blog and since my […]
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The Meaning Of Colors And How Colors Can Inspire Us
We all have favorite colors – our favorite colored shirt we wear, our favorite color of car, etc. Color become our favorites because they make us feel a certain way or they come to represent something in our lives. Colors can become a great source of meaning and inspiration for us. Anyone who visits my […]
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It May Not Be Your Fault, But It Is Your Responsibility
You may not have caused this problem yourself, but it is your job to do something about it, especially when you hold any kind of a leadership or management position. Management means that you are responsible for everything – whether you personally made the mistake or not – you still have to own the responsibility […]
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Life Gives To All The Choice.
“Life gives to all the choice. You can satisfy yourself with mediocrity if you wish. You can be common, ordinary, dull, and colorless if that is what you want. Or you can channel your life so that it will be clean, vibrant, progressive, useful colorful and rich.” – Spencer W. Kimball I have never been […]
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What A Genuine Smile Will Do For You
Did you know that the habit of smiling can make you happier in life? Well it can! Here is an excerpt from an article that was published back in 2009 that proves it! (I’m not sure who wrote it but it’s awesome!): “A recent study found that a habit of genuine smiling may contribute to […]
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Some Heart Healthy Goodness
Many years ago I was asked to chair an event for the American Heart Association’s national movement to end heart disease and stroke in women known as Go Red For Women. It was a fabulous event and we brought in the incredibly beautiful and absolutely charming Joan Lunden to be our keynote speaker. At the […]
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Are You Prepared For Valentines Day?
When I was a little kid in elementary school I LOVED Valentine’s Day because in the days leading up to it, each of us kids in my elementary school class would bring a cardboard box or an old Quaker Oats canister from home and we got to decorate it to make it look like a […]
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Learn From The Wisdom Of Those Who Have Experience
“When you are willing to listen and learn, some of life’s most meaningful teachings come from those who have gone before you. They have walked where you are walking and have experienced many of the things you are experiencing. If you listen and respond to their counsel, they can help guide you toward choices that […]
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Getting Over A Painful Experience Is Much Like Crossing Monkey Bars
“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” – C.S. Lewis Last week was a difficult one, but this week my grandson is out of the hospital and he’s back home again with his parents and he appears […]
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Jesus Will Make It Grow Back
When my son Dalton was a little boy, for some reason he could not grow bangs. His hair would grow on top and on the sides and in the back, but it just wouldn’t grow in the front. So for the first few years of his life I kept him in baseball caps to disguise […]
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