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Channel Your Inner SuperHero – Expand Your Self-Concept

Apr

Our self-concept is made up of two things. The picture of ourselves performing today, and the picture of our ideal self – the person we want to become. The beautiful thing about our self-concept is that we can choose to replace the current picture of ourselves with the picture of who we want to be [...]

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Why Me? (Forbes Article)

Apr

We all go through difficult times. Whether it’s not getting a desired job, dealing with a difficult coworker, struggling to get along with a boss, hurting financially, coping with health problems, or nursing a damaged relationship, we all have to face adversity and trials in our lives. Sometimes the struggles we go through are the [...]

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7 Lovely Logics

Apr

I don’t know who came up with these 7 Lovely Logics, but whoever did is an absolute genius! I happened upon these today and I have to say that I love it when you come across something like this and it totally hits you in the very moment you need it to and brings your [...]

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Be That One Person

Apr

“Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make [...]

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“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”

Apr

There is little that I enjoy more than spending quality time with a group of great friends. Today I went to the BYU Founders Board Meeting (Brigham Young University board I serve on). It was a great meeting and I truly joy serving with such amazing board members. All are highly successful people who place integrity and [...]

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Be A Kid Again

Apr

Why is it that when we are young we just wish we could be a grown-up – then we become grown-ups and we can’t help but wish we could be a kid again. I can’t recall where I got this list about being a kid again, but it brings back the memories of just how [...]

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Five Incredibly Important Lessons to Live By (Forbes Article)

Apr

Five incredibly important lessons to live by in your career and in your business: First – Only do business dealings with people of character and integrity. And no matter what, never ever let yourself break that rule. It will never, ever, be worth it. Not ever. Second – All the contract language in the world [...]

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A Truly Inspiring Example!

Apr

As many of you know, my husband and I are building a new home. Our architect is a man named Lyle Beecher of the firm Beecher Walker. Lyle is a phenomenal architect and he and I had worked together in the past when he designed the office space for my former company, so I knew [...]

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Hello April!

Mar

I can hardly believe it is already April 1st! All I know is that I am super excited for Spring to finally bring some warm weather to Utah. It has been a crazy cold winter and I, for one, am not a big fan of the cold. It makes me so incredibly happy to walk [...]

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Be Happy To Be You!

Mar

Have you ever been flipping through a magazine and come to the picture perfect person staring back at you and thought to yourself, “I wish I looked like her/him”. Or have you watched a famous people on the television being interviewed about their fame and fortune and thought to yourself “I wish I had their [...]

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Does Being Passionate About the Work You Do Increase Your Chance of Success? (Forbes)

Mar

Often times I am asked to speak on topics such as entrepreneurship, leadership, corporate culture, and so on. Whenever I speak at universities, one of my favorite questions to ask students is, “What career do you want to pursue,” or, “What business do you plan to begin?” After I hear their initial response, I then [...]

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Spring Cleaning A.D.D. Style

Mar

Yes, it’s that time of year again – the time for Spring Cleaning. And what better time to get it done than over the Spring Break holiday week? I personally dread Spring Cleaning because I have A.D.D. For those of you who are not familiar with the term A.D.D it stands for Attention Deficit Disorder, [...]

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Stop Yourself From Making Bad Decisions – Wear the Comfortable Shoes!

Mar

I have been walking for…well let’s see…yeah, about 40 years now. And you would think that after 40 years of walking that I would have learned by now that that when one intends to go to the mall shopping, one should wear their comfortable shoes! Just like you’d think I would have learned that when [...]

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I can’t believe it’s already been one year!

Mar

I can hardly believe that it was exactly one year ago, last Saturday, that we signed the closing documents to sell MediConnect (MCG). Since that day it has been a sheer whirlwind of activity so when I realized that it was the one year anniversary over the weekend all I could think of is how it [...]

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“How To Have a Mental Breakdown in 11 Easy Steps”

Mar

Amidst having a pity party for myself for my ‘oh, so stressful’ week, I came across an article that was absolutely perfect for kicking me in the behind and knocking some humor back into my pity-party self: How To Have a Mental Breakdown in 11 Easy Steps -By Jason Kotecki Have you ever wondered to [...]

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“Never Forget that the Storm Will Pass, the Night Will End, and a New Day Will Always Dawn”

Mar

Have you ever had a week where you get to Wednesday and you feel like you it’s been three weeks, yet it’s only been three days? Yeah, well it’s been one of those weeks so far. I haven’t slept enough, I’ve pushed myself to hard, I’ve taken on too much…I know all of you can [...]

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Change Happens. Embrace it. Enjoy it. Look Forward to It. (Forbes)

Mar

One of my very favorite books in life is the book “Who Moved My Cheese”. It is a fantastic book for many reasons. 1. It`s easy to read because it has big print and it has pictures! 2. It`s about two mice and two men and let`s face it, who doesn`t love a story about [...]

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“How People Treat You is Their Karma, How You React is Yours”

Mar

What a great reminder and quote from Wayne Dyer (who I think is a fabulous motivational speaker btw). So often in life we find ourselves in situations where someone does something that: hurts us, is unkind to us, treats us poorly, is unfair to us, is dishonest to us, is disloyal to us, is ungrateful [...]

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Faith, Hope, Love, and Luck!

Mar

Happy St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow and don’t forget to wear green! Tradition has it that a four leaf clover is the universal symbol for good luck which offers magical protection and wards off bad luck. Some even believe that when holding a four leaf clover you are able to see magical fairies. And who wouldn’t [...]

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Today Was A Great Day

Mar

Today was a great day. I felt so honored to receive the ACG (Association for Corporate Growth), Dealmaker of the Year Award today at a wonderful event in Salt Lake. Former U.S. Secretary of HHS (Health and Human Services), Secretary Michael Leavitt gave the Keynote speech at the award luncheon and he did a fantastic [...]

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Ideas are a Dime a Dozen. People Who Implement Them are Priceless

Mar

“Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.” What a great quote by Mary Kay Ash, and so true! The world is full of incredible ideas that never go anywhere because great ideas are useless without someone full of passion to implement them. I realize that implementing an idea can be [...]

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WHEATIES: The Breakfast of Champions

Mar

I’M BACK! That’s right. Prepare to be dazzled. PS. This is Ashley talkin here. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Amy’s 17 year old daughter, AKA “da boss’ daughter”. Occasionally, I take over the article for the night when my mom comes home from work completely exhausted. Yeah, so I guess tonight [...]

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Life’s Little Rituals

Mar

We all have our little life rituals. Sometimes we are aware of them and sometimes we don’t even realize we do them until something causes a break in our ritual and we suddenly realize how important they were to us. We start out each day with our morning rituals. For me it includes having my [...]

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Gratitude can turn any negative into a positive

Mar

Gratitude is an amazing thing. Gratitude can turn any negative into a positive. The fastest way to FEEL happy is to BE thankful. Taking a moment to consider all the blessings that are in your life can help tremendously to put everything into proper perspective; and it is proper perspective that will help you through [...]

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN

Mar

Years ago, before I was married, I was riding in a car with a guy I was dating. As we sat in silence together driving along the highway for quite some time, I couldn’t help wondering what was going on in that head of his. He was quiet, just staring out the front window at [...]

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Passive-Aggressive Behavior Will Destroy a Company’s Culture (Forbes Article)

Mar

Passive-aggressive behavior in any company is one of the most destructive cancers to a culture that ends up killing both a great company, and the self-esteem of the individuals working there. For any wondering what passive-aggressive behavior looks like, I will try and give some examples that paint a picture. A passive-aggressive person is someone [...]

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Be The Master Of Your Emotions

Mar

As I sit down to write my blog every night I try and look back at my day and ask myself “what lessons did I learn today that I can share with others?” so I can write about those lessons and know that something good can come from my challenges I go through. I have [...]

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Surrounded By The Right People

Mar

Say you have to do something that isn’t your favorite thing in the world to do. Then say you have to do it with people who are not fun to be around, who are negative, selfish, and basically drag you down. Now say you have to do that same something that isn’t your favorite in [...]

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“Is What I am Doing Right Now Leading Me To___?”

Mar

In the world of business we spend a significant amount of time coming up with company mission statements and company values. We then set company goals that we believe will help us achieve our company purpose. In companies it’s just expected that every company has gone through that exercise. But when is the last time [...]

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The Difference One Person Can Make

Feb

Last night my daughter came in to tell me about her day. She was clearly in a really good mood despite the fact she wasn’t feeling well still. As she started to tell me about her day she was really excited to share her experience with a substitute teacher that taught one of her classes. [...]

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