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“Ahhhh, now I get it”

Oct

Do you ever have those moments when life’s deepest lessons suddenly click and you say to yourself “Ahhhh, now I get it!” The older I get the more I seem to have those “Ahhhh…” moments where things I have struggled for years to understand suddenly become completely clear and I think to myself “Dang I [...]

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Kindness on Purpose Day

Oct

Today I heard about one of the coolest ideas ever so I couldn’t help but share it with all of you. In 2012, a woman decided that for her birthday, rather than having anyone give her gifts, she instead challenged all her friends to perform a random act of kindness for someone else on her [...]

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Conquering Blah Days

Oct

“It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.” Some days are just blah days. Nothing great, but nothing bad either…just blah. That was how today was. It seems like when the weather gets cold the blah days come with it…unfortunately. So today I decided to gather ideas on how to best handle a blah [...]

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Operation Underground Railroad

Oct

“It’s the greatest poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.” – Mother Teresa This weekend I was invited to an event and at the event the speaker shared his story that was a sharp reminder to me that we should never forget that there are so [...]

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And Everyone Wins

Oct

Hug O’ War I will not play at tug o’ war. I’d rather play at hug o’ war, Where everyone hugs Instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles And rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, And everyone grins, And everyone cuddles, And everyone wins. – Shel Silverstein When someone tries to pick a fight with [...]

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Face Your Fear; the Result Might Be Amazing (Forbes Article)

Oct

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.” -Victor Hugo Do you remember back to when you were a kid? When you blew out the birthday candles to make a wish with the belief that it would actually come true? Or when you pinned a towel to your shoulders and played [...]

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The Best Antidote for Worry Is Work

Oct

“The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the greatest ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.” -Gordon B. Hinckley I absolutely [...]

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Hyper-focus Mode

Oct

Do you ever have those days where you sit down to work on the computer and you literally find yourself so entrenched in what you are doing that you cannot move, you cannot look away, you can’t even get up to run to the restroom because you refuse to break your focus from what you [...]

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My Solution to the Government Shutdown – Send In The Mothers!

Oct

“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world”. -Marilyn Monroe Before I explain the title of today’s blog, let me give you a quick recap of last Friday. Last Friday I was asked to be a speaker for Senator Hatch’s Women’s Conference. Senator Hatch has been a long-time friend that I [...]

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If I Knew It Was The Last Time

Oct

I came across a story today that really touched me. This story is an amazing reminder for all of us to express our love to our families and friends. Life is full of uncertainty and we should never let a day pass without having those in our lives know how much we love them. The [...]

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“Don’t Let Behavior of Others Destroy Your Inner Peace” – Dalai Lama

Oct

It is a fact of life that we cannot control what other people do. We can’t make someone else act with integrity, or make someone else do the right thing, and we can’t make someone else be a good person. All we can really control in life is ourselves. When someone else does something bad [...]

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The difference between the fight you think you’re having and the fight you’re actually having

Oct

Several weeks ago I was sitting with a group of male friends who are all married and we were discussing their frustration with not being able to understand women very well. One of the men had been in a disagreement with his wife and he was explaining to me why his wife’s side of the [...]

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Be a Satisficer, not a Maximizer!

Oct

We make hundreds if not thousands of little tiny decisions every single day: whether to hit the snooze button, what to eat for breakfast, what to wear, what emails or calls to answer…and the list goes on and on, and usually we can make most of these decisions without having to put much thought into [...]

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Fill Up Your Inspiration Tank!

Oct

This weekend I spent, and this is no joke, 10 hours over the course of two days watching inspirational and motivational talks. These talks were broadcast as part of a General Conference that is done by the LDS Church every six months. I look forward to Conference weekend every October and every April because it [...]

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The Open Your Heart Experiment

Oct

A few years ago I was invited to hear a talk being given by author Virginia Hinckley Pearce. In her talk she shared with us an experiment that she did that led her to write her book called “A Heart Like His: Making Space for God`s Love in Your Life”. It was awesome. And as [...]

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Don’t Quit

Oct

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit- Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is [...]

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“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”

Oct

“Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein Do you look at a blank page and see a story full of adventure coming to life? Do you look at a blank canvas and see the colors of a beautiful picture appear? Can you walk into an empty room and picture it [...]

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The Difference We Can Make in the Life of Others

Sep

“Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the life of others.” -Gordon Hinckley Recently I was interviewed by Shauna Lake on KUTV news. During the interview she asked me if the success of my last [...]

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Spread a Positive Message in the World

Sep

Very little is more inspiring then a group of our youth today coming together to spread a positive message in the world. In a world so full of trashiness and negativity, it takes courage to stand up for good morals and values today – especially for our young people! The peer pressures they face are [...]

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Expand Your Horizons!

Sep

Tonight I attended a dinner for the board I serve on at Utah Valley University. It was a western BBQ with cowboy hats and boots and sweet belt buckles! They had a banjo player and a yodeler and they did some cowboy poetry. It was a great evening and it reminded me of when we [...]

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Life Lessons From “You Better Ask Me To Dance”

Sep

Okay, so I was watching the TV Show the X Factor tonight when this couple came out together and did a singing/rap song that a girl and guy in a group called Second Hand High wrote themselves. The son was called “You Better Ask Me To Dance”. When they first started singing the song my [...]

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Happy or Sad, Good or Bad, Love It or Hate It, It’s All in How You View It (Forbes Article)

Sep

As a business leader, one of the many lessons I learned was that employees often viewed the world around them in ways that were completely different from what was actually going on. I observed time and time again employees who interpreted something one way when the reality was actually totally different. I learned that when [...]

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One Person Can Make A Difference With a Little Determination and Hope!

Sep

I was down sick again today, but I wanted to share a story with you that I came across a few years ago that touched my life in a major way. I shared the story years ago in a company blog, but I am reposting it again today for all of you to read as [...]

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Thank Heavens for Chicken Soup and Nyquil

Sep

Last week I was able to attend a great conference called Women Moving Millions. It was a conference of women who have all dedicated significant funds toward charities focused on helping other women. People shared stories of best practices, what types of charities are having the biggest impact, etc. It was incredibly educational and I [...]

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Don’t Pass Away In Silence…Share Your Story

Sep

If you haven’t heard the story of Mariane Pearl, you need to. What an amazing woman! I was able to meet her today when she spoke at the Women Moving Millions conference I am attending in New York. Mariane is a French journalist and she is the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal [...]

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An Ice Cream Coma and a Lesson Learned

Sep

I am in New York City this week to attend the Women Moving Millions Conference, a conference to bring together charities which focus on helping women succeed. The conference was assembled to allow these charities to discuss best practices and share ideas of what things are the most effective to help women. I am here [...]

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IF you can…

Sep

IF If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or [...]

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We Weren’t Meant To Do It Alone

Sep

So as many of you are aware, my 20 year old son is serving a 2 year mission for the LDS church in Mississippi right now. Each week I get an email from him letting me know how things are going out in the field. This week he sent an email that had an AMAZING [...]

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The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Sep

Yesterday was my 42nd birthday, which means that today is the first day of the rest of my life! And if you think about it, for every one of your reading this blog, today is the first day of the rest of your life as well – and you didn’t even have to have a [...]

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People Who Add To Your Fun Jar

Sep

Today was an exciting, whirlwind of a day. First I attended my board meeting for the Governor’s Economic Development Board that I serve on for the State of Utah, and then I ran over to attend the Women’s Tech Awards where I was humbled to receive their Impact Award at a large luncheon. Next I [...]

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