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The Answer: Courage
“Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn […]
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Life Has More Imagination Than We Carry In Our Dreams
“Life has more imagination than we carry in our dreams.” – Christopher Columbus I LOVE that quote! And I love that it comes from a man who truly understood how much bigger life was than his own imagination. As the author of the book “Christopher Columbus”, Clark B. Hinckley writes, Christopher Columbus was “a man […]
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Be Authentic And Show Some Enthusiasm!
This evening I spoke at the University of Utah for a Master’s of Business and Master’s of Finance Class. I shared some of the lessons I learned as an entrepreneur and gave the class some advice on raising venture capital. With that fresh on my mind I thought I’d share one of the points we […]
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What Joy Looks Like
Did you know that Psychologists have linked family tradition and routine family rituals to overall family happiness, emotional well-being, lower anxiety levels, higher academic success and higher marriage satisfaction? Cause they have… Family Traditions are what joy looks like. As a kid my family moved a lot. With all the moving from State to State, […]
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What Would Your Wordle Reflect?
“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.” -Buddha Words are such a powerful thing. Especially the words we speak. They can build up or tear down, hurt or heal, uplift or destroy. I personally believe that words, when unkind, can […]
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Everyone has a history that can be used to inspire others
Everyone has a story…a history…a series of failures and mistakes that have shaped them into the person they are today. I, for one, believe we shouldn’t be ashamed of our story. Our story is what helped us become the person we are. That story is what taught us great life lessons that we might not […]
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Feedback Is The Breakfast of Champions
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. –Ken Blanchard Today I spoke on a panel at the Society For Human Resource Management Conference (SHRM) on what a CEO wants from their HR team. We talked a lot about how an HR team needs to be more than just the group cutting payroll checks and enforcing compliance […]
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Have You Ever Met A Hater Doing Better Than You? Me Neither.
“Haters don’t really hate you. In fact, they hate themselves because you’re a reflection of what they wish to be.” – unknown Today was World Day for Bullying Prevention, so it seems appropriate to share some past thoughts I’ve shared about bullying: Haters, bullies, mean people – they all suffer from one of the following: […]
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Standing Among Giants
Last week I flew to Washington DC to meet with Charles Koch. My husband and I have been blessed to get to know Charles and Liz Koch over the last several years and they are an inspiration to us because Charles and Liz spend their time finding ways to help others to excel and they’ve […]
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Join Me For This Weekends Semi-Annual REFRESH!
It’s time for a semi-annual REFRESH! That’s right…every six months an entire weekend is dedicated to refreshing, renewing, and re-centering your spirit! It’s the BEST! This semi-annual conference is a live broadcast that streams over the internet over a weekend every October and again every April, and this weekend is the October conference! I’M SO […]
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The Easiest Way To Get Incredibly Smart Really Fast
One of the easiest ways to get incredibly smart really fast is this – seek out people that are experts on a subject and ask them to explain what they know to you – if they start explaining it in really big words and technical terms stop them and ask, “Can you do me a […]
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Insanity is doing the same thing expecting different results
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Einstein If you don’t like the way something is going in your life you can’t sit back and expect someone else to fix it for you. You’ve got to be willing to fix it yourself. For example: If you don’t like […]
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Explore. Dream. Discover.
Today I went and spoke at the Intro to Entrepreneurship class at Brigham Young University. Speaking to the students is one of my very favorite things to do because I look out into the crowd of young faces and I see so much about them that they haven’t even begun to recognize yet. I’ve sat […]
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Don’t Carry Excess Baggage
I’d packed and unpacked my suitcases so many times this last year that I wouldn’t even finish unpacking for one trip before I began packing again for the next one. Then I finally got around to unpacking them after my last trip but I left my suitcases sitting open on my bedroom floor because I […]
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The Put Your Oxygen Mask On First Before Helping Others Principle
I sat staring at the computer screen. It was an empty page to begin typing todays blog onscreen and I sat watching the curser blinking at me. I thought to myself “What can I write about today?”…several more minutes went by as I just staring at the screen….that’s when I realized “I got nothin’”…My mind […]
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How To Raise Money For A Cause – Getting Inside The Mind Of A Donor
I spend a tremendous of my time helping with charitable causes with missions I believe in. And given that I get approached by countless charitable organizations wanting donations I’ve learned a thing about what they do to solicit donations that works and what doesn’t work . In the spirit of helping charitable organizations in their […]
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Day Two Of Fall And It Feels FABULOUS!
Yesterday was the official start to FALL! I personally like to say Autumn rather than Fall because it just sounds so much prettier to say…and pretty is exactly how I’d describe Autumn. There is very little that compares in beauty to seeing a full array of fall colored leaves on the mountainside – it’s truly […]
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To Have Known Then All We Know Now
Tonight I hosted the female students that are in my Amy Rees Anderson Academic Entrepreneurs program at The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University in my home for a dinner and some girl chat. I also invited two of my female friends from the business community to join me and the students […]
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On Civility And Kindness
Last Friday night I was invited by my dear friend, retired US Senator Orrin Hatch, to hear Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch speak at BYU at an event being put on by the Hatch Foundation. Introducing Justice Gorsuch was President Dallin H. Oaks (the First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of […]
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Time Heals Almost Everything, Give It Time
“Time heals almost everything, give it time.” -Unknown “How are you doing?” I asked. My friend proceeded to tell me of the tremendous hardships she’s going through this week and then concluded by saying “Sorry you asked I bet.” I wasn’t at all sorry I asked – I was grateful she trusted me enough to […]
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Great Advice From The Marriage Experts
Tonight my husband and I were able to go to an event to hear Dr. John Gottman & Julie Gottman, renowned relationship and marriage experts and founders of the Gottman Institute, speak. I first heard about the Gottmans when a couple we are friends with went to a two day marriage retreat in Seattle. They […]
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There Is No Passion To Be Found In Living A Life That Is Less Than You Are Capable Of Living
“There is no passion to be found in living a life that is less than you are capable of living.” -Nelson Mandela Today I had the opportunity to speak on a panel to a group of women at Utah Valley University. The students submitted great questions for the panelists on things such as overcoming obstacles, […]
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Don’t Let Your Mind Be A Dumping Ground
“If you suffer from worry, from grief or shame, from jealousy, disappointment, or envy, I have something to tell you. Somewhere near your home there is a vacant corner lot. Although adjoining yards may be well tended, a vacant corner lot somehow is always full of weeds. There is a footpath across it, a bicycle […]
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If I’d Given Up…
Last Friday I was humbled to receive the Leadership in Business Award from the YWCA for my business accomplishments and the work I do championing women and girls through my foundation (the IPOP Foundation). They put on a beautiful event of around 1,200 attendees Friday and I told them it was the sweetest way to […]
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Best Birthday Present In The World!
Tonight I came home to find my children had come together to write a blog post for my birthday present – best birthday present in the world! Here it is: To the Woman who Does it All, Happy Birthday! Often our mom dedicates a special blog to each of us on our birthdays, and we […]
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Remember when you were a kid and you thought being an adult would be fun?
Remember when you were a kid and you thought being an adult would be fun? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOL That quote literally made me laugh out loud when I read it because it’s so hysterically yet painfully true! As little kids we couldn’t wait to grow up…to be old enough to “do whatever we want”, and stay […]
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Why Good Customer Service Pays Off!
I’ve been drowning in tax return prep today so it was a huge relief when my thoughtful daughter-in-law Alexis emailed me tonight to share a story she’d wrote today that could be used in a blog post. The story is an awesome example of how good customer service pays off – It makes a person […]
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Just When You Thought You Had Things Under Control
As I shared in yesterdays blog, last week was nuts for me with my big University board conference I was in charge of. By the time the weekend came I was completely exhausted but was feeling super relieved that the conference was done and I’d get to focus on catching up on all the other […]
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The Good Kind Of Tired
Last week was crazy for me – during the week I had dinner with Utah Governor Gary Herbert, the First Lady, Governor Scott Walker (Wisconsin), and a few other business leaders at the Governor’s mansion to discuss the importance the States need to play in driving Washington to balance the federal budget. After the dinner […]
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What`s Shakin? Too Much Bacon, That`s What!
Trying to put my skinny jeans on again after a summer of going on trips and constantly eating out is a painful experience! Both physically and emotionally. “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”, at least that’s what Oprah Winfrey says. Clearly she’s never eaten my famous Lake Powell Trail Mix full of M&M’s and […]
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