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“Be A Humble Influencer,” and other advice from actor Chris Pratt
A few weeks ago, actor Chris Pratt gave an acceptance speech at the MTV Movie & TV Awards in which he shared “9 rules from Chris Pratt, Generation Award Winner. When I heard his speech I was so impressed with how he stood up and openly shared his beliefs. This video contains a few snippets […]
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Wives- he can’t read your mind! Husbands-don’t assume that you can! TALK TO EACH OTHER!
My husband and I have had several experiences this last year that have taught us both an invaluable lesson – it is critical that spouses talk to each other…openly and honestly…about everything…all the time. We decided to share one of the experiences that helped us learn that in the hopes that if other couples are […]
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Get An Accountability Buddy
I don’t know about you, but I do WAY better in life when I know I have someone to account to. Someone who I have to disclose my goals to, someone who I know will be checking in on my progress, and someone who I want to make proud by accomplishing the thing I set […]
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The More You Give With Pure Intent, The More You Will Receive
In his book The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success, Deepak Chopra talks about something he refers to as The Law Of Giving, which perfectly explains a concept that I wholeheartedly believe in. Let me share a portion of what Deepak explains: “The more you give, the more you will receive, because you will keep the […]
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If You Want To Be Happy, You Have To Be Happy On Purpose
“If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can’t just wait to see what kind of day you’ll have. You have to decide what kind of day you will have.” –Joel Osteen I’ve learned a lot about this concept of being happy on purpose over […]
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One Man Asks Why Women Speak in “Woman Code”
“Men say that women should come with instructions…What’s the point of that? Have you actually ever seen a man read the instructions?” I walked into our kitchen today to find my husband, my son, and my father all laughing out loud and knowingly shaking their heads as they listened to this short little video clip […]
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The Importance of Fathers
This weekend we celebrate Father’s Day. I have such tender feelings about Fathers and the importance they play in our own lives and in the lives of their children. I wouldn’t be the person I am today without my Father in my life. He has been my rock. He gives me advice, is a fantastic […]
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Everyone Needs A Five Second Dance Break!
Often when everyone is heads down working on things at our house someone in our family will randomly call out “DANCE BREAK” and everyone immediately stops whatever they are doing, stands up, and starts dancing in place for five seconds to our own beatboxing sounds – then everyone quickly sits right back down and keeps […]
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STEP AWAY FROM THE DIGITAL DEVICES!
5.9 hours a day. 5.9 HOURS A DAY! That’s how much time the average adult spent each day with digital media in 2017. And you know that average has only gone up up up in 2018. (source: Kleiner Perkins Annual Internet Trends Report) And the latest stats show that people are now watching over 1 […]
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Looking Back, What Are You Going To Remember Doing?
Thus far, 2018 has been completely insane with activity. I started off my year jumping feet first into planning my daughter’s wedding reception for the small group of 1,200 people being invited to her May event. Along with those months of planning I gave several keynote presentations at conferences, was a judge for several business […]
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Success Comes From Doing The Little Things Over A Long Period Of Time
Today I heard “The Stonecutter’s Creedo” for the first time. It was written by Jacob Riis: “When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will […]
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What Separates Winners From Losers Isn’t Talent, It’s Attitude
Seth Godin has said, “It’s not really a search for talent. It’s a search for attitude. There are a few jobs where straight up skills are all we ask for. Perhaps in the first violinist in a string quartet. But in fact, even there, what actually separates winners from losers isn’t talent, it’s attitude…An organization filled with […]
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If You Schedule Out Your Free Time Is It Still Considered Free?
Earlier this week I blogged about scrapping your to-do lists and instead scheduling each of your to-do items on your calendar in order to become more effective and getting things done. Today I want to talk about scheduling something else – Free Time. Now you are probably asking yourself, “If I schedule out exactly what […]
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Nothing Motivates Us Better Than Progress
We have dreams…we set goals…then we begin working on our goals…the more we progress toward those goals the better we feel about ourselves and the more motivated we get… Teresa Arnabile of Harvard published research on a phenomenon that she refers to it as the progress principle: “Of all the positive events that influence inner […]
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To-Do Lists Don’t Work – Scheduling Everything Does
Whenever I have a big to-do list I find myself sitting and staring at it like I’m a deer in the headlights wondering “where do I even begin?”… Overwhelmed by the question of where to begin the list almost always leads to procrastinating on starting anything on the list…and procrastinating inevitably leads to feeling down […]
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“All it takes to change a man is perseverance,” said no one with a straight face, ever
“How or who, baby…how or who…”, that is my husband Rollin’s very favorite saying. How do I know it’s his favorite? Because I’ve heard him say it multiple times every day for the last ten and a half years of marriage. Let me explain: Every time that I ask my husband Rollin to do something […]
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Loyalty Is Returned
“Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.” Loyalty. Over the years I have learned so much about how vital loyalty is in our relationships. Whether it’s a relationship in business, a relationship with a family member, a relationship with a friend, a relationship with a spouse, a relationship with a […]
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That Star You Wished On Can Only Take You Part Of The Way
“That old star can only take you part of the way. You gotta help it along with some hard work of your own.” – Princess and The Frog Wishing on a star is often what we do when we want something in life. People wish for riches, or fame, or success, or love, etc. Unfortunately […]
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No husband has ever been shot while doing dishes – just sayin’
My newly married daughter called me tonight and the conversation went something like this: Mom, I had just cleaned and dried the kitchen counter…and he had totally watched me do it…and then he took his dripping wet plate and laid it right on my freshly cleaned and dried counter! I asked him, “Did you not […]
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If You’re Gonna Do It, You Gotta Own It!
“If you’re gonna do it, you gotta own it!” That’s what my daughter yelled out to her now husband as he and her brother were talking about whether he should do a funny dance number at her wedding reception a week ago. She pointed out that anytime you are going to do something public like […]
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Do You Know The Life They’ve Lived? Have You Thought To Ask?
Today I had an interesting experience while driving out to Deer Valley, Utah to go to a Limited Partner meeting for a venture capital fund I’m an investor in with my 25 year old son: As we were making the one hour drive out to our meeting he began asking me questions about the companies […]
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“Nothing proves that you love someone more than mentioning them in your prayers.”
I was thinking today about the different words of advice that were given by people in the toasts they did (mind you the toasts were done with sparkling cider since we don’t drink alcohol…) during my daughter Ashley’s wedding dinner last week. One toast in particular that stood out to me was given by my […]
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You Know It’s Bad When The Bags Under Your Eyes Have Bags
You know it’s bad when the bags under your eyes have their own bags, and it’s especially bad when those bags of the bags are so big they need their own “heavy” tags attached to them… No question that the lack of sleep over these last few months has really taken its toll on me. […]
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And Then Suddenly, Just Like That, It’s Over And Back to Normal Life
Whenever you have a big event to throw, whether it’s a party, or a trip, or a holiday, or a wedding, you spend months and months of time preparing and planning and getting everything ready for the big day, and then suddenly, just like that, it’s over and back to normal life. Following my daughter’s […]
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A Night To Remember Forever
Walking into the Center Courtyard on Saturday and seeing my 132 page PowerPoint presentation I had created for the design and layout of my daughter Ashley’s wedding reception was a magical moment. I had worked for months putting it all together and trying to plan out every little detail to make to try and create […]
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Plan Out Every Detail, then Take A Deep Breath…And DANCE!
Well I’m about as prepared as I know how to be for this weeks wedding festivities. I’ve planned every detail, I’ve done Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint galore showing each vendor exactly what to do and how things should look when it comes together. I’ve done timelines and checklists that map out every minute of the […]
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In The Blink Of An Eye
As those who follow my blog know, I am deep in the thick of wedding planning for my daughter Ashley’s wedding this week. Today as we were working on getting the song list together for the DJ and listening to different songs when I was suddenly hit with this overwhelming feeling of sadness as I […]
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Work as if everything depends on you, Pray as if everything depends on God
I must have been out of my mind to think it was going to be possible for me to be gone for a week to London and then come home for a few days and go right back out of country again to Prague, Cesky Krumlov, Vienna, and Budapest for another full week and then […]
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Adventure With Great Friends Is Worth The Trip
As the Chairman of the Business School National Advisory Board for UVU it is my job to oversee an annual retreat for our Board, so last week we took a group of 40 of us from the National Advisory Board of UVU on an amazing trip to Prague, then to Cesky Krumlov, on to Vienna, […]
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There Is No Such Thing As Just A Mom
Whenever someone asks a woman what she does and she replies, “I’m just a Mom” I want to yell out – “There is no such thing as JUST a Mom!” When I look back at my life there is nothing I have experienced that is more challenging nor rewarding than that of being a Mother. […]
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