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All We Can Become
Today I went down to give a lecture at Brigham Young University on Entrepreneurship. Speaking at the Universities is one of my very favorite things to do because I just love the students! I love their energy and their passion and excitement for life. I love that they are full of hopes and dreams for […]
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My Little Epiphany of Genius!
Today during a discussion I had a sudden epiphany of understanding that shed absolute clarity to one of life’s greatest mysteries – understanding the difference between men and women and their insecurities! I am talking a serious flash of genius that was so obvious I couldn’t believe I hadn’t recognized it a long time ago. […]
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The Cure for Frustration
There are about a zillion things that could cause us frustration in any given day. The traffic, the weather, the line at the grocery store, your spouse forgot to do something you asked them to do, your kids didn’t listen, your boss is grumpy, your employees are slacking, and the list goes on and on…all […]
Tagged anger, anxiety, attitude, breathe, calm, children, confidence, control, decisions, delay, denial, depression, family, friends, frustration, gather facts, God, happy, inspiration, joy, kindness, long lasting, love, motivation, patience, patient, peace, relationships, right now, season, self-improvement, service, shortcomings, spouse, stress, success, temper, thinking, time, tolerant, tolerate, trust, wait
Sometimes you just gotta cross your fingers and pray
This afternoon my daughter called me from college to tell me she was coming home to spend the weekend with us. I was super excited until she said “Yeah, and Dad is taking us repelling tonight”. WHAT?! Repelling?? That thing where you dangle from the edge of a cliff with nothing but a clip attaching […]
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What Legacy Will You Leave Behind?
Four years ago, October 16th of 2010, I received a phone call telling me that one of my very best friends, Steve Gasser, had died suddenly while participating in a bike race down in St. George, Utah. I was at Disneyland when I answered that call and I literally crumbled to the ground when I […]
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Redefine Failure (Forbes Article)
Fear of failure is said to be the greatest barrier to one’s success, which makes total sense given that our fear of failure is what stops us from making attempts in the first place. Yet, can anyone blame us for fearing failure? Just think about it, from the first moment we are born we begin […]
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Worry…Never Mind It
“Worry refers the thoughts, images and emotions of a negative nature in which mental attempts are made to avoid anticipated potential threats.” – Wikipedia Worrying is all about the fear of “what might happen” and it is about as useless of a thing as exists! Seriously, worrying does absolutely NOTHING to make any situation better, ever! It […]
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The Friends We Choose
“If you find yourself racing through life, slow down long enough to take along some good friends.” – L. Tom Perry This last week I was reminded of how blessed I am to have amazing friends in my life. My husband and I were able to spend last week with a group of 15 friends […]
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Value Yourself and Others Will Follow Suit
Imagine you are at a car lot looking at a car for sale. You ask the salesperson to tell you about the car. They respond, “Its okay I guess. It could be shinier, and it could go faster, and the color isn’t great, and it doesn’t have the best radio, and it’s not the cleanest, […]
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Children are Happy Because
“Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called, “All the Things That Could Go Wrong.” – Marianne Williamson That is SO TRUE! You don’t see little kids worried about what could go wrong! They are far too busy being focused on what they plan to accomplish. Kids create, they get […]
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You were born with the ability to change someone’s life
“You were born with the ability to change someone’s life. Don’t ever waste it.” We often hear that we must help ourselves before we can help someone else, and to some extent I believe that to be true. But I also find it to be true that one of the best ways to help ourselves […]
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Words that inspire us
We have all read something that touches us or inspires us at just the right time in our lives. Poems have a unique way of having that impact on us. I was spending time with my daughter last weekend and we were talking about quotes and poems and stories that have really impacted us. She […]
Tagged appreciation, courage, defeat, difficult times, fear, footprints, friend, friendship, God, gratitude, guidance, happiness, hurt, inspiration, inspire, lord, love, motivate, motivation, poem, quote, sand, share, sorrow, spirit, success, suffering, support, walk, words, writing
Be thankful for the bad things in life
“Be thankful for the bad things in life. They open your eyes to see the good things you weren’t paying attention to before.” A story about something that happened this weekend will help explain why I started today with that quote. Friday night my husband and I were invited to watch the BYU Football game […]
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Help them see their unlimited potential
Today I had the BYU (Brigham Young University) Founders Board Meeting. The Founder’s Board consists of people from all over the country who travel in for the board meeting each year. The day started with me hosting the women’s luncheon at my home. We had about 60 women attend and we all had a fabulous […]
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“Sometimes you just have to put on Lip Gloss and pretend to be psyched!”
Do you ever have days where you just don’t feel good, but you still have a million things to get done? Yeah…today was one of those days for me. I have been getting over a miserable sinus cold that has lasted over a week now and I woke up this morning feeling yucky yet again. […]
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WWWWD
When faced with an intimidating situation, ask yourself, What Would Wonder Woman Do? Or WWWWD for short 🙂 Tonight I hosted the Utah Wonder Women event at my home. It is a group of high powered business women throughout the State that gather together to network and discuss business. The group was put together by […]
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No Pressure, No Diamonds
No Pressure, No Diamonds…and let’s just be frank…life without Diamonds would be Un-Imaginable! Just typing the words “no diamonds” makes me break into a cold sweat….it’s like typing the words “no happiness”…(tee hee)… Yes I admit, I love diamonds. And I don’t just kind of love them…I am head over heels in love with them! […]
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“Love your Parents. We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old.”
Life the past few months has been a reminder that I am growing older, especially facing an empty nest. However, in all my focus to deal with seeing my own children grow older I have honestly lost sight of the fact that my own parents are also growing old… My parents stopped by the other […]
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Give An Irrevocable Gift To The Next Generation
“Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.” – Ernie Fletcher Teaching our children is our most important we work we do in life. When my children were young I was focused on teaching them good values and morals. Then as they grew older I focused on teaching them […]
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5 Ways To Get A Promotion (Forbes Article)
Job security is something everyone longs for, and typically we moving up in the organization as a sign that our jobs are indeed secure. Increased wealth and opportunity are also things we long for, and a promotion at work can help to achieve that. But receiving a promotion doesn’t always come easy, so here are […]
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Try New Things!
“Never be afraid to try something new, because life gets boring when you stay within the limits of what you already know.” Many of us are creatures of habit. We get into routines where we do the same things day after day and we get settled into our pattern of living our lives. We can […]
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Welcome to the First Day of Fall
Autumnal equinox hit today, September 22nd at 10:29 PM EDT, making this officially the first day of fall. From here on out the temperatures begin to drop and the days start getting shorter than the nights. Autumn is officially upon us! I have to admit that there are many things I absolutely love about the […]
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You Can’t Start the Next Chapter of your Life if You Keep Re-Reading the Last One
Moving Forward. That is a concept I have been taught since I was young. Whenever I went to my father or my Grandfather for advice in life they would always tell me, “Just keep moving forward.” It was the solution to almost every problem I would take to them, and over time I began to […]
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Throwback Thursday – Forgive and Let Go
For some reason this week I thought it would be fun to go back in time to this very day two years ago to see what was on my mind back then when I wrote my blog that day. When I finished reading my post from that day it hit me how important the […]
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Four Things You Cannot Recover
I once heard a story called the Parable of the Cookie. It’s a simple story with a surprising twist that teaches an incredibly valuable lesson. See for yourself: The Parable of the Cookie A young woman was waiting to catch a flight in the boarding area of the airport. Given that her wait was going […]
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Next Time You Think of Beautiful Things, Don’t Forget To Count Yourself In
Tonight I am taking my daughter and her friends to a One Direction concert (Don’t judge me 🙂 ). A year ago when their concert tour was announced, she literally begged me to take her and her friends to the concert. She made the typical promises of “it’s the last gift you ever have to […]
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You Can’t Be Sad When You Are Holding a Cupcake
I am thoroughly convinced that you can’t be sad when you are holding a cupcake or a bowl of ice cream. It is impossible to do. And that is why I highly suggest that anyone having a hard day go out and get either a cupcake or a bowl of ice cream and then you […]
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Growing Old is Inevitable, Growing Up is Optional
Today was (is) my birthday. Yep, I am growing older, which is inevitable for all of us. But, I have decided that growing up….well that is optional 🙂 … For my birthday my kids and their friends are spending the weekend with my husband and I and nothing is better for making you feel younger […]
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Recognize It, Control It, and Let It Go
“Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” – Buddha As I thought today about the past events that took place on September 11th I couldn’t help but think about the amount of anger and hatred those people had that committed such horrible acts so many years ago today. […]
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Just Remember Life Goes On
“You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you’re sad, love what you’ve got and remember what you had. Always forgive but never forget, learn from your mistakes but never regret, people change, things go wrong, just remember life goes on…” Tonight as I was FaceTiming with each of my kids I […]
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