“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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Getting back into work after being gone for the summer has made for a hectic week so far. As I started to go through all of the meeting requests and emails and calls I missed the last few months in order to prioritize them, the memory of a parable I once heard came to my mind. […]
Many of us grew up with a security blanket. It typically started as an actual blanket for most of us when we were small children, one we couldn’t go to bed without. Then as we grow older our parents and our home become our security blanket, the place we felt safe and secure. And then […]
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar Starting can be intimidating and scary. Starting means that you might end up failing and people might even see you fail. Starting means admitting something matters to you. Starting means admitting that you care. Yep. That’s […]
“A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talk to each other instead of about each other.” Misunderstandings, hurt feelings, anger, frustration, sadness….so many of these negative emotions all stem from the fact that two people don’t talk to each other about things. It happens in the workplace, it happens in friendships, […]
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” -Maya Angelou In life there are some things you can change but there are a whole lot of things you can’t. And determining the difference between the two is a key factor in controlling your own happiness in life. Sometimes […]
DFTBA- Don’t Forget To Be Awesome. Best reminder EVER! How great would it be if every morning we woke up and had a big sign on our bathroom mirror that said “DFTBA” to remind us to go out and be awesome every day. After all, every one of us is totally capable of being awesome […]
A few years ago there was a show on TV called Lie To Me. It was a show about a human lie detector who used people’s words, expressions, and micro-expressions to detect lies. I was in love with the show because it was fascinating to me to learn how you could detect lies in people’s […]
Life is hectic. We go go go and we are way too busy and we can’t seem to keep up with the ever growing to do lists we have. We spend most days just trying to make it through our day and hope to get one or two items done on our list. And this […]
I was recently interviewed for the Erin Stewart Radio Show. We did the interview over the phone so I was curious as to how it would go but she asked me some really great questions during the interview and I appreciated what a good job she did as the host of the show. The interview […]
“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful. . . . Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson My […]
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” – Harry Truman Pessimism: Pessimism is defined as a state of mind in which one perceives life negatively. It is always expecting the worst possible outcome. It is living with a lack of faith. […]
Several years ago when I was posting my daily blog for my employees of my company I invited them to give me subjects they wanted me to blog about. Several of them asked me to post about what I think has helped me in my life to be a more successful person and mother, aside […]
In the two years since I sold my company I have taken on several things I have never done before…things I wasn’t sure I was capable of doing. But because of my many years as an entrepreneur I had learned that I should never assume I am not capable of something until I first give […]
I love that quote by William Blake, although I change it to read “where women and mountains meet” for the version on my wall :). Today I want to talk about overcoming obstacles, mostly to help remind me of how I need to always take on the obstacles in my own life. One of the […]
“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” – Charles Noble. How true it is! And so often we talk about trying to change our bad habits, but rarely do we talk about starting good habits. I have learned that focusing on the positive is much more effective for me than focusing on […]
I decided long ago that anything I was going to do in my life, I was going to give it 110%. I never wanted to put my name on something that I couldn`t feel proud of doing. And I felt that if I wasn’t willing to give something my all then why even do it? I can […]
It is 1:33am and we just finished unboxing for the night. I went to get out my laptop to write my blog and realized that I didn’t have the power cord. We tore through boxes looking for it but finally had to give up. I panicked because I have not missed even one single day of […]
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always […]
We each may have our own definition of what the word success means to us in our lives, but I believe that success is something that each of us strive for. Figuring out how to achieve success has been the topic of countless books and articles throughout time. One particular article that I thought had great suggestions on achieving success was […]
We live in a world where people go through relationships like they go through boxes of breakfast cereal. Many have relationships of convenience or relationships based on “having no one better so why not settle for this person??” Often times before ending one relationship people are out scouting for their next one, keeping their relationships […]
When my children were young I used to teach them the principle of filling up their gas tanks – our bodies and minds are like a car that is always running. In order to run we need gas in our tank. Even when the car is in idle and not driving forward it needs gas […]
Today was awesome! Our charity, the IPOP Foundation (www.ipop.org), which stands for “In Pursuit of Perfection” hosted our Mobile App competition at Alta High School with the help of Principal Fidel Montero, a huge advocate of entrepreneurship. The charity is focused on promoting, educating, and perpetuating entrepreneurship as a pathway to self-reliance. We challenged the […]
“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.” – Og Mandino Each day we […]
Stepping out of your comfort zone can be scary. Feeling overwhelmed and overloaded isn’t fun. Trying and failing is a huge bummer. But worse than all of these is having to live the rest of your life with the woulda-coulda-shoulda regrets that come from never finding out what could have been. Put yourself out there. […]
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 being […]
“Research recently conducted by [Dr. Gail] Matthews shows that people who wrote down their goals, shared this information with a friend, and sent weekly updates to that friend were on average 33% more successful in accomplishing their stated goals than those who merely formulated goals.” Goal setting is one of the things I am the […]
I finished my day off today after going a million miles an hour non-stop from the moment I jumped out of bed (okay “jumped” might be a bit of an exaggeration, it was more of a begrudging stagger if I am totally truthful). I was trying to respond to a hundred emails, answer a constant […]
