With earnings reports posting for many companies we watch, I re-balanced our stock portfolio leaning more heavily on dividend-paying stocks. It occurred to me that investment is an apt metaphor for a balanced life. Investment is about knowledge, time, and risk just like life. Balance ensures that you get the most value out of your […]
MAWMonday Motivators 02/12/2017
This week, I write to remind you of health, well-being, and success all tied up in one word: Hope. I don’t know what keeps you up at night, what criticisms, failures, slander, or loss has you contemplating the worst. But, I do know the solution. It’s the only solution really. It’s the first to arrive. […]
MAWMonday Motivators 02/05/2017
#mondayMotivation 1. Happiness Could memory be holding back your happiness? I find that clients often have a strong memory of slights and failures they have experienced. It seems less typical to hold a view of and encouragement in successes and projects completed. I find the Building Analogy to be helpful. Instead of thinking of your […]
MAWMonday Motivators 01/29/2017
Being authentic also includes being vulnerable. Truth is, every day is not sunny. I have made two moves with the promise of more sunny days. To Nashville from Indiana promised 22 additional days of sun. From Nashville to Reno offered an additional 3 full months of sunlight comparatively. But, alas. Doldrums, pity parties, and ahedonia […]
MAWMonday Motivators 01/22/2017
Inspired by the #WomensMarch, one poster stuck in my mind. It read “This is not the end.” Contrary to the doomsday forecast, and the even reasonable despair stemming from the executive orders President Trump signed just an hour after inauguration, this message was a message of hope. It spoke to me of the fact that […]
Building a Brand Series: Knowledge You Need
#Branding I penned a series that must be made into an online training. The online training will have expanded content and worksheets. But, until then, I thought it would be useful to compile the content into an easily referenced list of articles. Please find the following for your enrichment. Building a Brand: 3 Foundational Components […]
MAWMonday Motivators 01/15/2017
#MLKDay Are you happy? Other people have it worse. Other people have less. Other people don’t know anything different. Could it be that their station and experience is why they are more contented than you? It’s a question I am pondering. More than just the sense of comparison or the jolt toward feeling content, my […]
MAWMonday Motivators 01/08/2017
Love What You Become Confusion, frustration, uncertainty, and self-doubt. Believe me. I have been there recently. I also have experience overcoming those feelings of pre-fear. Your resilience is found in realizing or reminding yourself of your purpose. With that understood, you can alleviate the confusion. You can redirect frustrations by remembering to create. You can […]
MAWMonday Motivators 01/01/2017
Happy New Year! Last year, 2016 was a challenging year with some notable achievements sprinkled among big changes. My biggest challenge was learning to allow. Openness to the process and the opportunities that present themselves resulted in a path very different from that which I had envisioned at the beginning of the year. My yearly […]
MAWMonday Motivators 12/25/2016
In the United States, this Monday is observance of the Christmas Holiday. That must be motivating in itself. A short week culminating in the New Year’s celebration. Christmas day is always 7 days from the New Year’s holiday. This is perhaps the most magical week in the year. It has the emotions of the year […]