Earn Your C's as A Speaker
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had some good advice for the public speaker when he said, be sincere, be brief, be seated. Be simple, natural and effective and earn your C’s. 1. Be fully Committed to your...... Continue reading Earn Your C's as A Speaker..

What?!? No Bananas?
"Where are your bananas?" It seemed like a logical question to ask. For all of my forty trips around the sun, bananas were a key item to place in the grocery cart. For the first time I could recal...... Continue reading What?!? No Bananas?..

What to Do When You Are Alone for the Holidays
Being alone for the holidays is a major challenge for many people. Holidays often conjure images of family, of warmth and the sharing of special time. Loneliness can be overwhelming when you have no ...... Continue reading What to Do When You Are Alone for the Holidays..

Belief, Designed For Life!
Liam says to Joe; “where is your God now, when life can be made in a laboratory”? Joe says to Liam; “it couldn’t have happened, but for the presence of God”. It was a short debate involving two non-s...... Continue reading Belief, Designed For Life!..

A Pickup Line
Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 11, 2002 I just started a wonderful new job. The atmosphere is laid-back, and the people alone make the place fantastic. The best of them all is my ...... Continue reading A Pickup Line..

Handling Disappointment
Disappointment is an inevitable part of home-based business. Clients won’t pay, bids fall through, or business associates don't come through on their promises or act unethically. Some people will del...... Continue reading Handling Disappointment..

It's Your Life - Take Control
If you seem to spend much of your life doing things for other people, if being ordered about from dawn till dusk is a normal component of your life, do something about it. Perhaps you love being wit...... Continue reading It's Your Life - Take Control..

7 Ways to Create your Work Life
1. Keep work in perspective - leave work on time. 2. Change a routine task - develop a new process. Instead of handling your e-mails as you get them, set aside specific times during the day to respon...... Continue reading 7 Ways to Create your Work Life..

Lessons From the Creek
Everything is in flow here in Northern Michigan. Buckets of water have flowed off the snow-covered roof. That water, along with the melting snow banks is finding its way down the hills to my driveway...... Continue reading Lessons From the Creek..

Are You a Wildflower?
Wildflowers grow from mere dust to reach their full potential. Wildflowers grow well, even in adverse soil conditions. Wildflowers don't require late nights at the office to grow. Wildflowers grow th...... Continue reading Are You a Wildflower?..

Having the Attitude I am the Greatest!
While trying to ignore my teen daughters rap music a thought came to me. Whoever the rap artist was that she was listening to, is very positive about him self. He was negative about the women in his ...... Continue reading Having the Attitude I am the Greatest!..

Humble Riches
"We come equipped with everything we need to experience a powerful life full of joy, incredible passion, and profound peace. The difficult part is giving ourselves permission to live it." – Deborah R...... Continue reading Humble Riches..

Different New-Year's Resolution - Pass-It-Forward
Every 12 months, as the New-Year rolls around, we all brag about our New-Year's Resolutions. With inflated chests and with all the authority we can muster, we announce to any and every available ear...... Continue reading Different New-Year's Resolution - Pass-It-Forward..

11 Questions To Kickstart Your Dream
What's your dream? Want to give your vision a jumpstart? Write down your goals and use these questions to speed up delivery of your dream. 1. What's your highest priority this lifetime? What's most i...... Continue reading 11 Questions To Kickstart Your Dream..

Don't You Quit!
“A man who has nothing to die for is not fit to live.” —Martin Luther You sat in that secret corner of your room. You felt the bubbles of excitement in your pumping machine (your heart) because an id...... Continue reading Don't You Quit!..

Expressing Your Love Through Service
A client of mine told me that she had been making food for a friend of hers who was very ill. “I find that my heart opens and I feel so happy when I am doing something for someone else. I need to do ...... Continue reading Expressing Your Love Through Service..

Great Salary Negotiation Tips
11 Commandments For Smart Salary Negotiating Use these simple but highly effective tips to boost your salary at your current job or when obtaining a new job! It works. 1 - BE PREPARED. The more inf...... Continue reading Great Salary Negotiation Tips..

The Many Faces of Multiculturalism
In this day and age, it is very common to see people from different cultural heritages living together in a single bounded territory. Since they live together, they happen to engage, collectively - e...... Continue reading The Many Faces of Multiculturalism..

5 Tips to Eliminate Overwhelm & Accelerate Action
The more you get up to bat the more you develop skills. Each time at the plate is another opportunity coming your way. The more you take action the more you will advance. Whether the game is your spo...... Continue reading 5 Tips to Eliminate Overwhelm & Accelerate Action..

A Key In Hand Is Worth A Thousand On My Desk
A key fault I have, and I can only talk about one fault at a time, is the tendency to get busy. I often find myself chasing my own tail. What I will do with it when I catch it is beyond my understand...... Continue reading A Key In Hand Is Worth A Thousand On My Desk..

If You're Happy And You Know It
What role does humor play in your life? In 1988 I ended a year long abusive relationship, in the same year I was date raped, in that same year my father died. In 1992 my second born daughter died at ...... Continue reading If You're Happy And You Know It..

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