All Blog Posts Tagged 'toolbox' (97)

How to Choose the Right Breed for Your Family

You’ve decided to add a dog to your family. This is a big commitment! Your mind might immediately fly to the supplies you’ll need. Leashes, food bowls, organic dog shampoo and other bath supplies, the list goes on. These things should come second…

We all grew up with idols. People we looked at and dreamed we could ‘be like’. What do you do when you meet one of your idols?

From when we are very small, we have idols. People we admire. People we dress like, or talk like, or play sports like. Humans need idols, and heroes, and people who inspire them. Idols give us some kind of guidance or image…

I love working with a timer!  Mine is actually an electronic timer that looks like an hour glass.  As a matter of fact I just set it, giving myself 15 minutes to work on this post.

I have learned a lot about myself being self-employed and one of those things is that I am a starter.  I have a tendency to…

Don’t you hate the money equation dictating that it takes twice as much gain to recover from a financial loss? It doesn’t even seem to make sense, but it’s unfortunately true.

Here’s what I mean: If you lose 50% of your retirement account, for example, then you have to earn 100% to get…

Anyone who had done weight loss knows that to lose weight you need to set a goal. Or two. Or several if you have a lot of weight to lose.

And anyone who has read anything about success knows that good goal setting is essential. If you don't know where you are going you will not know how to get there. You may take…

Believe it or not, minding your ps and qs really does make a difference in business these days. To illustrate: A client who recently hired us told me that he had spoken with a number of potential firms and that while every one of them could do the job, in the end, they picked us because our team had the best manners by…

Recently, I received a call from a woman and her belief is that she is too old.  She is turning 70 this year, and has been advised to lie on her online profiles.  She does not feel right doing this and asked me for my advice.

My response was that I could easily hear in her own voice how uncomfortable she was in…

You have a big dream in your heart to get your message out to many people, and are terrified of the exposure, so you keep yourself a well-hidden secret, all the while knowing you could do more. This is a far too common situation for sensitive and spiritually-minded people, for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that the fear of being exposed and even burned (literally and figuratively) lives in our DNA as powerful women!

The problem with this is that the world…

Everyone has a purpose in life.  My purpose has been to bring love, hope, and strength to those affected by Autism.  Along this path, I have learned a lot.  I have become more aware and less fearful.  I have come to realize that the Universe takes each of us down a path.  What…

I am amazed at the number of people who confide in me that their fear of speaking at a lectern or even at the head of a boardroom table is jeopardizing their career advancement. This is so unfortunate because their fear is control of them instead of the other way around.

Everyone is nervous in public speaking –…

Asking for what you need is probably the most underutilized tool for people. And yet, amazing requests have been granted to people simply because they've asked for it!  Whether its money, information, support, assistance, or time, most people are afraid to ask for what they need in order to make their dreams come…

Obesity is a growing global epidemic.   Weight loss is the hot topic as every new support group claims to have the answer.  Despite the advances in medical science, increase awareness of diet and exercise,  people are getting fatter almost everywhere in the world.

The World Health Organization predicts there will be…

If you feel exhausted and burned out, depend on caffeine and high-sugar snacks to get through the day, or are frequently tired but wired, you may be struggling with adrenal fatigue caused by STRESS. The demands of an always on the go lifestyle fall most heavily on the adrenals, and such demands tend to peak between…

Sometimes it’s difficult for me to comprehend just how I came to be sitting in a dirty, sweaty, makeshift tent participating in the infamous “Sedona Sweat Lodge,” where three of my friends lost their lives and seventeen others were injured.

Ironically, the purpose of the event was to…

The earliest written reference to the practice of medicine on animals is a papyrus dating back to Egypt around 1850 BC. This papyrus describes diseases in cattle, dogs, birds, and fish. It is likely that some form of medicine was practiced on animals for as long as man has domesticated them, since he depended on them…

As much as we want to grow our money, we all want to be surrounded with things we love, both in our homes, as well as in our closets. It may seem as though this principle could interfere with the important step of creating positive cash flow in order to save money. However, by shifting your mindset to one of “savvy…

Now before you get carried away, I don't mean go wild eating.

Well you can do that with the right kind of foods but I don't know what your current food inventory is, so I'm not going to advise raiding the fridge without limitation...

What I mean by going wild is... do something different, wild and…

February 7, 2007, was the day that forever changed my life's path. I was driving at night on the interstate when I was struck by a drunk driver with a blood alcohol level of .221 (nearly three times the legal limit), traveling over 100 mph. Both vehicles were totaled. My car's axle was snapped in half. My brakes were gone. My steering was nonexistent. My car slid for several hundred yards before coming to a stop. I had no taillights and cars were veering around me at…

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” ~Mark Victor Hansen

A common myth is this idea that you must first feel confident before you actually decide what to do about the…