Action separates between the winners and the losers in life. Massive action is the key to consistency in productivity and achieving results in life. Being consisstent in action does not mean filling up your days with activity. Activity does not necessarily mean productivity. You must have a clear-cut goal that you aim at attaining. Failure [...]
I’ve been a bit reflective lately, surprising I know. *snort* I’m seeing with more and more clarity how we create our own realities, frame our own expectations and then our very lives based on those thoughts and feelings.
This sounds supremely simple, yet every day the energies and resources spent refuting the truth are insurmountable. [...]
The entire United States, particularly the College world, is currently deeply consumed by the NCAA tournament. The entire nation tuned in yesterday to see two teams punch their ticket into the Finals after a terrific Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight and Final Four. Memphis advanced to the Finals by beating UCLA and Kansas advanced by beating [...]
This morning I was reading a friend’s blog post about common sense and how it’s gone on a “permanent vacation” (I loved those words!) Then I went out and looked at some old articles I started to write several months ago. One was titled “Back The Train Up” and I’d begun by sharing how [...]
Toss out the “roles” and discover your freedom.
As a woman from the south, born in the ’50s, I was raised to be small, quiet, polite and inauthentic… a perfect southern belle. The instructions were to look and act pretty, speak when spoken to and keep a low profile, ESPECIALLY around men. I was groomed to [...]
From the Editor at A Writer’s Edge
For me, a time of reflection usually leads to some writing. There is so much information flowing. So much sensory input to absorb. It takes time to put it together, make some sense of it.
The reflection time can come in the shower. Literally cleaning up for the day. Some how that provides a good [...]
Well January is already almost gone and I can hardly believe it. If you’re like me you spend a bit of time at the beginning of the year reflecting on the past. What did I accomplish last year? How did I improve my life and the lives of those I met? Where [...]
As a child I always had pets around the house. So naturally, when I had my own life, I had more pets. Currenly my wife and I have two dogs (which are our only “kids”). Every day when my dogs wake up, they are excited that the sun has come up. The are wide awake, [...]
Are you comfy with the process of creating what you desire? Aware that you do it every moment of every day? Everything in life up to this point, and forever moving forward, is, was, and will be created by you. Not just some of it, ALL of it! YOU’RE DOIN’ IT!
Question: Does it seem as [...]
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Emerson
(Photo by yours truly - click on it to see it full size; it’s worth it!)
My favorite quote (which I believe to be one of the greatest statements ever uttered) is from Nelson Mandela. No man, besides Mahatma Gandhi, has ever demonstrated greater leadership since Constantine the Great in 280 AD. Mandela is an icon - a rare species of a man, who was jailed for more than twenty years yet stayed focused and came out to [...]
I write a monthly feature at Middle Zone Musings called Great Quotes, and here’s one that should give every blogger pause, from the most recent edition (Great Quotes #16):
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you’re wiser than when it just reached to the end of the bar. – Edward R. [...]
Lillian Brummet hosts an online radio talk show, Conscious Discussions, which focuses on inspiring listeners to become more proactive in their daily lives by sharing real-life, positive stories. Her husband, Dave, occasionally co-hosts as his schedule allows. With the varied topics they cover, the Brummets hope that listeners will realize their value as individuals and [...]
We all face problems daily. As a matter of fact, life is a series of problems with an occassional crisis here and there. One of the most important skills to develop therefore is the art of systematic problem solving. Systematic problem solving simply means having a methodology for handling life’s problems. By solving problems in an orderly [...]