Tag: achievement

  • Hot situation? Stay cool!

    Hot situation? Stay cool!

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my upcoming book: Keep Cool in Hot Situations: Start to Thrive When Conflict Arrives   No time to read? Listen here! We’ve got a range of ways to respond when someone is being thoughtless, unfair, or rude to us. Walking away is one of them. On the outside, walking away may…

  • In February, let’s create a ripple or two

    In February, let’s create a ripple or two

    We’re not as independent as we think! No time to read? Listen here! Early in his career, salesman Joe Girard created his “Law of 250” which says that every person knows on average 250 other people. In his world, that meant that a positive sales experience for one customer had the potential to yield 250…

  • The best way out is through

    The best way out is through

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my next Blossie @work book: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work!  No time to read? Listen here! If you sometimes struggle with handling conflicts at work, keep two things in mind: First, so does everyone else, especially on days when we’re rushed or not feeling strong. On these days, all someone…

  • See what’s possible in July, Week 4: You, Beautiful 2.0

    See what’s possible in July, Week 4: You, Beautiful 2.0

    For decades, running a mile in less than four minutes was considered impossible, beyond the physical capacity of the human body. But in 1954, Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student, proved this belief wrong by running a mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds on the Iffley Road track in Oxford, England in front…

  • See what’s possible in July, Week 3: Strong in the broken places

    See what’s possible in July, Week 3: Strong in the broken places

    I tried writing this week’s post three times. Couldn’t do it. The kitten needed spaying. My teeth needed cleaning. My closet needed organizing. And a million other things that come up when I’m supposed to be writing, and I’m just not ready. But then, I remembered a story scribbled in a notebook that I had…

  • See what’s possible in July, Week 2: The law of attraction

    See what’s possible in July, Week 2: The law of attraction

    The 2007 runaway bestseller, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne drew both fierce devotees (who thought of it as a kind of magic) and fierce detractors (who called it pseudoscience). The book’s premise is that there is a great secret available to anyone — a type of energy that attracts everything that we want if we…

  • Introducing: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work!

    Introducing: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work!

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my next Blossie @work book: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work! Coming this July(-ish) 😊! No time to read? Listen here! On a warm, sunny morning, you drive to work, listening to your favorite music and thinking about the day ahead. Feeling focused and positive, you arrive at your job…

  • “I am beautiful”

    “I am beautiful”

    Please enjoy this excerpt from my new book, You, Beautiful: Getting gorgeous from the inside out…Coming Soon! “I am beautiful.” What would it feel like to say this to yourself — and really mean it? Most of us would feel silly or even cringe looking in the mirror and saying these words. We’d think first,…

  • We teach people how to treat us

    We teach people how to treat us

    Enjoy this excerpt from the Unstoppable Confidence Booknip. Then click here to download your copy today!    It’s true. We really do. Through our actions, especially what we choose to overlook or confront, we teach people how they are allowed treat us. When we let them talk to us a certain way or when we look…

  • Let’s see what we think

    Let’s see what we think

    Please enjoy this excerpt from the Introduction to The Becoming Journal! There’s something really wonderful about putting our thoughts on paper where we can see them. Writing slows us down and gives us time to think. Intuition and random thoughts start joining into vivid pictures until all of a sudden, we see new connections, aha’s!,…