What is a personal calling? It is God’s blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don’t all have the courage to confront our own dream. —The Alchemist Are You Aware of What You’re Doing? I’ve been thinking a lot about dreams lately (as if you hadn’t noticed). One…
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Let Go of Your Goals & Unleash Your Dreams
Read moreDreams are Just as Important as Goals I’ve written quite a bit about setting & accomplishing goals; overcoming fears; and making the best out of difficult situations. But what I haven’t written enough about is flat out—unleashing your dreams. Goal setting is a very mathematical process. It goes something like this: Define your goal. Map out the steps necessary to achieve it. Research, develop, act. Work until you get there.…
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Carousel — 02.19.10
Read moreOh, what a week! I’ve been busy catching up after my recent trip to South Carolina last weekend. (Thanks for all of the positive energy that sent my way—the presentation was a great success.) For the past two days, I’ve spent 14 hours participating in new database training, so that’s been… interesting. On the bright side, I learned a lot and it’s been exciting to see my company transform as…
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The Journey
Read moreby Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop. You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried with its stiff fingers at the very foundations,…
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Baby Steps into the Free World: How to Put Yourself First & Succeed
Read moreSeveral months ago, a friend of mine wrote an excellent guest post titled, Corporate Fluff. His mission was to free us all from the trenches of corporate slavery! The post starts off like this: “The corporate world and the office work model are too full of corporate fluff and their own bullshit that business, companies and you as an individual forget what it’s all about.” As a former cubicle monkey…
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Carousel — 02.12.10
Read moreHello my darling readers. By the time you read this I will be cruising at around 30,000 feet or so above the Earth. I am headed south for a few days on business. Unfortunately, even though I am going to South Carolina (where it’s supposed to be warm!) the forecast is calling for a few inches of snow. I can’t seem to escape it. Ah well, it is Winter after…
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An Unexpected Encounter
Read moreI had an interesting encounter at the nail salon earlier this week. The salon owners are long-time family friends — a gorgeous Vietnamese couple with two beautiful children. The nail technicians there are also Vietnamese; however unlike the owners, their English is very poor and they are mostly recent immigrants to the United States. When I sat down to begin receiving my manicure, I was welcomed by a new face;…
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Take Back Valentine’s Day
Read moreYes, I know – merely mentioning this Hallmark Holiday to some results in sneers and eye-rolling, while others simply feel sad and left out, or perhaps pressured to make precisely the right purchase to prove their devotion to a sweetheart. I’ve certainly experienced all three of those reactions myself, most often the sneering and eye-rolling and ranting about how stupid and made-up this little holiday is. In recent years, though,…
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Review: How to be Rich and Happy
Read moreImagine being able to do whatever you want, whenever you want, for the rest of your life. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Well that is exactly the premise of the e-book, How to be Rich and Happy, by John P. Strelecky and Tim Brownson. The book explains, step by step, what you can do to lead a rich & happy life. I am a huge believer in the “show me,…