Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! If you have a working brain, you feel fear occasionally. Fear originates in the amygdala, two small lobes in the limbic system or “old brain” which is the survivalist part of the brain responsible for breathing, temperature and vomiting. The amygdala may be small but produces big emotions,…
You don’t want mediocrity or you wouldn’t be here
We have BIG goals. Big goals demand believing in possibilities that others think are unrealistic. Being an entrepreneur suggests a daring, thrill-seeking, risk-taking nature that is NOT for everyone. I’m sure we all know people who think we should have and keep a nice day job. Ordinary. Everyone who ever achieves great success is just…
Are You An Under Earner?
In the book Overcoming Underearning, Barbara Stanny identifies 10 qualities of underearners. I have known for years that I was an underearner but was shocked to realize that I have fully 8 of these qualities! 1 and 9 definitely have never applied to me…I didn’t feel trapped and I LOVE wealth. For years, I felt…
What’s Your Message? What are you telling yourself about you?
Internal dialog can be an ongoing battle of ups and downs. Sometimes we are “up” and know for sure we’ve got this, we are powerful, and we can get what we want. Then there are the times we feel overwhelmed, frustrated, or in a place where we are not fully aware of our superpowers. Either…
Out With Comfortable. The significance of doing MORE….
Several days ago I created a post called the “Have More” Cocktail. The first ingredient is “Do More”. Doing more not only means creating as if your life depends on it, but doing things that: (1) seem impossible, (2) challenge your endurance (mental or physical) or (3) punch one of your fears in the face….
How to Be Your Own Fairy Godmother (and get your own fucking dress and glass slippers)
You might be cleaning floors, but you aren’t Cinderella. And you don’t have a fairy godmother. How to Be Your Own Fairy Godmother (and get your own fucking dress and glass slippers) Lose sleep to get what you want. If you don’t have what you want right now, you don’t have the luxury…
The Shit Sandwiches We Feed Ourselves….
This is an excerpt/epiphany from a journal entry I wrote in December 2014: So how is it that losing my job nearly 8 months ago hasn’t produced this long desired manuscript or coaching clients? Oh, wait, I know. There’s no book, clients or cash flow because I put really good, worthwhile time-sucking saboteurs on…
Living the life you really want?
Not living the life you really want? Here it is the end of another year…. Are you stuck in the same place you were last December still wishing for that dream job, partner, life? What do you have to change before this time next year so that you don’t want to kill yourself for…
What Do We Know For Sure?
At the end of the show, Oprah asks her Master Class guests and many others, “What do you know for sure?” It’s a profound question. What do any of us know for sure? We have a body of thoughts, feelings, emotions and memories of past actions. This collective pool that creates our existence is not always good…
