Two months ago Sara had gotten the idea from her 3rd grade teacher to start a flower garden. “Then you can wake up in the morning on Mother’s Day and simply make a bouquet of flowers from your own garden! Your mommies would love that!” she had said. Sara loved the idea and quickly went to work on it with her dad. But there she was, just a couple of days away from Mother’s Day, starring not into a garden…
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be” – Abraham Lincoln Our emotional state has a significant impact in our lives and the people around us, we all know this because we’ve experienced it first-hand. Yet knowing this, most of us dedicate little to no time in learning how to control our emotions, mostly because we think they are beyond our control. There is a lot of great information out there on this topic. …
As she listened in to the current speaker while she was back stage, she heard that he was almost done with his presentation and in a matter of minutes she would be up. Several months ago Ana had volunteered to speak at her company’s annual Management Convention as she knew it was a great opportunity to do so, even though every part of her body told her not to. She had never felt comfortable speaking in public, to the point…
Motivation is define as “the general desire or willingness of someone to do something.” It’s in our nature to like to get things done, to accomplish things, to grow and develop; the issue we run into is lack of actually wanting to do it because either we get put off by all the work that’s involved or we give into the fear of “what if something goes wrong”. And so here’s where motivation comes in, it gives us that boost…
Sammy, Jane, and Laura are all sharing a story of an event they each had with their toddler at the grocery store. All their stories start the same way but have a very different ending. “I was at the grocery store with my toddler. As we were going through the aisles she saw a box of her favorite cookies and ran over to get them and put it in the cart. I had caught her the day before eating the…
Unknown Being: Get up Child. Boy: I don’t want to. Unknown Being: Why not? Boy: The fall hurt too much. I don’t want to go through that pain again. If I stay here, I won’t have to. Unknown Being: Close your eyes for a moment, Child. Boy: Why? Unknown Being: It is to be able to give you something. Boy: Will it hurt? Unknown Being: I can’t say it won’t, but I promise it will help you. Boy: OK, I’ll…
If you’ve spent any time looking into getting better habits to live a better more successful life, chances are you have come across morning habits. The idea behind morning habits is that your morning can dictate the rest of your day, so make sure you start it right. There is a ton of advice out there on morning habits, from blog posts, to YouTube videos, to books and articles, so much that one could easily get lost on what the…
John and his brother Samuel had both just arrived from school and were sitting down watching their favorite TV show. John was in high school, mid-way through his junior year. Samuel was in middle school, 7th grade. They were the only siblings and were very close. Excluding the year when Samuel was a new born and John was struggling to understand why he wasn’t the center of attention any more, they had always been close. And they became even closer…
Several years ago I attended a conference where the Head of Innovation for a company gave a presentation that blew me away. What stuck with me the most from that presentation was the formula he presented for innovation: Innovation = Idea + Execution, which he credited someone for and for the life of me I have not been able to find who came up with this so please feel free to comment if you know. Anyway, the great thing about…
Tim arrives at his first meeting of his new job. He gets there 10 minutes early, wanting to make sure to make a good first impression, and finds he’s the first to arrive. He takes a seat, opens up his notebook, and proceeds to write the date and meeting subject down. Soon after, people that he’s recently been introduced to start arriving. Each person that comes in waves at everyone and says good morning as they sit down and pull…