Go above and beyond for yourself. You do it for your family, friends and colleagues, but don’t forget about YOU! It’s important to include yourself… you are worthy of your own kindness, too. Stephanie Lahore.

In the pantheon of traits that supports successful people, always stick with it, whatever that ‘it’ is.

Persistent people never give up. They know that the mountain top often seems higher than they expected. No worries. Consistently they:

1. Maintain a  highly developed sense of purpose.
2. Are always hopeful.
3. Take a long term view.

And they know the only way to save their dream is to be kind and generous to themselves.

Stay interesting. Stay interested. Stay relevant. 

I hope to see you back here soon. As always, thank you for reading me.

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Human beings, by changing the attitudes of their minds can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James.

A MOMENT OF REFLECTION: Have you found yourself wondering if, perhaps, there is more you could be doing? Something more meaningful and engaging? Or closer to the point, something that more reflects who YOU have grown into over the years? Need some help getting there? Perhaps I could be of assistance.

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As we grapple with these crazy, demanding times, the challenge is how best to meet and adapt to the many changes as we move on with our lives.

The trick is to stay curious, open and keep evolving. Learning and growing. We all need to grow, to be hungry for more.

Why is that? It is because that, whatever your goals or aspirations, it’s  the action of striving to meet them that lies at the heart of the growing process. The act of striving is a creative, challenging activity. Think global but work local.

The salient issue, though, is who you really are as you reach out further on your path to “what’s next.”

Stay interesting, stay interested and above all, stay relevant.

I hope to see you back here soon.

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Human beings, by changing the attitudes of their minds can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James.

A MOMENT OF REFLECTION: Have you found yourself wondering if, perhaps, there is more you could be doing? Something more meaningful and engaging? Or closer to the point, something that more reflects who YOU have grown into over the years? Need some help getting there? Perhaps I could be of assistance.

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It isn’t easy these days to hold on to your dreams; and it doesn’t look like it is going to get easier anytime soon.

Whatever your dream, remember in order to ‘have,’ you must first ‘do’ and in order to ‘do,’ you must ‘be.’

Take action. You know what to do.

Every day is a gift. Use each one wisely.

There are no ordinary days.

Stay interesting. Stay interested. Stay relevant. 

I hope to see you back here soon. As always, thank you for reading me.

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Human beings, by changing the attitudes of their minds can change the outer aspects of their lives. William James.

A MOMENT OF REFLECTION: Have you found yourself wondering if, perhaps, there is more you could be doing? Something more meaningful and engaging? Or closer to the point, something that more reflects who YOU have grown into over the years? Need some help getting there? Perhaps I could be of assistance.

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We Rise
By Amanda Gorman

Today, everyone’s eyes
Are on us as we rise.
Today is the day women
Are paving the way,
Speaking our truth to power.
In this hour, it is our duty
to find the brave beauty
In rooting for other women
So they too know we are not victims,
We are victors, the greatest predictors
of progress. We press for change,
A new dawn drawn into the open
By women whose silence is broken.
We push on and act on
Our responsibility to bring visibility
To the most vulnerable:
To bring freedom to those who didn’t have a choice,
To bring volume to those who are using their voice.
We clear a woman’s way,
We don’t fear the day
She steps into the light
Because we are with her
Every step of the fight.
There’s a lot at stake, but making
A difference always takes great courage.
So we encourage women who dare to stare
Fear square in its face,
Women who’ve always shown
That when one woman stands up
She is never alone.
We know that when she steps up to right a wrong,
She will fight to bring others along
To the network, into the conversation,
Working together to change communities
And nations for generations, our world
Made all the stronger the longer
Women are able to sit at the table.
It is her strength, her story, and her spirit
Which inspires other vital voices
to speak up when they hear it.
So let it be said that light will be shed
When our world is led by leaders ahead
of the headlines, the voices
Who are first on the frontline,
These women who stand up,
knowing the wind
Not by where it is, but where it is blowing,
Leading worlds not by how society is
But where change is going.
We all leap forward when one woman tries,
When she defies with her rallying cries.
Here lies, but does not rest, the best
Of tested women who call us all to rise,
Speaking the truth in this finest hour:
That to their own power,
every single woman is entitled.
But it’s how they empower others
That makes women’s voices so vital.

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A MOMENT OF REFLECTION: Have you found yourself wondering if, perhaps, there is more you could be doing? Something more meaningful and engaging? Or closer to the point, something that more reflects who YOU have grown into over the years? Need some help getting there? Perhaps I could be of assistance.

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