23. October 2017
Oct 23, 2017 - Are you letting others in? Are you allowing others to know what you are trying to achieve? Are you seeking insights and perspectives to better understand any challenges you might be facing to get where you want to go? Is your passion for what you are doing being shared with those important to you and those who may share similar interests? Are you also interested in what others are trying to achieve? People with great satisfaction in their lives and livelihoods are seven times...
19. October 2015
Oct 19, 2015 - Are you passionately optimistic? Are you fully vested in what you believe is possible for you to achieve? Or are you cautiously optimistic, because of certain doubts or unknowns that keep you from fully believing? Do you share your desires and goals with others in a way that is impassioned and energizing? Or is it shared more to put feelers out to see what others think to either reinforce or potentially waver your thinking? Passion and optimism are fueled by believing ......
23. March 2015
March 23, 2015 - Have you given it your all? Are you lamenting over a particular situation, feeling disappointed by the results or progress realized to-date? Are you questioning the effort made, wondering what went wrong? Instead of assuming a mistake or misstep has been made, focus instead on what can still be done. All too often, just when someone is on the cusp of a breakthrough and success, he or she gives up or decides not to put as much energy into the endeavor, when it was actually...
12. May 2014
May 12, 2014 - Is your passion contagious? When you speak to others about what you are striving to achieve, are you speaking in a way that engages and inspires them to help you? Are you in awe of others who seem to have this magic way of making their passion spread like a wildfire across a room, across a community or across an industry or marketplace? Part of instilling passion begins with having passion. Once you unleash your own passion for others to see and hear, then you will be amazed at...
24. March 2014
March 24, 2014 -Does success feel elusive? Are you close to achieving a goal, but cannot seem to get over that last hump? Are you wishing your success could be easier for you? Do others appear to accomplish whatever they set out to do without the challenges you seem to face? It is always easy to believe that others do not have challenges as hard as you do. Chances are it is what you are not seeing that has you fooled, both in looking at others and looking at your situation. First, stop...
09. September 2013
Sept 9, 2013 - Are you "high-fiving" enough? Are you focused only on the big wins in your work or career and you are not celebrating the small successes that are helping you get there? Are you beginning to feel that some of your goals may be too lofty and that you should adjust them? Setting your sights high is of great merit as long as you are also recognizing your small successes along the way. Why is this important? Because when you take the time to acknowledge these minor accomplishments,...
06. May 2013
May 6, 2013 - Are your goals compelling enough? Have you considered that the reason you are not able to achieve certain goals is that they are not compelling enough? If the goals you have are not inspiring a need or desire to achieve them, then you really should be asking yourself if they truly are goals worth achieving for you. If you do have a deep desire to achieve these goals, then are you sharing them with others and have you thought enough about what it will take to achieve them? While...
25. March 2013
March 25, 2013 - Are your resources limited? Is your lack of resources limiting what you are trying to accomplish? Or, is it more that you think that your resources are limited? It may be time to focus on how you can be more resourceful versus limited in your thinking. If you believe you are limited, then you are limited. If you believe there has to be a way to accomplish what you are setting out to accomplish, in spite of anything thrown in your way, you will find a way. Take an MM&I...
04. February 2013
Feb 4, 2013 – Do you welcome opportunities? Do you welcome opportunities into your life? Are you effectively inviting opportunities in? One of the biggest obstacles in being able to shift into a success and satisfaction mode in your life is being able to identify and be receptive to opportunities placed right in front of you. This means not dismissing things at surface level, but being open to exploring a bit more before determining its real value to you. It also means sharing in order to...
19. November 2012
Nov 19, 2012 – Do you need to hit the pause button? Are you feeling the pressure that hits you every holiday season? Are you overwhelmed by the to-do list that has gotten longer, the obligations that have gotten more demanding and the everyday living and working that somehow still needs to get done? So much of our anxiety this time of year is just in the mere thinking of all that is on our plate. Take an MM&I Moment to just pause and think of the simple things that bring a smile to your...