Last week Mike Harris, a good friend of mine, performed his Mike Harris & Friends (a one-man show) program at a church in Saco, Maine.
He borrowed my digital recorder so that he’d be able to create an audio CD of this show. Our goal was to have a great CD he could sell during […]
Last spring on a mini-roadtrip from the southern coast of Maine to northern Vermont I listened to an audio book titled Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel.
The book identifies common mistakes and offers advice to help women get ahead in their […]
Today’s entry may fall in the TMI or “too much information” category. My apologies in advance. But it’s a concept I’ve been pondering lately as I rake leaves, climb on that dratted treadmill, and sort through piles of papers in an attempt to find my desk.
The concept is: Focus on the pleasure not the pain. […]
“I won’t tell if you won’t tell.”
Have you ever done or been caught doing something silly/stupid with someone else? To preserve your diginity you pinky swear: “I won’t tell if you won’t tell.”
Well, I’m telling. It’s just too good a story to pass up and my husband doesn’t read my blog anyway so he’ll […]
Whether I need to bawl and vent or laugh and sing out, I call you. Thanks–you fit my every mood. ~From the Every Day Thoughts “Friends” calendar for October 21.
How embarrassing… It wasn’t even my idea… sorry neighbors!
My story started at about 4 a.m. A coworker asked me what I think of our new used […]
I’m so excited for my friend Candy!
Candy is a great motivational speaker and a good friend. She makes me laugh, cry, and push myself just a little bit more to achieve the things I want in life. I think I do the same for her.
Last week we met for breakfast (my favorite meal of the […]
Imagine working your butt off to help someone complete a project. Imagine running in to an obstacle that you can’t resolve on your own. Imagine telling the project “owner” of the problem and hearing “Oh, well” as a response.
Wouldn’t that response make you think the project wasn’t important? Wouldn’t it make you wonder why […]
I’ve heard many speakers and business marketing experts say “A confused mind says “No!”
Personal experience suggests this to be true. If I feel overwhelmed with choices, I won’t pick anything. It happens to me when shopping for clothes, makeup (which I still don’t wear because there are sooooo many choices, and breakfast cereal.
I don’t want […]
UGH! Have I mentioned before that I don’t like to exercise? Okay, it isn’t the exercise I mind so much, it’s the sweating… no, it’s the exercise… and the sweating.
But I find that it’s something that MUST be done no matter how much I resist it. Okay, I don’t HAVE to do it, but I […]
Have you ever been so motivated to accomplish something that you forgot to eat or sleep? What types of activities usually spur you to feel that way? What motivates you?
I’ve often heard that you can be motivated in two ways:
You can be motivated away from something (pain)
You can be motivated toward something (pleasure)
Amazingly, not everyone […]
