Self-Empowerment
Lesson from Mary Poppins
Several years ago my husband and I took the grandchildren to see the play Mary Poppins. A recurring line was, “Anything can happen if you let it.” This is very true. How
May 26, 2021 No Comments
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Self-Empowerment
Bits and Pieces
An old management adage is: “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” All this refers to is that you take something large and complex, such as a
May 6, 2021 No Comments
Self-Empowerment
Resolutions or Goals?
I’m not a resolutions person. It seems that too often I make a resolution at the beginning of the year to do something big, set it aside, and never look
January 11, 2021 No Comments
Self-Empowerment
Achieving Your Goals
There is so much that can be written about setting and achieving goals. What I would like to do today is to try to simplify goal achievement. Our goals really
November 17, 2020 No Comments
Self-Empowerment
Write Your Epitaph
An exercise to help in goal setting is to write your own obituary. When you pass away at age 80, 90, 100, or whatever you desire, what do you want
September 14, 2020 No Comments
Self-Empowerment
Empowerment is external, self-empowerment is internal. Empowerment is when someone has power, permission, and/or authority to do something. This often comes from outside the person. For example, our supervisor might
January 24, 2018 No Comments
Resolutions vs. Goals
I’m not a resolutions person. It seems that too often I make a resolution at the beginning of the year to do something big, set it aside, and never look
January 5, 2018 No Comments
Aim Higher
I recently attended my 40th high school reunion. During a conversation with a friend since elementary school (not an old friend—neither of us are old!) I was reminded of something
August 24, 2017 No Comments
Take It Off the List
Do you have things on your to do list that have been there for weeks? Months? Longer? If so, may I make a suggestion? Either do them today or take
July 26, 2017 No Comments
Planning Backward
Although we usually think of planning as starting at the beginning and finishing at the end, it can be beneficial to start with the end and continue backward to the
June 15, 2017 No Comments