Susan L. Farrell, Author

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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

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Self-Empowerment

Business or Hobby?

“Businesses are in business to make money.  If it does not make money, it is not a business.  It is a hobby.” This was the most valuable piece of information I learned

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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

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Self-Empowerment

Be Your Best

To succeed in our professional and personal lives it is important to strive to be our best every day. Realistically, some days we will do better than other days. As long

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Self-Empowerment

Great Success Requires Great Risk

Risk comes in many forms. Sometimes it is financial risk such as leaving a good paying job to become self-employed. Sometimes it is a time risk such as investing the time in

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Self-Empowerment

Play Your Own Game

There is a great deal of pressure for us to measure ourselves and our success by what others do. To a certain extent, this can be good. It can help us strive

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Self-Empowerment

Try!

I am not an avid baseball fan, but I do know a little about the game.  Something that fascinates me is that if a player has a batting average of

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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 clients might

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One Best Way

Sometimes finding the best way to do something can make us more effective and more efficient.  Often, however, it doesn’t matter whether it was done the best way possible or

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Fear

Fear of something, someone, or even a group, is often related to fear of the unknown.  If we learn about whatever it is we fear, often we lose our fear.

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