Ask Yourself: Which difficult person can I amuse myself with regularly? (Is there anything I need to get over and get on with it?) Quote: One of my favorite bumper stickers reminds me of a great speech: “Get in, sit down, shut up, hang on!” By Kelli S. Vrla, CSP Just deal with it. Get…
Quote: “Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.” –Norman Vincent Peale In London stations, arriving trains may be taller or shorter than the platform. If you don’t “Mind the gap!” you may slip through the cracks. When we expect things…
How closely does my IMPACT match my INTENT? “When you turn your I-knew-that’s into I-do-that’s, your To-Do’s become Ta-Dah’s!” By Kelli S. Vrla, CSP Imagine you are in a movie, and you turn down the sound. Now watch yourself act. How much action are you doing versus what you have said you would do? Our…
You’ve seen the signs that say “Plan Ahead” and the d is dropping off the end? Do you feel that most of your tasks fail in the planning ahead stage? If so – what do you think you might do to change that? Do you practice self-discipline? Do you give disclaimers in your projects or…
Do you feel you’re tugged in a bunch of different directions all the time? Stop – before you answer that, think about this: Do you ALLOW yourself to be tugged in a bunch of different directions? People will treat you exactly as you allow them to. If you find yourself starting something, then when the…
My Uncle Johnny always put cream and sugar in his cup before pouring his coffee. He let the coffee do the work; he worked smart—not hard. He owned over 50 big-name pizza restaurants (he was my favorite uncle…). He let this theory trickle over into everything he did. Uncle Johnny let the coffee stir the…