Wishing you a great semester! 1. Expect to Succeed The most important part of success is your mindset. What you think and belief is displayed in your actions. It’s pretty hard to do well when your focus is on a negative outcome. Focus on what you want to happen and not what you don’t. […]
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The transition to college can be both scary and fun. If I had a time machine I would go back to my undergraduate freshman year and have a talk with myself that would go a bit like this: 1. Study Build your college years on a solid foundation. Pay attention in class, take good notes,
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Today my NephewSon becomes a legal adult! Happy Birthday to a young man who is smart, funny, thoughtful, mature, and handsome! I am proud of you just because you’re YOU!! Have an amazing day!!
Last week as I was writing my blog to inform you that I would be an Adjunct Professor this semester, fear crept in. What fear said to me this time was “you can’t do this well with all the other things you have going on” and then it followed up with “you are tying yourself
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As you already know, I talk to myself regularly. Today was no different. There are two things that I wanted to do that are now coming to pass and with each of those things I have realized that I still struggle with thinking small. I was excited about each goal but as they came closer
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We’re in month seven – half the year has passed. Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions in 2014? Are you still working on them? I didn’t make any New Year’s Resolutions but I did set the intention to work toward very specific things. I am using July as a check in time. Early in
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Happy Independence Day! THANK YOU to all who have served and made this country great! This special holiday is all about freedom and independence. As I continue on my success journey I want you to know that none of us can be successful without introspection. I am on a constant self-discovery quest and you know
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Who inspires you? I believe that we all have a story to tell. Yes, even you. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that someone will be inspired by your story. Each challenge, accomplishment, and connection allows us to grow learn and grow. Growing means we get bigger, stronger, taller, happier, healthier…you get my
Change Is Constant Progress requires evolution. We can learn to embrace and even forecast change but when we refuse to change we have decided to decline. I am in the midst of an intense “purge and declutter” phase right now and as I look through papers and materials that are over a decade old I
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There’s a saying that “you can tell who a person really is by the books on their bookshelves”. I find truth in that. Books can reveal both who we are and who we are becoming. Let that sink in for a moment. I’m currently reading Daring Greatly by Brene’ Brown and gathering a group to
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