Pressure...

Do you work well under pressure?  I know I do.  Sometimes I need that sense of urgency or the pressure of a deadline to focus and get things done. I am often surprised at how much I can get done in a short amount of time especially when facing an imminent deadline. “Pressure makes diamonds.” ~ General George S. Patton – World War I and II So here are a couple of ways you can trick yourself. Imagine you are going...

Perseverance...

Imagine a poor little seedling.  Finding itself in less than hospitable surroundings.  No lush flowerbed with great mulch and regular watering.  But somehow it managed to find a crack in the concrete to squeeze through, find the sunlight and bloom. Sometimes it may feel like we are that poor little seedling searching for the opening to lead us into the sunlight. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the...

Perfectionism & Procrastination are Passé...

  Do you delay beginning a project?  Or finishing a project?  Just because it might not be perfect?  Writing a blog, for instance. I know I have.  Not always consciously, but unconsciously which is even worse because we may not even know that is why we are procrastinating. If you’re like me, there is always that voice in your head criticizing what you do.  Some call it your Inner Critic. There is huge value in...

It’s all about PINK!!...

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