It’s tempting, isn’t it, to try to do it all and to try to be all things to all people. But somehow that tactic never works. We are always left with that doubt that we didn’t do enough. And that is because we couldn’t do it. There was no way to live up to all…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: isn’t it funny how the great conversationalists seldom speak? I think Dale Carnegie had it right. People engage with us when we are curious about them. So, the best way to be regarded as a great conversationalist and/or communicator is to be curious about the other person, to engage…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: sure, you can spend your time envying the advantages other people have. But that takes you away from working your own stuff, from making your own advantages. In the end, all we have is what we bring. If we focus on coveting what other people have, we aren’t honing…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: It’s tempting to wallow in analysis paralysis. It’s seductive to throw our hands up and say, “It can’t be done,” before we have started. Everything looks more daunting until we start doing something about it. That’s the key. We have to start. Once we begin the trek, no matter…
Today’s power words from the Show Up! Journal. I’ve said this to clients multiple times. I’ve said this in presentations and workshops. It doesn’t stop being true. If you’ve given everything, and it still hasn’t worked, and you feel you’re done? Walk away. If it doesn’t feel right, walk away. If you can look at…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. Yep. We can all get down on ourselves about how little we’ve accomplished. Or, worse, we can compare what we have accomplished to what everyone else seems to have accomplished. It’s especially hard when we decide to compare ourselves to people who are obviously farther along than we are….
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: I spent my free-write thinking about whether or not I’m too old to begin a new chapter, new phase of my life. I spent the last few decades working on projects I loved. But, they were all too diffuse. Over the last year, I’ve changed my focus. Actually, it’s…
How to balance your checkbook How to navigate IRAs, 401K’s and their importance How to listen to your friends, partners, lovers when you are in the middle of an argument How to generate invoices, contracts, and other financial transaction related pieces How to keep track of your credit card debt, determine the best credit cards…
When you create, sensitivity is a must. But when you are trying to sell what you’ve created, it can be downright dangerous. This is what has me thinking this morning before I head out to another day at Balticon (The Baltimore Science Fiction Convention at which I am a presenter/participant this year). I’m about to…