When things go horribly wrong. If things go horribly wrong, I let them. People say rock bottom is a bad place. I don’t think it is. I think often the worst it can be, rock bottom, is the first time in a while, that you’re actually standing on something solid, a stable foundation. Even if…
This weekend I visited my best friend for Easter. It’s one of the last times I’ll see them for a while since we’re moving to New York. While there, I asked my friend’s nine-year-old daughter a question that brought home to me why kindness matters. Me: Sarah, do you want to come to New York…
Even When It Sucks, Always Tell Yourself The Truth It’s not easy, but we have to don’t we? That’s the trouble with wanting to live a more truthful life. You can’t hide your head in the sand from something when that something lives in your head to begin with. Eventually, you’ve got to tell yourself…
How to Handle Jealousy When You’re the One Who’s Jealous We’ve all been there. We’ve all been stung by it. When it happens, we never feel better. And here’s the worst part. Being jealous gets you nothing. Jealousy wastes your energy and keeps you from living your best life. So, what can we do about…
How to Read the Room So You Can Win the Day This week’s episode spills the beans on how I built my intuitive consulting business. If you want to learn how to read people, this is the episode for you. I break down how to see, listen, and perceive what’s going on below the surface….
Develop Your Hearing Skills to Live a More Successful Life As part of building your intuitive skills, you need to listen better. To do that, you need to improve your hearing. Listen to this week’s episode for tactical ideas on how to do that. With these techniques under your belt, the people in your life…
“I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” -Edna Mode, The Incredibles. I’m trying to phase into a new paradigm (for me). I am trying to live in the moment, every moment. So, when I find myself thinking about the past or resting on my laurels or feeling nostalgia or regret, I stop,…
“I don’t believe it.” -Luke Skywalker “That is why you fail.” -Yoda If you’ve been reading Lights, Camera, Wisdom for a while, you know I love Star Wars. In my opinion, The Empire Strikes Back, is the best of the bunch. In it, Han Solo and Princess Leia fall in love, (which made my 13-year-old…
How to Use Your Creativity to Innovate and Rise to Your Challenges The most important aspect of finding a better way to do things is creativity. If you want to innovate in your work or in your life, you have to first get creative. I spend a lot of time soaking up the latest writing…
Should You Always Be Closing? In today’s “Lights, Camera, Wisdom!” I’m thinking about a sort of a modification of the quote that Alec Baldwin’s character, Blake, says in Glengarry Glen Ross, the famous one. Basically, he says you should always be closing. No matter what is going on, go for and get the sale. Regardless…