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14
Dec

Dancing Through Adversity

Colleen Werner knows a thing or two about dancing and adversity.  Colleen is not only known as the founder of the wellness company, Lulafit, but she is the guest on the first episode of Hey, Boss Lady! podcast.  Colleen was a classically trained ballerina who, in her 20s, was forced to choose between the career...
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14
Jul

Progressive Pandemic Growth Syndrome

Are you ready to experience some progressive pandemic growth syndrome? Progressive pandemic growth syndrome is a phrase that represents the ability to strive for favorable solutions when outcomes are uncertain.  To start, think back on the last 120 days. How is your business? How is your health? Have your relationships changed? Hold your answers to those...
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Comparing a man to an image of a boy
30
May

Relevant. Reckless. Reality

Is it relevant or reckless to deny reality?  I happen to like the phrase: “Do not deny reality, live your life to defy reality.” Those ten little words have driven so much of my personal development during the last 30 years.  Yet, recently someone I admire deeply at a professional, spiritual and personal level challenged...
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31
Jan

An Overwhelming Capacity for Rejection

By Andrea Goeglein “An overwhelming capacity for rejection,” is the answer actor Dennis Quaid gave to CBS’ Sunday Morning when asked why he was still relevant as an actor when many of his peers had faded from view. I was struck by Quaid’s answer because it was not focused on the positive attribute of building...
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10
Jan

Feeling Lucky in 2017?

Feeling lucky is a state of mind.  It is up to you to make it a reality. Join the conversation with Dr. Cortney Warren and Sharon Adashek on Episode 5 of Serving Your Success.  Learn why buying the gym membership will not help you be lucky with your weight loss and fitness goals.  Going to...
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09
Jun

Defy Reality

Do not deny reality, live your life to defy reality. Ten little words that have driven so much of my personal development during the last 30 years. A recent review of Marty Seligman’s 1990 book, Learned Optimism, reminded me of a fact I did not remember when I first read the book in 1994. What...
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29
Jan

Bad Weather Is Good

By Andrea Goeglein In early December, 2014 I spent five days at a silent retreat in a public hotel in Monterey, California.  I have decided I need to live my life with the agility of my response to the Monterey weather.  Over the course of one day, winds howled, the sun shown, the waves crashed,...
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07
Jul

Courage

This week has been all about freedom in the United States.   Freedom may have been the theme, but I was reminded how important the emotional strength of courage is to our freedom in some unusual ways.  The courage of those who protect our freedom is obvious.  What I had lost focus of was how much courage it takes  achieve...
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22
Apr

The Wisdom of Self Help Quotes

At last night’s Las Vegas Library event using Don’t Die With Vacation Time, I facilitated one simple, yet powerful, exercise. The book is printed in a way that quotes relating to a particular lesson are paired with the story. In the back of the book all of the quotes used are repeated. The intent is...
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03
Aug

Darkness and Growth

What grows in darkness? I was deep in a conversation about how to use the DiSC profile to increase self-awareness and harness ways to communicate when my colleague asked, “What about the shadow side?” Of course, I responded, “What about it?” Dr. Success Motto: You can spend time exploring your shadow, or you can continually...
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