By Andrea Goeglein Dr. Success Challenge: How brave are you? Imagine you are 25 years old and you are about to choose your graduate school. You have full-scholarship offers from Harvard, the Mayo Clinic and University of California San Diego. Which would you pick? The answer? Read on. A year ago I met a young man...Read More
By Andrea Goeglein I met Marshall Goldsmith in 1999. I decided there and then Marshall was the model of an executive consultant I wanted to be when I grew up! What I meant by that was, when I was brave enough to step forward in my consulting work, I wanted to present with the comfort...Read More
by Andrea Goeglein The Spotlight Activity is my focus for this week to create more happiness in my life. I am participating in a Positive Psychology research project led by Sonja Lyubomirsky at UC Riverside. The goal is to notice when I am doing something I do not want to continue doing, and shift to...Read More
By Andrea Goeglein Where is Great? When the checkout attendant asked me that question, I had to ask her to repeat it. “What?” She looked just as puzzled as I was as she repeated, “Where is Great?” Then I broke out laughing. Moments before she had greeted me with a customary greeting, “how are you...Read More
By Andrea Goeglein Want to know how to turn a $3 investment into a $1,000,000 impression? Handwrite your next thank you to someone you meet in business after your first meeting. Okay, I cannot statistically prove the cost of the stamp and card (about $3) will really yield a $1,000,000 impact, but I can tell...Read More
By Andrea Goeglein Synchronicity, gratitude and smiling are three things that show up in my days whether I plan them or not. Synchronicity seeds gratitude and gratitude usually brings a smile to my face. When I pause and write down the synchronistic events that seeded the gratitude, I know I have increased the probability that...Read More
By Andrea Goeglein When you give, you receive. That is a teaching within many spiritual traditions, and a grounded learning within Positive Psychology. When studying individuals and how satisfied they are with their lives, it has been found that those who give to organizations or others in need, report greater overall satisfaction with their lives....Read More
by Andrea Goeglein I suspect being a creative mess is preferable to being a hot mess, but it has taken me a bit to process a recent @Time article written by blogger Eric Barker. Barker asks, “Are you disorganized?” and then summarizes the findings of Steven Johnson’s book, Where Good Ideas Come From. It appears...Read More
by Andrea Goeglein What do puppy training and meditation have in common? It appears more than I would have ever thought. I, and everyone I have ever taught about the usefulness of creating a daily reflection/meditation/mindfulness practice inevitably complains about how difficult it is to sit for 15-20 minutes because their minds’ wander all over...Read More
By Andrea Goeglein Everyone has or has had a Mother. Not everyone shares stories of love about their mother. Many have ‘motha’ stories they need to transform in to Mother Stories. The greatest gift you can give yourself this week of Mother’s Day is to recraft any negative stories you hold about your Mother, into...Read More
