I am not talking that ‘first’ time. I am asking you to think back on the first time an idea, opinion, or spark of inspiration entered your consciousness. For me, many of my ‘first’ times come as the result of reading an article or a book. Just as many times, I have a creative idea,...Read More
By Andrea Goeglein 2014 was a ‘rite of passage’ year for me as a mother. My only child celebrated her 30th birthday. She celebrated by ushering many new experiences into her life. The interesting part of her celebration for me was that I began to receive lots of inquires about my emotional state! As her...Read More
Rethinking Positive Thinking is all about how to stay motivated when you set a goal. Having a great appreciation for synchronistic events, no sooner did I complete my work on my post about the book Rethinking Positive Thinking did I receive a blog post submission from another of my young adult contributors about goals and...Read More
The following blog is the copyright property of Doug Hensch, founder of DRH Group. I was granted permission to reprint this post because it featured two things I care a lot about: 1) a business example that differentiates between positive thinking and Positive Psychology, and 2) a book suggestion with research which informs how to...Read More
by Andrea Goeglein “If You’re Happy Eat a Snack” will go down as my most favorite commercial in a long time. Weight Watcher’s has correctly portrayed how innocently a habit can be formed. Sometimes the innocent (like having a cake on your birthday) habit enhances your health and well-being, sometimes it does not. Just sit...Read More
by Andrea Goeglein Faith. As I prepared the material for my class, Before Abundance: Developing the Habits of Success, it struck me that everyone has faith in something. The ‘something’ tends to then guide how, and if, they are willing to develop new habits that could enhance their success. Dr. Success Challenge: Think about...Read More
Don’t Die™ Waiting to get healthy. As part of any Q4 review, assessing your health goals can lay the groundwork for positive changes in the New Year. I am pleased to have contributed to the creation of this graphic, Drive Your Health in 2015. Enjoy.Read More
Excuses. No one likes getting excuses. Everyone seems to give excuses. And in my business, when you think you are receiving a lot of excuses, it is a cosmic red flag to look at how often you are using excuses for not achieving a goal. Did you get that? Dr. Success Challenge: Pause for a...Read More
One of the Don’t Die Principles of Responsibility, you teach what you need to learn, reared its pretty head yesterday as I reviewed Trevor Blake’s, The Physics of Success, Session 3 from The Intelligent Optimist. Session 3 was about delineating the difference between goals and intentions. In the middle of listening and taking detailed notes,...Read More
New Beginnings is an excellent example of the possibility for moment-by-moment life reframing. Throughout Jada’s piece she expresses signs of Values in Action such as creativity and love of learning. Jada is using self-reflection as a road to self-awareness — which leads her directly to the paramount importance of social connections to personal well-being. Memories...Read More
