Are you taking care of you?

Are you taking care of you? Set your intention. Ask yourself: Are you taking good care of the body you have? What can you do to be nicer to yourself this week?  A Favorite Mind-Setting Quote: “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” ~Buddha If you dig my writing/thoughts, forward […]

Do your habits support you?

Do your habits support you?Set your intention.Ask yourself:Can you begin today what you wish to be tomorrow?What habit can you add or what habit can you drop this week? Like the habit of too much computer time? A Favorite Mind-Setting Quote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a […]

A life defined by questions

What would you like to do? Where would you like to go? What makes you light up? The questions someone can ask us, and that we can ask ourselves is endless. Questions spark our imagination, get us thinking and hopefully acting. Some questions however don’t help us. They can actually hurt us. Such as weak […]

How happy are you?

How happy are you? Set your intention. Ask yourself: If you’re not happy with what you have, how could you be happier with more? What are you most happy with now? A Favorite Mind-Setting Quote: “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life. the whole aim and end of human existence.” ~Aristotle If you dig […]

Do you ever bark up the wrong tree?

The expression, “barking up the wrong tree” means pursuing a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action. This makes me think of a dog barking under a tree at a squirrel who is actually in another tree laughing at the dog! Many leaders have made this mistake. Focused on one thing while another thing […]

Are you looking out for beauty?

Are you looking out for beauty? Set your intention. Ask yourself: What makes something beautiful? Can you see it now, and, if not, can you add something beautiful to your environment this week?   A Favorite Mind-Setting Quote: “For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an […]

Are you hurting them twice?

Recently a very good friend refrained from telling me something and it hurt my feelings. I knew in the back of my mind she wasn’t being upfront about something, however, as we humans do, I let it fester. When I finally asked a pointed question that brought out her untruth I followed with, “Why didn’t […]

Are you playing it too safe?

Are you playing it too safe? Set your intention. Ask yourself: Is it really always better to be safe than sorry? Are you playing something too safe and how can you think about it differently?   A Favorite Mind-Setting Quote: “I am still in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make […]

Are you doing it to hear your head roar?

There was a dog waiting for me when I came home from the hospital after my birth. His name was George and he loved us and protected our family until I turned twelve, and the day we lost him is still seared in my memory. There has been a dog in my life every day […]

Ready to do the impossible?

Ready to do the impossible? Set your intention. Ask yourself: Where do you draw the line between possible and impossible? Can you attempt the impossible this week? A Favorite Mind-Setting Quote: “If you believe in what you are doing, then left nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the […]