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Getting Social {personalities}

Sometimes clarity comes in the midst of seeing who you are not. For example, meetin’ and greetin’ people during a networking event. Mingle, mingle, mingle. Reciting {and refining} our introductions and public personas as we move through huddles of people. While most of us can recite what we do {have done and aspire to do [...]

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Give yourself room to move

There are opportune moments in life when you find yourself barely able to move in the midst of you own expectations. You stare at the closed door to your {windowless room of} Routines and Busyness — and the walk-in closet {harboring the opinions of others} as it overflows into this room. A room packed full [...]

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Are you stretching yourself?

Shoot for the moon—even if you miss it, you will land among the stars. ~Les Brown Where do you see yourself regarding your goals? Are you taking aim? Do you have a target in sight? Have you been focused on the same goal(s) for so long, you are hitting bulls-eyes every time? If you’re hitting [...]

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Taking Care of Business

The irony to simplicity is that it is not always simple to achieve. During the past few weeks I have attempted to keep my schedule simple — minimal distractions, personal commitments and work appointments. Inevitably, I become distracted … {Even as I review notes collected during discussions and informal chats with my peer group and [...]

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How to develop a vision {creatively}

Lingo for strategic planning became a part of my vocabulary while I was in graduate school for my MBA. Incorporating new terms for existing habits is one of my quirky traits. Terms serve me by providing clarity and boundaries to the wavy lines of my thoughts. For example, although we don’t go around claiming to [...]

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One thing. Every day.

For the past two weeks I have felt like I was the person in this image. Scaling a rugged stone wall in order to jump into the refreshing deep blue sea. Repeating the climb — going higher with each return climb. I happened upon this Flickr photo stream tonight and it presented me with a [...]

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Embracing randomness

Most of us can remember plans we had that worked out. And most of us can remember plans we had that started with a blaze of glory … only to drop outta the sky. Hitting the proverbial ground with a loud “splat!” Due to our own randomness or the randomness of the world around us. [...]

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Focused Kaleidoscope Views

Image Credit (and more kaleidoscope views …) One of the reasons I have always enjoyed consulting, mentoring and teaching? Coming alongside another person to listen, provide input — and sometimes simply serve as a {dream-scribe} as inspirations flash into view … Well, said roles always produce both bloom (for the client) as well as new [...]

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“Resume” vs. “Start Over”

“Resume versus Start Over” — I am using this theme on the {various} blogs I, well, blog. Dontcha just love multi-purpose words?! The concept of being able to simply resume — instead of erasing the proverbial chalkboard and starting all over — is ever-revealing itself to me.

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Perpetual Motion

There are moments in which we are somewhat paralyzed in our thoughts and actions. We can become overwhelmed with the amount of work we are facing, or simply overwhelmed with the idea of simply getting started. Perpetual motion. Consider this your incentive to get started. Once in motion, consider Newton’s First Law of Motion (An [...]