A friend and I were talking this weekend and she asked, “are you always positive?” As if. Nope, I’m not. I’m not always sure things will work out, work out how I want, that I will succeed, or that I am right. And here’s the secret, I (and you) don’t have to be. We...
It’s dark and cold and gloomy. It’s so tempting to hunker down under the covers and hibernate. And maybe we all deserve, and even need, a little time in hibernation. But to get what you want; you can’t just lay there. You have to move forward. That doesn’t mean...
You know I’m working on a book, right? And after two years of this blog, I have a ton of material. I started to read through what I’ve written to figure out what I wanted to include. And actually, I got nowhere. It was overwhelming. I had a plan to read groups of...
Let’s face it, dreaming is important. Dreaming is fast, implementation isn’t. Implementation takes time. It takes steps. It takes planning. It takes refining plans. It takes energy. And usually, all while you are doing other things. Sometimes purpose and passion are...
It’s a crazy time and everything feels like it’s changing but as I’ve said before, the goals don’t have to change, the methods of achieving them do. Two weeks ago, I ran my annual Don’t Await It, Create It conference. It’s usually a...
This week I have struggled with this email. What can I say about getting what you want that honors the moment and is helpful to a community of readers from across the country, across the political spectrum and at all levels of their careers? I come to this as a writer...