Create a Positive Attitude - How to be Optimistic
There is not one single person who is born with a natural ability to remain positive. It takes work and effort to see the silver lining on the clouds that we encounter; and we must train our thoughts to remain optimistic when we experience challenges. Sustaining a positive attitude can bring success to your personal […]
Passion, Purpose & Profits
Passion, Purpose & Profit
Passion and purpose are the common denominators shared by the most successful people on this planet.
Bill Gates is passionate about making health care available around the world. Oprah Winfrey is passionate about making education available around the world. Martin Luther King was passionate about making freedom available around the world.
These lasting legacies […]
How to Stay Motivated
You’ve read a book that motivates you to action;
you’ve read a motivational quote and got pumped up;
you’ve attended a seminar and listened to a motivational
speaker and feel you can conquer the world.
A week later the motivation is no longer there.
If it is still there, it is not as powerful or as strong
as it felt while […]
Information Overload
Copyright 2005 Kathy Paauw
“One of the effects of living with electronic information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There’s always more than you can cope with.” -Marshall McLuhan
Surveys show that people’s stress levels are at an all-time high, and a major source of that stress is information overload. How are […]
Negotiating Difficult Life Transitions
Life is a process of beginnings and endings. In both life and nature, there are times when things move slowly and don’t seem to change very much. Then, suddenly, things change quickly. Moving from August to September, the weather changes gradually at first, and then it seems that suddenly summer is over. It is the […]
Creative Catalysts
We are all originals and have the software to be creative. Yet, sometimes we feel blocked or uninspired and can’t get our creativity to click. As creativity is about making new connections, try these 25 easy ways to stimulate your process or project:
1)Keep a daily excitement list about WHY you are passionate and committed to […]
7 Keys For Moving Exuberantly Into A Successful 2006!
7 Keys For Moving Exuberantly Into A Successful 2006!
LOOKING BACK REFLECTIVELY on 2005:
1. What are your top 5 achievements of 2005? Lessons learned from them?
2. What are your 5 greatest disappointments? Lessons learned from them?
ASSESSING THE PRESENT
3. What are you tolerating in your life?
In other words, what are the little annoyances in all areas of […]
Mix Business with Pleasure? There’s a Safe Way
Want to drastically cut the workload in your business, reduce the emotional drain to nearly nothing, and inject more pleasure into your work day?
Here’s a secret — check your client list.
Got customers who often call you in the middle of the night with emergencies (real or imagined)?
Or demand you work […]
Simple Ways to Have Happy Experiences
Happiness is a ‘now you feel it, now you don’t’ emotion. I know this from personal experience and from hearing of the experiences of others. Sometimes I’m very happy, other times, sad, joyful, contented, frustrated, and sometimes very neutral.
Several years ago I had no reference point for the word happy. I knew technically the […]
Dreams and Creativity - The Artist and the Tidal Wave
“Inside you there’s an artist
you don’t know about.”
Rumi
For many years the occasional dreams I remembered appeared to be either unintelligible nonsense or exhaustive dramas about frustrating work scenarios. I would wake up in a panic, relieved it was just a dream. But one December night over twenty years ago, everything changed. I dreamt […]