Archive for July, 2010

Are You Ready to Convert Your Passion into a Lucrative Career?

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

It’s been six years since I self-published my first book Simply…Woman! and what a ride it’s been.

Since that time I have gone from being a newly, separated single mother (I’d been a stay-at-home mom prior to splitting and left with nothing) who spent far too much money making publishing and marketing mistakes . . . to releasing three more best-selling books with Hay House Publishing, working on a hit TV show that is seen in over 15 countries, to creating an enterprise of products, services, and motivational talks, including opening my own coaching institute. I even got re-married!

I did it all without an agent, manager, investor, or business mentor.

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Better to Die in Charge than Die the Thousand Deaths of a Victim

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Have you ever heard the saying, “If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting”?

What is it that causes some of us to stay on that dreaded treadmill of life—wishing, hoping, and praying that something will suddenly get better? Are we suckers for punishment? Do we enjoy running ourselves ragged? Or do we truly believe that this is our destiny so we must live it, sacrifice, and simply allow it to take its course? Is it a deep need to be in control—to think we can change what “is” and make it be what we want it to be? Perhaps, it is merely the natural fear of the unknown. Maybe, not enough belief in ourselves or faith that God will take care of us?

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Self Discovery: Do You Know Who You Really Are?

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

I’ve learned over the years—over the good times and over the absolute worst times—to constantly remind myself of “who I really am” and to never fall prey to believing that my worldly successes or failures define me.

I am “who I am” – regardless of fame, fortune or status; I am “who I am” – regardless of failures, betrayals, or other people’s opinions of me. I am still “me”...

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Being Busy is Very Different from Being Productive!

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

A few weeks ago, I was driving down a country road near my home. In the distance, I noticed a woman at the end of her long, dirt driveway. She was standing in the ditch with a rake in her hand. As I approached, I watched as she furiously stoked the dry grass that was beginning to spring back to life. I scanned her front yard and spied a small run-down house, close to a quarter-of-a-mile back from the road; the house was dilapidated, with junk all around—rusting cars, tools, and garbage. I shockingly looked back to this woman, who had to be in her late 60s, working like mad to clean the ditch. I shook my head and reminded myself that being busy has nothing to do with being productive or effective!

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