Tag: successful
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Want to Love Work and Life? Stop Using This Word.
Recently Hubbie and I were in search of a new apartment, and before long we stumbled on an amazing option. We high-fived each other for finding this residential gem…with its beautiful garden and unbreakable new appliances. What a find!…we said…it’s our dream home! In our minds it was like our own little doll house… …until…
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Why You Can Chill Out About Other People
A few weeks ago I was weaving my way through an art exhibit. It was set up so that you went through it in a single file line. Sounds simple, right? Except people don’t view art in the exact same way. Some could spend a whole day doing it. Others… …not so much. This particular exhibit…
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A Tale of Two Freak-Outs
What better way to learn a valuable, humbling lesson than by having a total, unadulterated freak-out? Having two of them. I would know. Though Santa was not involved, both of my personal incidents were still special in their own way, and each actually had a different fix. Yet, in the end, they both pointed to the…
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How to Manage Other People’s Frantic Energy
This past week found me traveling by airplane, an experience of technological wonder. And, inarguably, a bit of an energetic mess. The airport itself is no better, and the security line on the day of my departing flight was especially frantic. Picture, if you will, the following scene all around me… …wild-eyed people ripping metal off their…
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Why Work-Life Balance is Bogus…and How to Get it Anyway
Recently I found myself tackling an ambitiously crazy to-do list. I decided to update my website, start writing my new book, get new client business, keep my blog going and join an extremely well-connected new committee. Oh, and I wanted to have a little fun, too. I told myself it was completely doable. I just…
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What’s Up With Your Face
Recently a trainer at the gym handed me a super-heavy barbell and told me to lift it. Over my head, nonetheless. Intimidated, I dug deep. I closed my eyes, scrunched my cheeks, and tightened every muscle on my face. Just like this guy… Well…close enough. The barbell made it about halfway up before it just…stuck…
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Why We All Should Stop Freaking Out
I freaked out the other day. In fact, I freaked out a few times…all due to a chain of events within about two hours. If you know me, you know that my freak-outs can be a bit…dramatic. It went something like this: First, I answered one last email before leaving the office and made myself…
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The Thing That Makes You Less Likeable
Recently I attended the wedding of a former colleague. It was an amazing affair, filled with premier entertainment, succulent food, lots of people in attendance I wanted to know. And one I didn’t. At least not anymore. I actually knew him already. We’d met once, several years before. But that was enough. At the time…
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The Great Temptation You Must Resist
A few weeks ago I attended a business luncheon and found myself on the very long buffet line. As always, I was ravenously looking over the stations ahead, trying to figure out just what was lying in that tin tray up ahead. That was when the woman waiting in front of me caught my eye.…
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How to Keep From Messing Up Your Life
Recently I was invited to join an amazing new group, one that would get me in the same room with some big names in town. We would gather together for five blissful meetings I imagined the incredible people I’d meet, the stimulating discussions we’d have. Oh, how they’d love me! Then I learned the meetings…
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The Problem With Your Face
My face tends to get me in trouble. Regularly. If you know me, chances are you know a lot about me. That’s because you can tell what I’m thinking, what I’m feeling at any given moment. All you need to do is look at my face. Behold…Exhibit A. Since I highly value authenticity, I tend…