I headed out this past Sunday with my chocolate lab, Griz to take on the Cascades and Flat Top Trails at Peaks of Otter. “The Greatest Day Hiker of Them All”, Kurt Rheinheimer encouraged me to check out the Cascades Trail in addition to Flat Top. The Cascades trail is…
Seth Godin “Failing Until You Succeed” http://ow.ly/jByWG A 21 minute video on how to look at your career more creatively. Points include how we are afraid to take risk even if the worst outcome is someone hanging up on you, how to take initiative & gain freedom professionally. It’s an…
Stop thinking about just yourself and how you would respond: http://ow.ly/iRuZU This article talks about how company leadership needs to think about all the relationships in and around a business. It’s more obvious with a publicly share business, but this article brings up the fascinating point that being at the…
http://ow.ly/iRuxz “My mother used to call failure a stepping-stone to success…” Arianna Huffington This is a fantastic perspective on failure. It’s made me realize I haven’t failed enough and therefore I know have a fear of failing.
How to overcome the single-greatest creativity killer: self-doubt. http://ow.ly/ihKwH This article covers why self-doubt starts and how to change it. Don’t allow your creativity to be stunted anymore! I like the first tip “Remember Self-Doubt is a Story”. This is so true. Doubting yourself is a story you tell yourself,…
Since my post on Individually Defining Success and Failure, on December 19, I have been actively developing my definition of both failure and success. I’ve read articles & blogs (which a few key posts are noted below), thought, meditated, and have taken notes about the meaning of success and failure in…
Yes, the title is a little dramatic. I am very thankful for the travels that led me into the Pacific and all I have learned on this journey. But it’s time for a change of scenery, permanently. I gave my four weeks notice at my job, today. It wasn’t easy…
As a graphic designer, my computer is my life blood, and my eyes are the direct recipient of painfully bright light, over focusing, and dryness. Finally, the headaches got painful enough that I started to research “over focusing” which led me to prevention and going to the eye doctor for…
2011 should be the start of an entrepreneurial year for me. I picked up the book “Nudge” to learn some more about making positives decisions for my life, health, career, and empowering myself to become the confident business owner I want to be later in life. I don’t believe in…
I just got back to Maui after 6 weeks (!) at home in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia (well and about 6 other states too!). It was wonderful to see my family, friends, celebrate a wedding and Chad’s father’s recovery. I am now in the process of looking for…
