I have written about mindfulness many times before. Why? Because it’s important and I am working on it. Daily. Being intensely present has been a top 10 goal of mine for the past 3 years. The below article explains “The power of now” in a very simple way along with how to control our thoughts or …
If you’ve been following LIFEies, you know one of the best ways to build success and keep it going is to search for ways to get wins. I love finding little wins I can get every single day that move me forward and help me feel accomplished. Not every win is shiny and exciting. …
Managing is hard. I started managing a team in 1989, got my MBA in 1992, and am still working on my management skills to this day. I’m a better manager now than I was when I started, but I know I still have work to do. One area I have worked on for years and …
I negotiate on behalf of my clients every single day, and have for over 35 years. I sometimes forget how engrained negotiations are in my life. Negotiation is an obvious requirement for my job, but, as the below article explains, it’s really necessary for everyone, not just those who work in real estate or sales. …
Yes, I have an ongoing “thing” with naps. I am an avid napper, and the more I learn about how beneficial they are, the more I embrace a good nap. Here is one more tidbit: View a nap as a snack, not a meal. You can read more in the blog below or more here but a …
I’ve been thinking a lot about success AND the journey getting there. One idea that I keep coming back to is: how can I find success every day? How can I feel like I had a successful day? Win every day? We all know about big wins, but I want to really feel success regardless of …
I got a number of emails from my meditation LIFEies from last week. The biggest question was about what kind of meditation I am doing. So here is a follow-up. I spent the last two years absorbing a book by John Yates called The Mind Illuminated. If you are into meditation, this is the manual. …
I never knew about The Diderot Effect. Did you? The Diderot Effect says that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things. This leads to buying things that we never needed to feel happy or fulfilled. I have seen that happen….to me. We have this …
While hiking earlier this year, I met two attorneys. I came home and sent them LinkedIn invitations. Both are great people to know. How did I meet them? They were wearing Duke hats and I asked if they had kids going to Duke. It was a simple question and 30 minutes later, we figured out …
We are smack dab in the digital age. So, I have been trying out a few different ways to take notes over the past few years. I am a compulsive note taker, and take notes on my phone, laptop and iPad, and old fashion notepads. I take so many notes, that I had small notepads (4 …
