It can feel vulnerable, scary even, to make a wish. “We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.” ~ Louisa May Alcott This past Wednesday, May 12, at 2:18 pm, I…
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How to Make Implementation Easy
Making implementation easy can feel hard. “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” ~ Guy Kawasaki I looked out over the bright white sand to the turquoise water. Sandpipers raced toward the waves and then darted back away from the breakers. I was in the shade under a large, blue umbrella, kindly set up for me by…
Ray Dalio’s Secret to Success
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald If a billionaire walked up to you on the street and said that he knew the secret to success, what would you guess his secret…
The Key to Transformation
The key to transformation might be surprising, and might require us to look within. “We make self-doubt mean something negative about our talent, our ideas,our creativity. What we’re capable of. Not true. In order for us to achieve our goals,we have to peel off all the stuff that is not us first. The discord of the…
Let Your Clients Catch Up
Let your clients catch up. There’s value in slowing down, taking our clients thoughtfully into account, and being more open, accessible. “The dream was always running ahead of me.To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.” ~ Anais Nin My brilliant and kind developmental editor, publishing savant, and friend, AJ…
How to Fuel Your Desire to Create
Fuel your desire to create by returning to whatever fills the well of inspiration. To whatever feels like play. To the work you’d do all day for free. “Discipline is much easier when it’s fueled by desire.” ~ Austin Kleon A new client texted me the other day and asked for an emergency coaching session. She…
