What does it take for you to make a decision?  Decisions can be risky business.  Decisions require that you take responsibility for the outcome before it plays out … not everyone’s cup of tea.

In ...

Just before Christmas last year, I visited Winner’s (a major home-outfitting retailer) and spotted a gift card lying on the ground. I picked it up, did my shopping, then when I was ready to checkout, ...

Do you ever wonder why repeating “I am abundant” feels flat when you’re staring at an empty bank account? Or why a goal card can start to feel like just paper in your wallet?  

The problem is, if you...

Have you ever sat with a problem and tried to outthink it—making list after list, weighing every option, rehearsing possible outcomes—yet the harder you worked, the more anxious and stuck you felt? We...

 How much (quiet) trepidation do you carry in your day-to-day life?

Does any worry amplify before a tough conversation? Do you anticipate the worst before a doctor’s visit? Hesitate before trying som...

Are you a music-lover?  Do you walk around humming songs and reciting lyrics?

Music is a universal language and can speak equally to everyone.  But what about the story the song sings?  Can that move...

 I have a magnet on my fridge with Ralph Waldo Emmerson’s quote, “Life’s a journey, not a destination”.

A family member bought it for me years ago (I believe it was quiet recognition that I was seemi...

In earlier years, we did 50% of our business in promotional marketing in the last two months of the year.  Why?  Recognition and appreciation. 

Many clients ordered personalized Christmas cards, purc...

Have you ever recited Murphy’s Law: “Whatever can go wrong, will” ?

And its cousin, “When it rains it pours.”?

Both are pure anticipation – more accurately, expectation – that things will go a...

We rarely choose disruption.  Why would we? We don’t wake up thinking, “Today feels like a good day for a breakdown, a diagnosis, a financial scare.” … not!

But disruption comes anyway—precisely beca...

Could the stories you're telling yourself making you ill?

We’ve all done it.
Replayed the conversation.

Rehashed the comment. Re-explained the unfair policy, the bad experience, or the moment someone...

What do you do when the storm hits? 

I mean the storm in terms of adversity, challenge, disappointment, set-back, failure or rejection.
Most people take it as a sign they’re off track and abort their ...