Braiker, Harriet. The Disease to Please.
Dr. Braiker’s first book (that I read) was The Type E Woman (for the woman who tries to be everything to everyone). Let’s just say I found a few tidbits in there for myself and for others I knew. So when this particular book came out, I bought it right [...]
Tags: book review, disease, disease to please, Harriet Braiker, people pleasers
Women entrepreneurs need to depend on their intuition a lot more than they normally allow themselves to.
Sure, logic and reason have their place in making decisions, but these left-brain, masculine qualities will keep you playing it safe, thinking about growth in small, incremental steps and prevent you from taking the bold leaps that are often [...]
Tags: entrepreneurs, fear, intuition, Kendall SummerHawk, wisdom, women
Krista Green, recent speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Professional Organizers, where I was also a speaker, provided the opening keynote. One of the first ideas she shared was this one:
“Weed your own garden before advertising your services as a landscaper.”
Is that brilliant or what? I love that…and although we’ve all heard a version [...]
If you are feeling a little (or very!) freaked-out, then you first need to start by identifying what some of the sources of your anxiety are. Write down as many as you can identify (and yesterday’s blog post gave you additional encouragement and tips about this, but in general, what you’re trying to do is to get [...]
Tags: anxiety, attitude, negativity, staying positive, worry
If you are feeling a little (or very!) freaked-out, then start by identifying what some of the sources of your anxiety are. Write down as many as you can identify. The idea is to get the unspoken (and the spoken) anxieties out in writing. Just write one idea after another after another – until you [...]
Tags: anxiety, attitude, freaked-out, positive
Remember in the Brady Bunch shows (which I watched as a teenager – yes, I’m 53, almost 54 at this point), there was a split screen. Recently, I was talking with my coach, Dr. Joelle Jay, and she made reference to the split screen and so I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Get the picture in [...]
Tags: Brady Bunch, Joelle Jay, just whelmed, split screen
In case you haven’t memorized this yet…’failure is a comma, not a period.’ Lynne Ford
This is the last in our series (unless you all prompt me with more!) Remember, you have have failed before, lived to tell about it, and you will fail again. So, consider this:
5. Some failures are a result of something outside of [...]
Remember, ‘failure is a comma, not a period.’ Lynne Ford
Is it possible that ….
4. Some failures are a result of your own decisions and choices. You chose to wait and study for a big exam until it was too late. You decided to shortcut your “research” process and you lifted material without citing it. Both [...]
If necessary, tatoo (or at least post where you can see it) the following quote: ’failure is a comma, not a period.’ Lynne Ford
The third idea in our series on ‘failure’ is this:
3. Some failures are great lessons. You take a new job and because you want to be ‘included,’ you start partying with the group [...]
As Lynne Ford says, ‘failure is a comma, not a period.’
This is the theme of this series of posts. As you observe the failures that you have experienced (and that you will again) consider the truth of this statement:
2. Some failures are major reliefs. Let’s say you submitted a proposal for a large federal [...]
Tags: academia, failure, federal grant, projects, stress, success
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