152 Insights ← "152 Insights Into My Soul"

Middle Age

Feb

27

2019

Do you ever feel like your just breaking down? Well, I definitely do! I’m going through a bump of it right now, always trying to assume “this too shall pass” (at the same time worrying that it won’t) and in the thick of these physical struggles, I always a have ample time to overthink. For ...

Act Two

Feb

17

2019

…What does that really mean? Act two? When did I start act one? I had no idea I started the “play” of my life! I just thought I started a life… First of all, please note the previous posts are from my “Big act one” decision! Yup those posts are my husbands. (yes this “character” ...

Language and a 5 Band Puzzle Ring

May

13

2015

Stephen Covey identified 4 key areas of life as physical, spiritual, mental, and social/emotional. I talked about applying the fitness motif to them here. But I’ve recently been exploring the concept that we human beings live in language: as water is to the fish, as air is to the birds, language is to humans. “We ...

You Can’t Learn Your Way to a Great Business

Feb

7

2015

Alas, it seems that school has failed me. I was good at it. Learning, tests, etc. Unfortunately, those skills are not the skills required in business. Or, it seems, in life. Doing things, rather than studying them, seems to be the way to create success in the business world. Whenever I’m stuck, as I am ...

First Day in NYC!

Sep

22

2013

It’s going to be a great day of discoveries. We arrived yesterday around 5pm, got out of Newark around 6:30 and finally got into our apartment at about 8pm. Ran put to a local grocery store for some essentials and then crashed into bed.

Coleman lamp conversion

Sep

10

2013

Converting my Coleman lamps to electric allowed me to use them in my office for a really cool effect.

Responsibility

Dec

16

2012

We are responsible for our own effectiveness, for our own happiness, and ultimately, I would say, for most of our circumstances. – Stephen Covey in “The seven habits of highly effective people” p. 93

True empathy changes you

Oct

26

2012

Isn’t this what Christ actually did? More massively than we could imagine?

Headspace

Sep

26

2012

Today I started a program called Headspace. 10 mins of quiet time all to myself…not that I don’t get time to myself, The reality is I need 10 mins of quiet time away from myself. I know that sounds strange BUT my own worst enemy is ME! And THIS, I want to get to the ...

Proactive people can carry their own weather with them

Sep

25

2012

This is such a challenging concept. Not that it’s challenging to understand, it’s challenging to do. Proactive people can carry their own weather with them. Whether rains or signs makes no difference to them. They are value driven; and if their value is to produce good quality work, it isn’t a function of whether the ...