“I could talk about quality systems regarding piston rings and iron castings with the best of them,” says Brenda Georgenson, as she reminisces about her 21 years of manufacturing experience. Now, as a Quality Improvement Coordinator for Felician Village, a senior living community, she encourages others to “take what you know and apply it in [...]
It is one month after Kaleidoscope Fish and people are still talking about it. For those of who missed it, here is some background information. Thanks to everyone who helped make it a success! Pixel Yourself by the River – Kaleidoscope Fish was a performance art event designed to create an opportunity for people of [...]
One week ago I set a goal of writing a blog entry every day for one week. The week is over and I can proudly say that I achieved my goal. The point of the exercise wasn’t to write something profound or funny. It was simply to write, to show myself that I can. For [...]
This morning I remembered a little game that I learned in a marketing class to stimulate creativity. Step 1. Think about something you would like to change, develop or improve. For this example, I’ll take my life. Step 2. Think about something that has qualities you like. In this case, I was eating grapes and [...]
Routines. Which ones should we keep, which should we discard? I like my routine of eating breakfast everyday, but I like to change what I eat so it isn’t just cereal or oatmeal day after day. I like to stick to my routine of going for a walk or jog almost every day, but I [...]
To step into my yellow zone and try something new, I am taking advantage of an offer to try Kenpo Karate for free. The closest I ever came to doing any kind of martial arts was taking a kickboxing aerobics class at a gym, so all of this pretty new to me. After my third [...]
What would you do if you won the $260 million Powerball? That was a great topic of conversation over the past few days as people bought tickets and daydreamed about new homes, vacations, gifts, and extravagant and simple luxuries. You can see and hear people’s energy shift when they are in this dreamlike state, thinking [...]
Yesterday I had a wake up call about my thinking and attitude. I unknowingly had fallen into thinking small and viewing life from a place of scarcity instead of thinking big and living in a space of abundance. I was talking to Gina, an optimistic, energetic woman who successfully manifests what she desires. We were [...]
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“Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Yesterday I was drawn to my bookshelf and my hand went directly to Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking (1952). It is a classic self improvement book and in it he listed the quote above by Emerson. I [...]
