Join host Annie B, the Transition Magician, with her trusty sidekick, as they take an informative and humorous trip through the wheel of life and how you can use this tool to evaluate where you are and how you can get to where you want to be in any area of life.
Life After the Box: the wheel of life
Screw resolutions — focus on habits instead
As 2015 ends and 2016 begins, many of us create New Years’ resolutions. We all do so with the best of intentions. Perhaps we have goals for fitness, relationships, health, work or financial success. Nothing wrong with that. [Read more…]
3 Ways Friends and Family React to Your Illness
In 2014, I endured a horrific health crisis. Multiple strokes, a cancer diagnosis, followed by risky surgery and several months of chemotherapy, brought many of my relationships, from casual to intimate, into sharp focus. I found that friends and family reacted to my serious illness in one of three ways. [Read more…]
Authenticity is the New/Old Black*
No matter how you slice it, authenticity is key. One of the tenents to being successful in business, indeed in life, is to be someone that people know, like and trust. You must be yourself in all situations. In this way, everyone wins, because the energy vibration is much higher.
When I became ill, a big fear I had was that I would lose clients of my business. But I chose not to react from that place of fear. [Read more…]
How to respond to the new paradigm for referrals?
Twenty or thirty years ago, if you needed the name of a ear nose and throat doctor, an estate planning lawyer, or a plumber, the best means to secure these services was to ask your family, friends or neighbors. Referrals were always considered the best way for the consumer to select professional services. Conversely, as a professional, you wanted your phone to ring with calls from folks referred by your satisfied clients. These potential new customers already have a favorable opinion of you. Moreover, if you enjoyed working with the person who referred them, you’ll likely have a good experience servicing the new client as well. Birds of a feather do flock together. [Read more…]
I can’t work for anybody else.
Maybe you are like me. You chafe under the authority of a boss. Even a benevolent boss who may be a great person to work for still exercises a great deal of control over your day. [Read more…]
The Seven Deadly Sins of entrepreneurship — Number Six
The sixth undesirable trait that Gandhi cautions us about is politics without principle. No, we are not entering into the minefield of the current state of American politics! What this trait speaks to, which is applicable to the study of entrepreneurship, is the dangers of creating a public persona that bears little resemblance to one’s authentic self. [Read more…]
Perhaps the most critical tool for success is . . .
Long gone are the days when Emotional Intelligence was seen as flowery add-on to corporate training seminars or as something that would be nice, but not necessary, for a firm’s success. These assumptions about EI in the workplace are rapidly being put to rest as more and more organizations – from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies, solo entrepreneurs to non-profit organizations – realize the importance of having self or staff that has been trained in emotional intelligence strategies, and who know how to navigate coworkers’, colleagues’ and clients’ emotional trigger points. By doing so, better outcomes are achieved, and the organization as a whole, whether large or small, becomes more successful. [Read more…]
Plays well with others?
“The prophets are one family of God. Some have come in one country, some in another. But they belong to us all. If we celebrate the day of our prophet and criticize others, it is my feeling that our prophet will not be pleased, and we will never become enlightened. God has emphasized the same message through each prophet: “Go and teach the people love, teach them how to live well, take away their fears and their evils.” In essence, all prophets sacrificed to create good human beings.” — Baba Virsa Singh
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to all!
How to exact revenge
Revenge. It’s not only a TV show. Haven’t we all thought of “getting even” with someone at some point in our lives? [Read more…]