Winning Strategies

This Moment is Your Life

"Be happy for this moment.  This moment is your life."  Any idea what movie this quote is from? Answer:  Diane Lane & Richard Gere is in this 2002 movie titled 'Unfaithful'

Way to Go Ladies

 

Way to go ladies! Fabulous article on how your hard work paid off, "Winning Women in the Good Ol Boy State".

 

http://www.fitsnews.com/2012/01/24/winning-women-in-the-good-ol-boy-state/

Thanks for providing encouragement for us all!

The Cancel Club

As I rushed to my flight yesterday, hurriedly scrambling through lines, I could not have predicted that hours later I would still be at the airport in Louisville, unable to get back to Dallas. I was with hoards of other people, all stuck with no plane and no alternate plan for new equipment. The irony of flight 1009 was that 2 weeks prior the exact scenario had occurred.

As we stood in the line to get hotel vouchers and rescheduled flights, we made acquaintances. I had the chance to meet Chuck and Mel, partners in the restaurant business that own Fuzzys Taco Shops. Consultants, company owners, people traveling for fun- we were all part of the 'Cancel Club'.

This morning I road to the airport with the flight crew. Since they were cancelled, they will not be paid for the flight- and I thought I'd had a bad day!

So- here's a wish for safe travels and a fabulous Friday to all the members of the Flight 1009 Cancel Club!



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Find the Silver Lining

 

You get disapointing news.  Something doesn't go your way.  You feel disapointed or unhappy.  Find the silver lining.  In a few days it will be better.  The sky will become clearer and whatever it is that has upset you or disapointed you will seem small and distant.  There is always better news and days ahead.

Reset your perspective.  Try to focus your mental attention on positive things that put you in a better mindset.  I answer emails from around the world.  Many times, I am reading about the promotion you didn't get, an offense against you at work, a critical meeting you weren't invited to, or a project that you didn't get to work on.  All in all, the most important thing is how you recover. 

The Market Begins to Recover- Recruiters are Searching for You!

Be encouraged. The market seems to be rebounding. I see increased activity in the job market and certainly my LinkedIn profile (www.LinkedIn.com) has been 'on fire' ---which means that recruiters are searching for YOU. What are you looking to do in your career? Do future employers know how to find you?

Build a Great Profile
Help them out- start by building a great profile that reflects your accomplishments and highlights your strengths. It is important to stand out in this crowded marketplace. You can walk through the details of building a powerful brand in my recent book Brand YOU available in bookstores near you or on Amazon or other online retailers. Yes, OK, I couldn't avoid adding in an advertisement there (laugh). Many have found the book very helpful in reviewing and creating a stellar personal brand. I trust that you will also.

Dream a Big Dream
Define goals for yourself that take you where you want to go. Dream a big dream and never stop dreaming. So many that I've talked to got to a certain place in life where they just stopped dreaming. Start dreaming again. It isn't so hard, really. Opportunities abound and you can certainly chase them.

Chin Up
Keep a positive attitude. Positivity breeds good things. Good luck- and keep at it. I'm rooting for you.



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Ben Breedlove Shows Us All How to Live

 

Today we talked about Ben Breedlove, the 17 year old with a heart condition that died in December.  His story about how he chose to live his life despite a life threatening heart condition is encouraging, amazing, and lifts your heart.  Watch his story, it is well worth the time spent.  Watch it with your family and notice his geniune smiles.

 

Part 1 of the story:  http://youtu.be/tmlTHfVaU9o

Part II of the story:  http://youtu.be/a4LSEXsvRAI

The story from his sister's viewpoint:  http://youtu.be/GEhAtP2Fnb8

What an uplifting and surreal story and vision from a young man from Austin Texas.  I know that this will bless your day and help you to put things in your life in their proper perspective.  I too, like Ben, believe in God.

TGIF

Yeah!!!! It is Friday.  I love Fridays.  I relax on Friday nights and enjoy some time with the family.  I take time to NOT do much of anything.  I TRY to be LAZY.  I take time to find a little quiet time.  I take a mental vacation to the last beach I've visited.  My mind drifts away to the places I've been, the world that I've seen, and the people that I've been able to motivate and inspire. 

I've been blessed.  On Fridays, I work to remember all the ways that I've been blessed and I think on those blessing.  Happy Friday.

 

 

Tick Tock Til you Drop

Tick tock, tick tock, life ticks away- you work til you drop.  The days blur by and you can't believe that another week is gone.

I pride myself on work/life balance, but to be trasparent with all of you, I've been failing miserably at the exact area that I speak and write on- - - - I have not done a good job of balancing my work and my home life.  Reality check.  Time for me to re-evaluate and re-measure.  Time to re-think and re-calibrate.  Time to start again.

Luckily , each day we can start again.  Each morning we can start afresh.  Each day we can look over our lives and change the pieces that fall short of your goals for for life.  Each day we can wipe the chalk board clean and start anew.

How about you? Is it time to re-calibrate your life?  Is it time to rethink your priorities?  Definitely it is time for me. 

Have a fabulous day.

Best Foot Forward

It is Saturday night and I'm lavishly wasting time on watching a television show.  It feels a bit like a guilty pleasure to watch television when I have SOOO much that I should be doing.  I am living vicariously through a set of characters on a reality television show.

As I watch their frustrations and struggles, I think about all of you.  Do you worry about things that you don't need to spend time worrying about?  You have about 5,000 Saturdays that you will live through, on estimation, in your life.  Are you putting your best foot forward?  Are you smelling the roses of your life? We get caught up in the mundane.  We forget to celebrate the gifts that we've been given.

Decide to put your best foot forward.  Decide to be the best 'YOU' that you can be; at home, at work, and eveywhere you go.  Put your best foot forward.  Think on the positives in your life and envision the best possible scenarios.  Success will follow your mind's eye and take you where you've been dreaming of going.

Wishing you many happy journeys.

 

Hanging off a Cliff

Alex Honnold spends his days free climbing.  Yes, you read that right.  He literally 'hangs' off a flat rock wall with no harness, and no safety, depending only on his fingers as they fit into small crevassees to hold him on the vertical rock.

It is completely mind boggling to imagine that one could hang off the side of a flat rock with no harness and support and not be terrified of the potential consequences of failure.

Sixty minutes did an incredible story on him.  Watch it here:  http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7383158n  He 'free solo' climbs walls that are taller than the Empire State building.

I held my breath as I watched him climb.  I wonder, could I be more daring with some of the smallest of decisions in my life if he can hang his life in the balance, trusting the elements and depending on his capabilities with no support.

Watch Alex and be inspired:

Alex Honnold in Yosemite: http://youtu.be/ICBrXUuwvgg

Alex Honnold Free Soloing featured by National Geographic: http://youtu.be/leCAy1v1fnI