I’ve been a “multi-tasker” for many years. Always thought I could do at least a couple things well and sometimes more. After all, I’m a woman, and reading all those women’s magazines pretty much SAID that women (sorry guys, your specialty has tended to be more linear)  were great at doing several things at once.

To be fair, I believed I was pretty great at doing  several things at once when it concerned things that didn’t need total focus – like fixing dinner, responding to my small kids when it was too quiet – or too noisy, talking on the phone, doing picking up of clutter before Dad came home for dinner. That sort of half-attentive attention  was pretty easy.

I guess that type of split attention was “good enough” during that time with the proof being Read the rest of this entry

Someone once asked a wealthy man if he thought he was successful. His answer was that he did not. “Why not?” was the immediate question. He said that to him, success was having a net worth of 5 million dollars and he only had 3!

Another man was asked what his definition of success was and he responded by saying that as long as he woke up each morning, could get out of bed and was breathing, well, that was a very successful day.

Two totally opposite viewpoints, but they affect each of these men very differently. The first one wonders what his life is all about and is prone to depression; the second is easy going and tends to be very happy.

These two are a bit extreme, but here is another viewpoint to consider:

“The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much
larger than just deciding what to do with your own life, and if the system
under which we live the structure of western civilization begins to collapse because of our selfishness and greed, then it will make no difference whether you have $1 million dollars when the crash comes or just $1.00. The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.”
~Marianne Williamson (1952-, American author, lecturer on spirituality)

Another great quote:

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting — is the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard — reaching for the highest that is in us — becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”
~Zig Ziglar (1926-, American sales trainer, author, motivational speaker)

Where do you stand? What does success look like to you? Have you achieved all that you want? Do you know what you want? What works for you? Do you have tips to share?  The challenge is in finding a definition of success that really empowers and compells; fascinates and inspires forward movement.  After all, our beliefs shape our lives and define what we are willing to accept or reject.

I’m getting ready to start Tony Robbins’  30 day Personal Power II program. In the past, I only got partway through… maybe day 7. I didn’t do all the exercises and I’d listen in my car.. over and over again, but I didn’t do all the writing and then I’d let one or two days go by and before I knew it, the CDs were back in the box, on the shelf.  I even jumped around… trying Day 12 or 13 but there was not enough consistency.  I’d even noticed  improvement in my thinking and my awareness, but at the time, I guess I was willing to settle for just a portion.

What’s different now? Well, I have a theory that there may be other people like me, who, for whatever reason, purchased Tony’s course and either didn’t listen to any of it, or maybe didn’t finish it, or if they did, may be wanting to go through it again.

There’s no opt-in required to join with me and I hope you will join with me starting on Nov. 1.

Was rudely awakened out of a sound sleep at 4:00 am with neighbor’s car alarm blaring. The noise had become part of my dream and I was trying various dream-logical solutions to shut the thing up.  I think there was a dream sledge-hammer and buckets of dream water involved somehow. Nothing worked, of course. Finally, the sound stopped and I was free to try to go back to sleep. Instead, I lay in bed, looking at the ceiling in the dark.

Have you ever been going along relatively content – just maybe a bit restless and wondering what else you could be doing with your life, when suddenly some event jolts you out of your rut? Sometimes your perception of a certain birthday attaches itself and then sort of pounces in a collective wake up call. (How did I get to be this age and still not as far along as I thought? – and who set up my own definition of my success anyway?)   Other times, it’s a health issue, or someone loses a job, or a relationship that had been coasting finally disintegrates and you’re left with having to make some major decisions quickly to adapt. Read the rest of this entry