Love is something you DO
Valentine’s Day isn’t just for lovers. It’s a day to celebrate your love for all people, including your family and your work family. Traditionally we buy cards, flowers, chocolate, even dinner in restaurants to show people how special they are to us and how much we appreciate them. There are other ways to show love, […]
Presents or Presence?
Presents or Presence? What do people want? Which will you give? As the calendar year ends, we enter the holy season—the holidays—and magically begin to open ourselves to more giving and more receiving. When I stop to think about the gifts that mean the most to people, I think of connection, wisdom, acceptance, understanding, compassion […]
Do You Give & Receive the Gifts that Matter Most?
When I stop to really think about the gifts that mean the most to people, I think of the gifts of connection, wisdom, acceptance, understanding, compassion and love. For example, when we believe in someone, see them for who they are, and understand them to a point of feeling compassion and unconditional love we are […]
Set Boundaries and Be Rich
How would you like to be more powerful and efficient, and to have people take you more seriously when you ask for something to be done? How would you like to introduce an employee or helper to a set of tasks, and have them take responsibility for getting it done? What would be different in […]
Set Boundaries for Yourself and Others
Are you frustrated about other people not living up to your expectations? Let’s take that thought of everyone else being the problem, and turn it inward. Are you frustrated about not living up to your expectations? This is a common issue that people want resolved. Start by shifting yourself, and watch others magically fall into […]
Honouring My Mentor
One year ago at Author University in Las Vegas, I was presented with the opportunity to work with a mentor who had written fourteen best selling books, achieved the Toastmasters elite Golden Gavel award and who has mastered her self and her career in ways that I want to master mine. I made a year […]
Thank and be Rich
The language of the heart is expressed in gratitude. When we want our hearts to feel rich, we need to create more positive experiences, and this can be done by paying attention to joy, abundance, beauty, and the potential of what is. Where attention goes, energy flows and results show.
Be Grateful and Be Rich
It’s been a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving and I’m elated to look out over hundreds of miles of red, orange and yellow forests. The trees inspire me as their leaves remind me of the cycle of life; their strong trunks remind me of the potential for growth when we’re grounded with deep roots; and the sheer number of them inspire me to notice the abundance that surrounds me when I really open my eyes to the fullness of nature.
The Impact of a Positive Work Atmosphere
The manager of a dental office recently called for advice about her team. The financial aspect of the practice was great but the passion and motivation of the team wasn’t there. This affected the quality of patient care and an increase of employee turnover.When we investigated further, she mentioned that they recently invested in a […]
The Difference between Judging and Analyzing
As I wrote in this month’s article,’When we judge others, we criticize their moral behavior as inappropriate’ (read the full article Accept Others and Be Rich); criticizing people is detrimental to our own being, however, there has to be a balance somewhere to allow for analyzing. What is the difference between judgement and analyzing? Here […]