This past week my daughter graduated from New York University. I had the privilege of sitting through two commencement ceremonies, one for the entire university and the other for the Tisch School of the Arts. While some people dread such events, I look forward to the inspirational speeches. They may be meant to inspire the …
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Do you know how people perceive you? Do you know how you want to be perceived? I talk a lot about branding with my writing and blogging clients and with attendees at writers’ conferences. In simple terms, this means I help them determine “how they want to be known or perceived.” The process involves thinking …
I celebrated my birthday about a week ago. Several other people I know on Facebook shared the same birthday, and one asked me at what time I was born. I started thinking about my birth…why I was born in the morning…and my birth script. So much has been written about things like birth order, but, …
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The other day I was speaking with a dancer about perfection. Dancers constantly strive for perfection, but it’s an unattainable goal. No matter how well they perform, no matter how seemingly perfect their last pirouette, no matter how amazing their last double tour…it can always be better. Some people feel fine with “good enough.” Others, …
I went to a conference recently run by the Expert Industry Association. I did it to advance my business—to help me learn how to do what I do better. I was surprised to hear—or maybe not so surprised—that most of the presenters spend a ton of time and money on personal development. Some of them …
One of the ways we help ourselves succeed in life is by association. We can choose to associate with people who are successful, to find mentors who can teach us or to surround ourselves with supportive friends and colleagues. In this way we help ourselves become our best possible selves. I recently read that we …
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Tomorrow begins the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance. It comes after 10 days of introspection when we explore the sins we’ve committed and how to rectify them. We ask for forgiveness from those we’ve wronged as well as from God. There are three types of sins in the Jewish traditions: sins …
What does it take to make you appreciate your life? And what does it take to make you realize you need to make some changes in your life? What does it take to make you live fully and fulfill your potential? Do you need to have a big wake-up call, like a near-death experience or …
In this world, showing up as your true self is one of the most important things you can do if you want to succeed at anything. By this I mean not hiding your essence because you are afraid of being judged, not liked, ridiculed, not loved, outcast, or anything other negative outcome. If you don’t …
Results. We want to achieve them in all areas of our lives—in business, health, fitness, career, finances, and relationships. We have dreams and goals, and we want the actions we take to realize them actually to turn into results. How do we ensure that we achieve results on a regular basis? It can be difficult …
I’ve been thinking a lot about attitude and how it affects our ability to achieve our goals and realize our dreams. In fact, mindset affects just about everything–including how your day turn out. Your attitude can determine each and every moment of your life in a multitude of ways. Think about the saying, “I woke …
This past year or two I’ve watched my children spread their wings and really begin to fly. In a few cases, they are still flapping them around a bit and wondering if they can really handle a long distance flight, if they’ve got the skill, the endurance, the character. But every day they fly just …
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