Tag Archive | change

Year In Review And Making 2018 The Best Year Yet

Dec5

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The last few years have been rough for me.

Last year I lost my older brother, lost a few friends, had back surgery, began to see my parents decline with dementia, obtained a new boss at work (much adjustment), began and ended a romantic relationship, and saw many celebrities that I grew up with pass away.

This year I had to place my mother in a nursing home due to Alzheimer’s disease, I’m watching my father lose his mind to dementia and am caring for him, I lost my full-time job, I moved, I lost a few more friends and a few more childhood celebrities.

Change is hard. Loss is hard. 💔

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Find Work-At-Home Opportunities That Work

Jun7
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Whether you jump in your car with a mug of coffee, battle traffic before you battle office politics, or you’re a stay-at-home mom, you know you don’t want to do it forever.

I get it!

I used to jump in the car and battle traffic for about an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening Monday through Friday. 

Several of my friends work-at-home now too. We all have different reasons for doing it.

Maybe we were looking to:

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How To Use Motivation Quotes To Attract Lasting Change

Dec19
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We become what we think.  This quote has been proven over and over again.

If we perceive something bad is going to happen to us, many times it does. 

On the contrary, if we believe something good is going to happen, this often becomes true as well. 

Science has affirmed the link between positive affect and its impact on an individual’s motivation and performance.

If we expect the best or we expect the worst, we’re usually not disappointed.  Each time we perceive a positive thought, it increases our own perceptions of positive expectancy.

For motivation to last, it requires constant thinking with daily positive reinforcement.

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5 Reasons Why Your Business Should Go Remote

Oct4

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Remote work is becoming the new nine to five. Between gadgets, teams, clients, and everything in between, mobile technology is making it super easy to go remote.

According to Global Workplace Analytics, employees are not at their desk 50-60% of the time. Today most work can be done at a beach-side café with an internet connection while sipping on a hot cup of joe.

So why not adopt a flexible work-from-anywhere culture? Studies prove that going remote isn’t exactly a terrible idea. Here are five reasons why your business should go remote:

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How To Have A More Effective Business Meeting

Sep12
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A lot of business meetings are considered to be unproductive and a waste of time.

About 40% of meetings actually. But some are worse than others.

I’m sure at some point you’ve attended a bad business meeting.

What defines a “bad” business meeting?

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