Take this job and…

Do you hate your job?   Before you yell “man/woman overboard!” and jump off the starboard bow,  find out what you do and do not want in your next job.  It will save…

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Money

I asked  someone what his biggest challenge is right now?  What keeps him awake at night?  His answer:  Money. In the current economic times, I think many people would say that money is the…

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New Management Blues

So there you are settled comfortably in your work routine and along comes the inevitable winds of change.  Your current manager leaves the company or gets promoted and suddenly a…

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How to Stop Working for the Weekend

This week, I overheard someone say, “I’m great!  It’s Wednesday!  I’m half-way through the week!”   It’s a common phrase, that we have all used.   It’s tied in popularity and overuse with “Thank…

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Transformations

Transformation does not have to take a long time.  Change can actually happen very quickly.  Often, it is simply a matter of changing our perspective.  Consider how decorative blown glass…

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Caring vs Care-taking

Are you a caring person or a care-taker? Is there a difference?   Yes!  There is a big difference!  When we care about another person, we experience feelings of empathy and…

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Self-forgiveness

Why do many of us find it so difficult to forgive ourselves?   If we’re not “on our game” one day and we don’t live up to our own high expectations for ourselves,…

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Healing the Gulf

At noon today, wherever you are, please take a moment, quiet your mind and ask your Creator to stop the oil spill in the Gulf and heal the earth. Even…

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Blessings in the Blunders

It seems to me, that many of us go through our lives afraid of making a mistake.  From my experience, my wisdom and strength have grown out of  my errors.  When I…

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Finding Rainbows

I would like to share a poem by Collin McCarty. Enjoy! Linda If We Don’t Take Chances, then We’ll Never Find the Rainbows If we don’t ever take chances, we…

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Look for the good

Most of us are adept at pointing out the flaws in something whether those flaws are in ourselves, in our surroundings or in a particular situation.  Today, when you catch…

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