enthusiasm is an essential ingredient to success. It changes how you take action, how you deal with challenges, how you open your eyes to new possibilities or leverage the ones you are currently working with.
You can ask anyone you know who is successful in their life or business and ask them if they think enthusiasm is an essential ingredient. They will reply “most definitely” because it has such a powerful impact on our mindset.
Enthusiasm is contagious. People buy from someone they know, like and trust… And enthusiasm just makes that flow to you.
Enthusiasm sets off a whole new wave of energy and it creates new ideas in you and the people you are working or interacting with.
Like everything else [click to continue reading…]
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empowerment,
personal development,
success secrets
Life is full of so many interesting and wonderful things. Even moving through your regular routine if you look, really look you will see so many things that make you take a little deeper breath, a little pause in your stride, to enjoy where you are and what is going on right in front of you.
Every one seems so rushed these days, and the news just perpetuates that rush and bother. The news segments are purposefully laid out to give us headlines of fear and doom and gloom, followed seamlessly by the latest drug to cure our anxiety or other perceived stress related malaise…
The really interesting part to me is that we are wonderful, amazing, brilliant beings… filled with light and love and the most amazing capacity for creativity.
And yet most of us just don’t see it, especially in ourselves…
But its there and when we decide [click to continue reading…]
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inspiration,
new thought,
personal development
This morning was beautiful, gorgeous sun, birds chirping and dashing back and forth in the bushes.
Spring is not too far around the corner and it seems like the birds are getting ready to pair up and build some nests.
We were walki
ng on the path in the woods with glimpses of Nantucket sound. With the snow melting there were lots of nice places for the girls to plunge in and bound around as we walked down the trail.
Today was one of those days I was just 
feeling really good.
No big external condition causing it just delighted with life and enjoying feeling good walking the dogs and being with them enjoying the day.
As I was walking along I must have had a nice smile on my face. I ran into a woman walking the path. She stopped to look at Taza and Luna but didn’t really seem to have a friendly energy about her.
Which is pretty hard when you are near two very cute, polite, wiggly Labradors… They did not pay her too much attention, I guess her energy was not that attractive to them.
Then she stopped and looked directly at me. “You are so happy” “I can feel your happiness” she smiled, and commented that isn’t something she would normally say and that she never picked up on what someone was feeling so strongly before.
We talked a little, I told her that nothing was more important than that I feel good. Because it makes me feel good, attracts good things to me, and aligns my energy with all good things flowing to me. I told her living this way allows me to be more helpful and valuable to my clients and customers.
She laughed, I guess it must be true she said. I feel great, you’ve made my day. We waived good afternoon and went on with our walk.
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martha’s vineyard musings walking dogs- I have two Labrador retrievers, Taza who is 8 and Luna who is 6. Every morning I take a walk with “The Girls.” We go to different beaches and pathways on martha’s vineyard where we live. This tag in my blog is about the thoughts, discoveries, ideas, and epiphanies that come to us during those walks. I hope you enjoy the inspirational musings and your virtual visit to martha’s vineyard.
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appreciation,
happiness,
inspiration,
martha's vineyard,
walking dogs
We can all become masters in the art of listening.
We can deepen the richness and expand the colors in the palette that we use to paint the canvas of our lives.
We can discover the nuance and fluidity of expression and emotion that encompasses true connection and conversation.
When we realize the art of listening is something that we have just forgotten and can rediscover.
Are you ready to rediscover the art of listening that is innate within you?
When we are talking in a conversation and our ears are hearing the words and sounds coming out of the other person’s mouth… but are we listening to what they are saying?
Listening involves the whole person.
We need to listen with our whole bodies just as someone speaks using their whole body.
Here are a few questions to get you thinking about your listening skills. Look them over and then really listen to the people who are communicating with you.
- When you are in a conversation are you really listening or are you waiting for the other person to stop talking so you can say the thing you just thought of to say while they were talking?
- Do you allow a pause after the other person stops talking? Leave a pause and listen to what is being said in the silence.
- Do you listen with an agenda? Judging the other person and what they are saying, or maybe thinking of ways to “Fix” it?
- Do you listen with your head or your heart? Spend the week listening with your heart.
- What do you hear when you listen with your heart?
Practice and refine the art of listening as you move through the canvas of your life.
You will be surprised at all of the things you hear.
Tagged as:
appreciation,
choose your own change,
inspiration,
personal development,
success secrets
