Confessions of a Know-It-All Do-It-All, by Stand Up, Mama

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Julie

GUEST POST Sally Robertson – Founder of Stand Up, Mama!
BYhttp://standupmama.wordpress.com/author/standupmama/

“I wrote the following piece as part of an online blog writing class I took with the fabulous Laurie Foley at the end of 2011. I’d completely forgotten it and just discovered it as I sat down to write some material for the one-woman show I’m working on. I’m glad to say that the treatment for the nerve disorder I refer to in the post did work and I’ve been symptom-free for the past three months. Here is the post I wrote:

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Happy Secret to Better Work by Shawn Achor

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Julie

We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.

Shawn Achor is the CEO of Good Think Inc., where he researches and teaches about positive psychology.  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html

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Perspective on What to Do Next

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Julie

ANN PATCHETT QUOTES FROM “WHAT NOW?”

Another perspective on what to do next.

“What now” is based on Ann’s lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College.

“It was for me the start of a lesson that I never stop having to learn: to pay attention to the things I’ll probably never need to know, to listen carefully to the people who look as if they have nothing to teach me, to see school as something that goes on everywhere, all the time, not just in libraries but in parking lots, in airports, in trees.”

 

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The Mystery – You Tube

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Julie

Do you feel the mystery?

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6 Steps to Holiday Sanity by Martha Beck

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Julie

AN OLDY, BUT GOODY FROM MARTHA BECK, MY Mentor and Life Coach Extroidinaire.

Are you looking forward to the season ahead with shivers of anticipation? Or just shivers? Martha Beck can save you untold aggravation, angst, time and money by persuading you not to do the things you don’t want to do.

List Your Holiday Traditions
Take a few minutes to write down every holiday custom you feel you should follow. Start with family patterns, but don’t end there. Offices and friendships have their own traditions.

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Happy Holidays! Spend a little, Give a lot.

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Julie

HAPPY HOLIDAYS PEOPLE.  How to Spend a Little and Give a Lot – Small Donations Twenty bucks buys movie tickets or a weekend’s worth of lattes. But you can do a world of good – from feeding an endangered animal to educating a child – for even less. Oprah.com |  From the December 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

$1 Two books shipped to a classroom in Africa. In many schoolrooms on the continent, 20 children share one textbook.
booksforafrica.org

$2 A set of drumsticks for a low-income public school student learning to play the drums.
littlekidsrock.org

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Work Less and Get More Done Written by Jenny Shih. http://jennyshih.com/

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Julie

Work Less and Get More Done Written by Jenny Shih. http://jennyshih.com/

Last week I was chatting about business with a friend and fellow entrepreneur. The conversation came around to productivity and getting things done. At some point I told her, “Some days I don’t work at all.”

“Really?!” she said. “Wow. That’s good to know. I wouldn’t have guessed that about you.”

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Two-Minute Karma: 9 Speedy Ways to Super-Charge Your Spirit

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Julie

Easy things you can do to help others (less daunting than quitting your job to go save endangered beetles and more fulfilling than recycling your newspaper). Oprah.com |  Jul 22, 2011

1. Help End Hunger With an Oddly Addictive (Free!) Word Game

At free.rice.com, you answer multiple-choice questions about the real definition of words, and for every correct response, the United Nations World Food Program donates 10 grains of rice to hungry people. Thus far, 6.5 billion grains have been given away and countless users have seen their literacy skyrocket as they absorb the meaning of such “shend” (reproach) and “calipash” (edible turtle part).free.rice.com

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Dysfunctional Family Bingo

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Julie

COACHING TIP OF THE MONTH

Going to a reunion, wedding, or a long road trip and NOT looking forward to the journey and/or event? Here’s a great tool to try that will help release tension, expand your paradigm, and put a different spin on the experience.

It is called Dysfunctional Family/Event Bingo and was originally designed by best selling self-help author, Martha Beck.

How to play?  A few weeks before the journey or event, find one or two other players, such as a few of your best friends, and set a wager that the losers must buy the winner lunch (for example).  Adding the element of competition to this can make it even more hilarious.

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10 Rules for Brilliant Women

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Julie

Tara Sophia Mohr | wise living » 10 Rules for Brilliant Women

–Tara Sophia Mohr Tara Mohr is a writer, coach and creator of Wise Living, which offers coaching, and courses for professional and personal fulfillment.

http://www.taramohr.com/2010/09/10-rules-for-brilliant-women-2/July 27, 2011

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