Common wisdom is often times not common practice.
The information I share in this blog is for you to experiment with and see if it makes your life better.
Give my suggestions a try! Come on, what have you got to lose?
All is Calm. All is Bright.
The alleyway was dark with only a few street lamps to light our way. In the distance, you could hear the strands of "Silent Night," but where we were at, I didn't feel so calm nor bright. While the Victorian "streets" were bustling with eager vendors, with "in...
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5 Ways to Keep Your Sanity and Be Productive During the Holidays
Look familiar? Is this you after driving on HWY 280 at rush hour or getting ready for another holiday event? How do you feel about having to wait in yet another line and wondering why it doesn't seem to move? Well, I think we all can relate to that frazzled kind of...
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Me at 150
It is really hard to believe that this is my 150th blog post! I started writing a blog back in 2014, and at that time, it was the safest place I could thing of to express myself, because the people around me weren't very open to my way of thinking, seeing and...
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What The Bleep Is An Appreciation Feast and Why You Need To Have One!
I wanted a story to illustrate why the Appreciation Feast activity is so powerful and life changing. It was then that I remembered an article about a US soldier who carried in his pocket a worn, brown piece of paper. On that paper was a bunch of childrens'...
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Edison’s Secret
Edison - The title screen opens and you see, "The Man. The Myth. The Legend." Sweeping music floods your ears and you are swept away to a shot of a tall man looking out over the expanse, as the sun rises. There is satisfaction in his eyes and a trace of a smile around...
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Leadership – The Truth of What Works
I have been on a mission this past month to ferret out the truth of what works. Why? Because I think with all the noise we hear, the distractions we have, the directives, the email, the movies, the tv, the books ... the career, the family, the friends, the hobbies,...
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Best Practices That Make A Difference
Have you seen those top ten lists that are everywhere? Top ten books, top ten productivity hacks, top ten foods that increase your sex drive and make you smart at the same time? When you see "Top Ten..." what do you think? Well, if you are like me, I think best...
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How Do You Get To The Truth?
I was so frustrated! It felt like I was hitting my head on a brick wall. I looked everywhere for my wedding rings. I retraced my steps, I asked for assistance in the search, I meditated, prayed, and searched some more. I still couldn't find them. It wasn't just the...
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What’s Your Mirror Been Telling You, Lately?
I had that sinking feeling you get when you know that you're not getting the results you want, but you can't quite put your finger on the cause. Do you know what I mean? You get uncomfortable, so maybe you just ignore the feeling and go watch a tv show, or go to the...
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When Does Your Conversation Turn Crucial?
Have you ever wondered how a conversation spun out of control? You know what I mean? You had the best of intentions and it started out really well only to end in a disaster? I've had a few of those myself. What makes Crucial Conversations a great resource to help...
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Speak Up and How To Be More Effective When You Do!
Effective and infuential communication is easier than you think when you have clarity, courage and initiative to speak your mind. But do we? Do we really know what we are going to say when we step into a conversation? Have we thought about who we want to be and what...
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What Makes You Travel 5,268 Miles in 72 Hours?
If you had asked me whether I would fly that far with such a quick turnaround time for a conference ten years ago, I would have told you that it didn't make any sense. I just didn't view a learning opportunity in that way. Back then, I would have believed that it...
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How To Get Results and NOT Quit
I just saw one of the most engaging speeches I've seen in a long time and her theme tied into what I have been posting about all week - excecution on your vision. Have you been knocked down so hard that you thought you might not ever get up again? Can you remember a...
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How To Use Pain Effectively
"I can't believe this is happening," I thought to myself in between gasps for air and excruciating pain. I went down and went down hard. I remember those moments as if it were a slow motion movie in technacolor from the 70's. I wish the photo on the right was of me....
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“They aren’t listening to me…” and What To Do About It!
Do you remember Abbot and Costello? They were comediens who had a famous comedy routine called, "Who's on First?" It went like this: Abbott: Strange as it may seem, they give ball players nowadays very peculiar names. Costello: Funny names? Abbott: Nicknames,...
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Are You A Prisoner of Events?
One of the most important discoveries Peter Drucker wrote about in his book, The Effective Executive,* is: Without an action plan, the executive becomes a prisoner of events. And without check-ins to reexamine the plan as events unfold, the executive has no way of...
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8 Keys of Excellence and Why They Matter
Look at this picture to the right ... did you smile? Do you remember that kind of feeling when you were a kid? Your imagination was in overdrive and you BELIEVED that you were living in that superhero moment?! It was magical, wasn't it? So there I was sitting in...
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Legacy. How To Live Yours
This topic doesn't typically come up in every day conversation unless dealing with chronic illness and death is in your daily job description. For most of us, staring mortality in the face is usually brought on by an event of some sort, and that event is so powerful,...
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Innovate Yourself – The Ultimate Game
Are you operating at a version 1.0 and want version 3.0 results? What's it gonna take to innovate you and your life so you can have more? More fun, more happiness and more satisfaction, consistently, and over the long term? You know, there was a time when I thought...
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Take This For Granted and You’ll Regret It
You know that saying, familiarity breeds contempt? One of the common flaws we have is devaluing that which we can get easily and the supply of which is readily available. Time is one such resource. Yes, we've been told our whole life how important time is, but do our...
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How Independent Are You? Here’s How To Know
Does this sound like you? I am deeply satisfied with my life. I love the people I get to see on a daily basis and I get to experience joy, creativity and connection. I am involved in interesting projects that allow me to contribute to the world in a way that is...
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How To Get Mentally Stronger
One of the things that most people say they want is to be successful and one of the common mistakes most people make is to believe that if they could just find the right strategy, then everything else would fall into place. What we've learned is that it rarely is the...
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How To Get Motivated When You Don’t Feel Like It
You know when you're feeling low? Maybe you had a disappointment or maybe you experienced loss? Could it be that someone you care about is having a tough time and you don't know what to do to help? You know the kind of feeling I'm talking about? The low energy,...
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How to Make Difficult Conversations Easier
Come on. You know you've been avoiding it. There just never seems to be a "good time" to have it, right? We know that the avoidance tactic doesn't work forever and won't lead us to a resolution, in fact, it will only make it more difficult to communicate as time...
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Why Your Dreams Matter Now More Than Ever
We hear, “Follow your dreams” so often that it just doesn’t have an emotional impact on us anymore — a trite platitude, perhaps, from an age gone by? There is so much to do in life with it’s necessary obligations and commitments that this imperative “Follow Your...
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Hi I'm Coach Christine, High Performance Coach, Lifelong Adventurer, Tae Kwon Do Instructor & Writer 🙂 
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