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With a Leap of Faith, Taking Action, Being Persistent and Patient, Everything Falls into Place!

17 Tuesday Apr 2012

Posted by Sarina in Determination, Life Lessons, Motivation, Runner, Self-determined, Yoga

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As I had previously shared as a Tweet/Facebook update and blog post, I’m making this year, the year that I take more risks and work more on releasing my fears, doubts, self-limiting beliefs, and blocks to true happiness. No more holding back!

Facing my fears and committing to a goal I never thought I could accomplish, and actually crossing that finish line in the Hamptons Half Marathon last September 2011, has empowered me to keep facing my fears in life. So where does this lead me? Well, I’m on my way training for my second Half Marathon with the Allstate Life InsuranceSM 13.1 Marathon® Series in Chicago! Because it’s the journey of training and the race itself that takes me further in life. Spring training started when I returned from my SE Asia [Continue Reading...]

Release What No Longer Serves You Well – Living the Yoga Lifestyle

18 Sunday Mar 2012

Posted by Sarina in Determination, Life Lessons, Motivation, Runner, Self-limiting beliefs, Travel, Yoga

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Enlightenment Buddha -Signifies insight, purity of character, and self-mastery. Photo taken on SE Asia trip – Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand - 2/2012 - 3/2012

Release what no longer serves you well. Release your fears, doubts, self-limiting beliefs, and blocks to true happiness. Practice this everyday.

It’s about learning how to get out of your own way. Here’s another confession – this is my current biggest struggle. I have to keep reassuring myself that I’m on the right path and not to be concerned with everyone else’s thoughts or judgments. I need to tame my inner critic that wants to self sabotage and quit on me.

How does someone work on this? Well, my approach is to keep facing those fears, doubts, self-limiting beliefs and blocks to true happiness. Most importantly, I remind myself of what I have already accomplished, how I have already stepped outside my element/comfort zone and continue to do so, how I [Continue Reading...]

How to Prepare for Your Dream Job

18 Saturday Feb 2012

Posted by Sarina in Career, College, Motivation, Success Strategies, Workplace

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Blog - How to find your dream job-Interviewing v2

On last Thursday, February 9, 2012, I attended my first school advisory board event at Half Hollow Hills High School, where I facilitated roundtable discussions on Job interviewing. So thrilled I had the opportunity to interact with the students and to teach them about real expectations in the corporate world along with how to prepare for the job interview. Really noticeable was the enthusiasm and eagerness to learn that was exhibited from these business class students who attended this smaller more interactive event.

To begin with, the corporate world is so different than academia/college. Definitely keep your sense of wanting to make an impact within a company and to create change. However, recognize that it will probably take time maybe even a few years before you may be able to move [Continue Reading...]

Week 3 on How to Motivate Yourself to Succeed!

31 Tuesday Jan 2012

Posted by Sarina in Life Lessons, Motivation, Resilience, Self-determined, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Yoga

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Picture Yourself Walking a Red Carpet Event or at an Awards Ceremony.

Welcome back to the final week of How to Motivate Yourself to Succeed!

Previously, in the first week, we spoke about how the outcome of your goals and dreams is greatly influenced by your motivation as much or even more so then your ability, in many cases. At this time, I would like to introduce another concept to you, which is Self-efficacy. What is self-efficacy?

Self-efficacy is the belief in your ability to accomplish a task. Research tells us that even when the factor of ability is controlled, self-efficacy has an impact in performance.

Self-efficacy is different than self-esteem/confidence. Self-esteem or confidence is how you feel about yourself overall. Whereas, self-efficacy is really about how you think about yourself in one particular area. A person can have low self-efficacy in a sport or particular [Continue Reading...]

Week 2 on How to Motivate Yourself to Succeed!

25 Wednesday Jan 2012

Posted by Sarina in Determination, Embrace Change, Friendships, Goal Setting, Life Lessons, Motivation, Overcoming challenges, role models, Self-determined, Stress Strategies, Students, Success Strategies

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Are you ready to make some changes in your life? Well, I have three more Motivational Strategies for you this week to get you inspired!

Last week we covered the strategies of visualizing the successful outcome with the associated feelings, creating “healthy” competition with yourself, rewarding yourself along the way, and incorporating theme songs in your approach. If you are just joining us now, then be sure to check out the last blog article on How to Motivate Yourself to Succeed! That was the first in this series on motivational strategies for achieving desired outcomes on your goals and dreams. So without further delay, let’s continue our discussion.

Here are Three More Motivational Strategies this week for you.
5- Find a role-model and/or Engage your support team in the process.
- When you [Continue Reading...]