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Traveling and Learning How to Step More Outside My Boundaries

14 Wednesday Mar 2012

Posted by in Determination, Friendships, Life Lessons, Self-limiting beliefs, Travel

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Living the Lao Life on the Mekong River, Laos - GAdventures SE Asia trip, 2/2012 - 3/2012
Living the Lao Life on the Mekong River, Laos - GAdventures SE Asia trip, 2/2012 - 3/2012

Reflecting back on my SE Asia trip and what I’ve learned. I’ll miss you SE Asia – you have changed my life!! Thank-you for the opportunity, sharing your breathtaking natural wonders, a different perspective of life, culture and people with me!

SE Asia was definitely a very memorable and adventurous trip. Beyond happy that I decided to take this particular GAdventures Bangkok to Hanoi group tour, at this time in my life! I was able to truly interact with the natives and see how they live in the Hilltop Villages, the country, and in the city. Let me tell you that I didn’t miss the gym at all on this trip and I was able to have new experiences in the outdoors including rock-climbing up a waterfall, mountain bike riding, trekking through the [Continue Reading...]

How to Prepare for Your Dream Job

18 Saturday Feb 2012

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

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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...]

Respect & Honor Your Inner-Neurotic Quirky Self!

06 Monday Feb 2012

Posted by in Life Lessons, Respect and Honor, Self-limiting beliefs, Stress Strategies, Travel

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Never leave home without your almonds.
Never leave home without your almonds.

Ready – I have a confession to share with you about myself. I’m a bit neurotic. Alright, more like way neurotic with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) tendencies to help me feel prepared for the unexpected. I literally won’t leave home without water, and almonds or other snacks with me because sometimes I’m out longer than planned.

Also, it’s quite possible that you may find yourself stranded when your car breaks down and you need to wait for AAA to finally show up hours later. This has happened to me before – on several occasions. It’s very frustrating and outside your control. See, the water and almonds make perfect sense now – right? And my friends definitely appreciate it when I have some extra snacks in my pocketbook for sharing. It’s all good!

Just [Continue Reading...]

Week 3 on How to Motivate Yourself to Succeed!

31 Tuesday Jan 2012

Posted by 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.
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 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...]