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What the Heck Do I Do With My Word? 5 Easy Steps to Boost Your Word’s Magic
So, here you are, having chosen your magic word(s) and feeling pleased with your selection. Now what? Time to summon some magic! Here are 5 easy steps to boost your word’s magic – try them all or pick and choose the ones that work for you: Make it big so you’ll see it – every […]
Google Owns Its Space. Do You?
May 11, 2010
What do the following words have in common? Xerox Kleenex Bandaid Google Did you guess? They’re all brand names. AND – the companies involved became so good in their industries – their space – that their brand names became synonymous with their products. For a long time, people said, “I’ll go Xerox these documents” […]
Sunday contemplation: the Meaning of Mother
May 9, 2010
- Photo by TeeJe via Flickr I love dictionaries, and, while I use them in the usual way, to check the definition of words I’m unfamiliar with, sometimes I pull them out to check the meaning of familiar words. Sometimes, when you examine the familiar with an open and curious mind, you find the unexpected. […]
Are You the Designer or Engineer of Your Life? Or Are You a Cog in the Machine?
May 4, 2010
Chris Guillebeau at the wonderful blog The Art of Non-Conformity posed this question: How will your choices change the world today? His words moved me: Everyone else is counting on you. We need you. I can’t wait to see how your choices will change the world. All of us make mistakes, sometimes big ones, so you […]
Energy = Chaos Unless It’s Managed
March 14, 2010
I’m developing a theory about children and animals and energy. My theory is that children and animals are bundles of untamed – and continuously generating – energy, and that energy portends chaos and consternation for the would be parent or pet whisperer. (Anyone who has witnessed a toddler meltdown or an incorrigible dog knows what […]
What would you risk your life, reputation or freedom for?
February 1, 2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimberlyb/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 What would you stand up for? Chris Guillebeau at the Art of Nonconformity wrote a post about Malcolm X that got me thinking. Consider the times in history when great change occurred. I’m inspired by the changes promoted by people like: Mahatma Gandhi Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and other […]
How what I want can divert me from my calling
January 28, 2010
I have been compiling a list in my head. A list of the Stuff I want to buy once I start making the Big Money. Stuff like: DSLR with which to take fabulous pictures iPhone – the height of coolness and fun hip wardrobe fancy closet organizers But yesterday, I saw the light. None of […]
May 23, 2010
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