A few years ago, Chris Brogan inspired me to come up with three words for the year. Last year, I came up with Living Fully which is only two years but encompassed what I was about. 2012 was filled with many highs and lows, and a major low was the sudden death of my mother. That was a wake-up call for me, and informed the choice for my three words for 2013 – Living, Caring and Serving. Living: Henry David Thoreau wrote in Civil Disobedience and Other Essays: Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” I do not want to be one of those people – I … [Read more...]
It’s December 21, 2012…The World Hasn’t Ended
December 21, 2012 by
It’s December 21, 2012 and the world hasn’t ended – no apocalypse. In 2013, let’s try to have less contact with doomsayers and naysayers. I wish you a productive and successful 2013. A friend started compiling a list of events for 2013 and was gracious enough to share it with me. I updated the list, including events and celebrations that I am interested in. For instance, I added World Laughter Day on May 5th because we need more laughter in our lives; National Inventors Month in August because the world is crying for us to become more inventive; August is Anti-boredom Month - there is so much to do that no one should ever be bored; … [Read more...]
Booked for Mentoring: Review of The Flinch by Julien Smith
January 17, 2012 by
The Flinch is a great book for mentoring because it teaches us to step outside our comfort zone, and it assures us that we are not our mistakes. Because we have failed before, doesn’t mean we will not succeed. Failure is feedback, inventor Thomas Edison said, “If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.” The Flinch by Julien Smith is one of the books in Seth Godin’s Domino Project, and is distributed for free to spread the message. I read it on my computer (I have the Kindle apps) and it takes under an hour to read. Smith includes … [Read more...]
21 Quotes to Inspire you in 2012
January 6, 2012 by
I love a good quote because it makes me think. I have been collecting quotes for several years now, but a few years ago it struck me that because I read so much, I should be extracting quotes from the books I read. Below are 21 quotes that I like and some of them I pulled directly from books I read, so the only place you’ll see them is if you read the books they came from. “Within each successful person is an ordinary person who found the courage to act – to face the big challenges and make their dreams come true.” Jinny S. Ditzler, Your Best Year Yet! “No matter what you want in life, you can get it by building rapport. If … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Interviews Karen Parsons, Human Excellence Coach Part Two
August 19, 2011 by
Interviewee Name: Karen Parsons, Human Excellence Coach Company Name: Successful Solutions Website: http://www.karenparsons.com Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Karen Parsons: I am a life and business excellence coach, speaker and author. I help empower successful professionals and organizations to further excel, using my depth of understanding about human potential and how to leverage it. The beginning of any change must start with awareness. You cannot change what you cannot see. So I assist my clients bring to the surface; limiting beliefs, perceptions and behaviours that are the hidden … [Read more...]
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