Have you ever done something over and over again even though it wasn’t good for you? I know I have. I’m not talking alcohol, drugs, gambling or sex. I’m talking about my relationship to computer games. I didn’t do them all day, but I could waste 15 – 30 minutes every day on them (sometimes twice a day) and that adds up. Every computer has games installed on it. My … Read More
Are Your (Secret) Vows Keeping You From Your Yippee?
Vows are a good thing, right? We make them to each other at the altar, we vow to be good, to never eat another fudge brownie again, we vow to be caring mothers, good friends, we vow to be honest no matter what. But vows are sneaky, and what most people don’t now is that they can actually kill your chance at true success. A couple of years ago I … Read More
Don’t Let No! Slow You Down…
Most of us are constantly looking for the Yes!! We want success, a great career, enough money to be comfortable and enough time-off to have joy in our lives. We want the yes: Yes! I will fund your project. Yes! I want to blast my list and tell everyone about you. Yes! I will publish your manuscript. Yes! I will offer you the job, make an introduction for you, buy … Read More
Taking the Leap to Doing What You Love
LEAP: (Verb) – Jump or spring a long way to a great height or with great force Leap. Just the word sounds dangerous. What image comes to your mind when you think about a leap? Since I’m a hiker, I think about jumping from one side of a ledge to another with only empty air and no support below. YIKES! Do we have to LEAP in order to do what … Read More
How To (Really!) Make Your Dream Come True
Dreams are relatively easy when you’re younger. It seems like you have all the time in the world, anything is possible, and the bloom of youth on your side. But as you get older, dreams can be harder and harder to hold on to – there’s marriage, kids, money to make. But here’s the skinny: Holding on to that dream IS the way dreams come true. Holding on to your … Read More
I Love My Work . . . but not all that other stuff
If I could just do what I’m good at I could make more money, be more productive, improve morale around me and be on the road to saying YIPPEE about what I do!! Are you in a career you love, but getting pulled into STUFF that tires you out, makes you grumpy and uses up your time and talent? Do “they” seem to have one of your legs shackled so … Read More
Is It Too Late To Do What I Love?
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Have you ever told yourself: It’s too late to try something new. I can’t make a career change this late in life. If I stick with what I know (even though I don’t really like it), I’ll get better results. You don’t have … Read More
Just Say Yes!!
Have you ever found yourself wishing you had a different seat at a party? A different colleague for a project at work? A different companion on the eight-hour flight home? What if at that moment, you realized you were exactly where you were meant to be? With exactly the right people? Any person, no matter how they appear, might lead you to your yippee! Every year I attend a conference … Read More
You Are Here! Or… Are You?
I’m a mapmaker. In order to lead you to your yippee, I make you a map. I tend to start mapping your life and your possibilities as soon as I meet you. The Jane Pauley Show just asked me to mapmake for their listeners and I promised them I could make a yippee map with anyone on the spot, no matter who they were or what they wanted in their … Read More
What To Do In A New Situation
You just started a job with a new company, you just signed up for a class with people you never met before, you moved to a new neighborhood, you are standing at the new CEO’s cocktail party and you don’t recognize a soul. No one knows about your experiences, your talents, all the things that make you unique. You feel like you need to establish yourself, present your “credentials”, let … Read More