by Leisa Watkins | Jul 29, 2010 | Happiness
Several years ago, my husband and I took our daughter to celebrate her birthday at an Alan Jackson concert. She wanted to bring her friend to make it a mini birthday party. On the way out of the concert, her little friend said, “Wasn’t that the greatest...
by Leisa Watkins | Jun 9, 2010 | Overcoming Obstacles in Business |
I had been feeling very overwhelmed for a long long time and I am really tired of it. I wondered how I have gotten myself into such an overwhelming predicament – after all, I am a smart woman. But then I realized that is one of the main sources of the problem. I...
by Leisa Watkins | May 26, 2010 | Engaging Life |
In his, Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, shares how setbacks turned to out to be the golden linings in his journey through life. Steve urges YOU to pursue your dreams as he views the setbacks in his life and...
by Leisa Watkins | May 18, 2010 | PERSONAL GROWTH |
Life will bring you plenty of experiences that you can use to grow from and opportunities to change your perspective. You will grow as your experiences expand and eventually everything works out in its own perfect way. However, most often, we fail to see the benefit...
by Leisa Watkins | May 9, 2010 | Success Principles
There are lots of ways we may be limiting success in life. David Schwartz, in his book, The Magic of Thinking Big ((Schwartz, David J. The Magic of Thinking Big. 1959. Prentice-Hall)) lists five weapons that destroy your chance of success. They are: Self-Depreciation...
by Leisa Watkins | Apr 7, 2010 | Relationships
How often do you make a conscious effort to uplift and validate another human being? Likely, not often enough. I really liked how this video demonstrates how easy it is to validate others and help them to feel better about themselves and their world. My challenge to...
by Leisa Watkins | Feb 19, 2010 | Learning From Others |
Here’s some of the success related content I enjoyed reading this week. Likely you will too! I encourage you to visit these blogs and take a look. Tips to Increase Your Motivation Level In Motivation, The Heart of Self Improvement James and Elena outline one...
by Leisa Watkins | Feb 18, 2010 | Obstacle Removal |
At times, I am organizationally challenged. I tend to lose things. It’s not that I don’t know how to be organized – I do. In fact, people have said that I am the most organized person they know. Others have attached the “organized” label...
by Leisa Watkins | Feb 17, 2010 | Messaging
Neuro Linguistic Programming involves specific techniques designed to influence people. NLP was primarily designed to help people heal from physical ailments and emotional trauma but is naturally used in the sales cycle. This video really demonstrates the use of...
by Leisa Watkins | Feb 15, 2010 | Learning From Others |
Here’s some of the interesting content I found last week on the web. Friday is the day I want to publish links to some of the interesting articles I came across during the week and I thought this was set to publish last Friday. But I still had this article...