by Leisa Watkins | Apr 4, 2014 | Innovation, Success Principles
Continual learning is a vital key to success. After all, the more you learn, the more likely you are to come up with solutions that work for you and your business. You’ll be more likely to improve your productivity because you’ll be working smarter, not...
by Leisa Watkins | May 4, 2011 | Happiness
I write a lot about “Success”. But success isn’t “the key to happiness”. Can one be truly successful without a good healthy dose of happiness? I don’t think so. I believe that compassionate living, living life with compassion and...
by Leisa Watkins | Apr 29, 2011 | Goals |
Did you make some goals that you wish you hadn’t given up on? If you are like most people, you likely abandoned those goals within the first few weeks of setting them. Stop beating yourself up over what you have or haven’t done! You can still accomplish...
by Leisa Watkins | Apr 25, 2011 | Making Decisions |
Many people find themselves easily making a decisive decision when it relates to business, but struggle to put those same skills to use in their personal life. Personally, I find it most difficult to make decisions when both things are something good. My mom always...
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 | 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 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...