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 | 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 | Jan 11, 2010 | Goals
Today’s Success tip comes from Zig Ziglar’s book See You at the Top. In it, Zig relays the story of a man named Howard Hill. “He was probably the greatest archer who ever drew a bowstring. He was so accurate he killed a bull elephant, a Bengal tiger,...
by Leisa Watkins | Sep 14, 2009 | Living a Balanced Life |
Many people are so driven to succeed that they neglect to play. I am, or rather, was one of those people. You see, I’ve always been driven to succeed. But, I was so driven to succeed that my life had slipped out of balance and I found myself failing to really...
by Leisa Watkins | May 6, 2009 | Excellence
I was recently asked what one of my favorite “excellence” quotes was. There are many great quotes related to excellence, but this is the one I shared that night: “Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” ~ Charles R....