Valentine’s Special – How Needs are Different From Wants
On this Valentine’s Day, I’m pondering a timely question: have you ever wondered how needs are different from wants? Listening to others, I know I get confused! Some people may be trying …
What Does Back to Basics Mean? Victory
What does back to basics mean? I often heard this term when some very wise leaders engaged our team in problem-solving. To this day, that concept still leads me on my journey and I would encourage …
I know what success looks like
Monstrous moments and achievements tend to be what success looks like for most people. You know, the recent trips to outer space, winning an Olympic medal regardless of its color, becoming a …
How to Gain your Independence
Do you know how to gain your independence at a level worthy of celebrating with your own fireworks? When you think about how to gain more independence for yourself, where do you begin? Start with your …
How traveling changed my life magically
… without me ever leaving the house! So how is it possibly true that traveling changed my life and I didn’t go anywhere? Don’t get me wrong, I love taking trips, traveling the world, …
How much damage did my “presentation” just create … or avoid?
Your actions speak so loudly, I can not hear what you are saying. Ralph Waldo Emerson Darn it, so I am always saying something, every time I perform an action? Yep, darn it! Even the ever brilliant …
Climb Onward, Grads
As this year’s Master Key Experience is ending, it’s always fun to reflect on all the mountains that still stand ahead. I remember my first year, and I’m looking at how much I …
I love MKE
Some of the best people on the planet are in this course and have graduated to a whole new level of living. They are phenomenal! They think for themselves They are pros at Kindness They give more to …
Get ready to win: STRETCH!!
Pick your stretch goals. Reach further, stretch higher. Stretch yourself in order to reach your full potential. I hear or read these words often. I’m pretty sure they’re meant to be …
Deep Inspiration, Look at Our Deepest Fear
I continue to find this poem an incredible inspiration that reminds me to drop the fear, drop the procrastination, drop the personal putdowns in my self-talk. I think I’ll just let this …
Accountability
So who’s looking over your shoulder? Is it for judgement? Is it for support? I have never been fond of “accountability partners” because it always felt like I was …
Launch Emerson!
I’m not sure why I never saw it so deeply before, but I love going into Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on Compensation. So many successful people have referred back to this essay, and …
Always Learning
I’ve been with the Master Key Experience team for several years now, and I am still learning so very much. This week, Davene made a comment that I swear I’ve heard more than once over the …
Gifts from Giving
Image by klinkin@pixabay I am really enjoying this year’s class and the people in it! Reading their blogs reminds me of the growth gift I’ve given myself, and remind me of the gifts …
Reminded of the Gift
How wonderful to be part of a group that understands and practices harmony. I love how they put enthusiasm and effort into common goals. They push and challenge me. They give me opportunity to be …
Successful Launch
Art by prettysleepy1 on Pixabay New beginnings can be so exciting. The launch of …
Heroes, Commence Your Journeys!
Cap and scroll image by vloveland on Pixabay Commencement! So proud of the members in my tribe who took giant steps forward in making their dreams come true. After 26 weeks of getting the work done, …
Week 23 – Karma=Success?
Photo by Engin_Akyurt on Pixabay Wait, success isn’t about how much toilet paper I can buy and stash away? Deep within, we know that’s not what success is all about. In Lesson 23, Haanel defines …
Week 22 – Fear – Something to Be Afraid of?
You tremble, you sweat, you feel paralyzed, the hair stands up on the back of your neck, you feel like you’re going to pass out. Almost every negative physical reaction has come to us through fear at …
Week 21 – Growing in Love
The end of February, I have just returned from celebrating my niece’s nuptials and it was so lovely to connect with family to experience joy and love. Those few moments where conflict might have …
Did I Do That?
What was the last moment when something bizarre happened to you and you were stunned? Like the Steve Urkel character on Family Matters, you may have been tempted to question, “Did I do that?” …
Learning to Bend
Part of life is facing challenges. How we deal with them is all over the board. We can choose how we feel about challenges and how we deal with them. Now that’s a skill we can all practice – choose …
Week 18 – Pay Attention! Focus!
Photo by iOD on Pixabay.com Oh, how, I love those days when I am so into my work, I get lost. I have no idea what time it is, little sense of being hungry and people, or an alarm, remind me to take a …
Week 17 – What Was I Thinking? Again?
“I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind eventually reproduce themselves in outward physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality …” Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich. …