Tag: personal growth
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This post is about a purse, but also not
I perused the showroom, on the hunt for a new fancy bag, one that would help me elevate my style. One caught my eye, in a brilliant blue and with ornate handles. It had ample space for storage and looked good. This is what I need to elevate my style. But I hesitated. I thought…
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The myth of 1 percent better
“That’s ridiculous. No one gets one percent better. If you were a salesperson and you did 1 percent better, you’d be making no money.” At that point, I cut the video. This is not the person I should take advice from. From an inability to do math alone, he’s a fool. If I could do…
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This is the problem with you
I told the story. He waited for his chance to respond and started, “This is the problem with people like you,” What a bold way to start. “You look at your problems that you have at work and with other people and deem yourself the problem. ‘I should just try harder. I should stop being…
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Remixing my thoughts
It came back again. All the thoughts about what I should have done differently in that situation. Her words continued to plague me and make me feel worse about the event. It played on repeat. I wanted it to stop. “Why are you so obsessed with me?” The lyrics from the Mariah Carey song also…
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To my candles, I apologize
You’ve been sitting there, politely in a box, waiting for your moment. You were created to bring beauty to this world, and I’ve kept you hidden, covered, unused. You haven’t had the opportunity to share your gifts. And for that I apologize. I have been too busy, waiting for just the right opportunity. You know,…
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Just a few pushups
I sent the text: I’m on my second round of pushups to deal with these frustrations. It seemed like a healthy choice. Instead of letting my blood pressure rise, I could work off the frustrations and then return to my desk renewed in mind. Of course, I would get physically stronger over the days, but…
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The good thing about tantrums
Years ago, I needed to know how to deal with toddler tantrums. I was at my wit’s end but knew there was some information somewhere out there in the world that would help me. I learned that it was just part of the child’s development, something you get through calmly, and not necessarily an indication…
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The underperformers
All of my research this week about layoffs has me scrutinizing my own life. The part that hits hard right now is the idea that we as a business collective do mass layoffs because we don’t want to deal with actually firing people for poor performance. I wrote a whole article about how we just…
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The walkout
Getting back into my fitness routine, I decided to register for a 7 AM boxing class. It’s an exercise I enjoy enough to make the effort to get up that early. I rushed in just in time, only to see a nearly empty room and no instructor. At 7:05, the instructor came dancing in. “We’ll…
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To photograph the sunrise
I woke up one morning in Chicago, seeing the sunrise peek between buildings. It was gorgeous. “I’ve got to take a photo of this.” I jumped out of bed and went to work trying to capture the essence of what I was seeing. The low light and my lack photography skills made it a difficult…
A Wren Says 