An Open Mind
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Open Your Mind
A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Open your Mind – As the singer-songwriter Frank Zappa said: “A mind is like a parachute, it doesn’t work if it isn’t open.”
Focus on Your Highest Aspirations
A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Focus on Your Highest Aspirations – As the novelist Louisa May Alcott said: “Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
7 Things I Learned From Mom
As Harriet Beecher Stowe said, “Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.” My mom has certainly been the source of constant inspiration. Anyone who has heard me speak has heard stories about her. Although she is highly educated and accomplished, her advice is usually quite simple yet powerful if applied. I didn’t always listen to her growing up, but now I savor every word.
Birthday Lunch with Tao
THE BUZZ: Thursday, May 16th, 2013 was my birthday. I won’t say exactly how old I turned but I will say that I’m happy to see another year! I spent the day with one of my favorite people, Tao Porchon-Lynch.
Inspiring Women Who Make a Difference
THE BUZZ: On Monday, April 29th, 2013, I attended the “50 Years of Women at HBS – Inspiring Women Who Make a Difference Reception” at JP Morgan’s headquarters in New York. It was sponsored by the Harvard Business School (HBS) Women’s Association of Greater NY and hosted by Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of JP Morgan Asset Management and MBA ’93.
Watch your Tone
POWER LIVING® TIP: Want to be seen as confident and trusted? Watch your tone. There are various strategies to put your best voice forward.
* Moderate your pace
* Be relaxed and breathe
* Smile through in your voice
* Use a strong yet soft volume
* Tailor your style for the occasion
* Vary your pitch to emphasize points
* Put notes aside and speak from the heart
Beware of sounding angry, condescending, frustrated, impatient, defensive, moody or disrespectful. In order to improve, record yourself speaking – better yet, use video so you can see your facial expressions.
Extra Tip: Read email out loud before you hit send to check the tone and hear how the words sound.
Practice Meditation
POWER LIVING® TIP: How would you like to change your brain to improve your life? Meditation has been found to “re-wire” the brain producing a host of benefits.
Your Life’s Work
QUOTE CARD: “Whatever your life’s work is, do it well.
A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead,
and the unborn could do it no better.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
7 Steps to Making & Keeping Resolutions
Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution only to break it within weeks? It’s been said that about 40 to 45 percent of American adults set at least one resolution. However, by February the majority of us have given up. Is it a useless tradition? Historian Bill Petro says we can thank Roman statesman Julius Caesar for starting New Year’s resolutions on January 1st. Unfortunately, January 1st is not the best day to make resolutions if you want them to stick…
