Nothing can happen to you that is not positive.  Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. -Joseph Campbell

“Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life,” explained Joseph Campbell.  “It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge.  If you bring love to that moment – not discouragement – you will find the strength is there.”  Joseph Campbell was a professor of mythology and wrote many books including The Hero With A Thousand Faces.

This week, I encourage you to reflect on a crisis you might be experiencing.  And can you see the opportunity in it?

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

Successful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy.  -Earl Nightingale

“Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands,”  explained Earl Nightingale, a pioneer in the personal development field.  He developed a 5-minute daily radio program, Our Changing World, which became one of the longest running and most widely syndicated shows in radio.

This week, I encourage you to think carefully about your dream.  And are you working in service of achieving it?

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. -Mark Twain

Do you spend time worrying or imagining worst-case scenarios?  Unfortunately, this is a common tendency for many people.  Humorist Mark Twain reminds us of the futility of worrying and negative thinking.  Born in 1835, Mark Twain authored classics of American literature.  He was also a humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer.

This week, I invite you to imagine best case scenarios.

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

Happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely on what you think.  -Dale Carnegie

Did you know your thoughts cause your feelings?  And that you have control over your thoughts?  When you start building awareness around your thoughts and learning to interrupt negative thinking, doubts, worries or cynicism, you can feel better and happier.  Dale Carnegie was an American writer who was a pioneer in the self-improvement and public speaking training industries.   He wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People, one of the best-selling books of all time.  He lived from 1888 to 1955.

This week I invite you to take inventory of yourself – and what is the quality of your thoughts?

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

The greatest natural resource in the world is not in the earth’s waters or minerals, nor in forests or grasslands.  It is in the spirit that resides in every unstoppable person. -Cynthia Kersey

“The evidence of the unstoppable human spirit is everywhere,” writes Cynthia Kersey, author of Unstoppable…45 Stories of Perseverance and Triumph from People Just Like You.  She is also Chief Humanitarian Officer of the Unstoppable Foundation, whose mission is to ensure that every child on the planet receives access to the life-long gift of education.  The organization impacts millions of people worldwide.  Cynthia explains, “No obstacle has been too great for people who possess an unstoppable spirit.”

This week, I invite you to check in with yourself – and is your spirit unstoppable?

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

Imagine how free you would be if you could shift your judgement back to love. -Gabrielle Bernstein

“Why are we so divided?…What is the way out?” asks Gabrielle Bernstein, best-selling author of Spirit Junkie and The Universe Has Your Back.  “Deep down we are all loving, kind and compassionate beings.  Yet our actions, the way we think, the way we communicate, the way we relate to ourselves and each other often brings us the opposite experience.”  Gabrielle Bernstein released the video, Before you judge anyone, watch this on Facebook in January and it’s been viewed almost 8 million times.

“The miracle is not only that we give up judgement, the miracle is that we no longer believe in it,” she continues.

This week, I encourage you to give up judgement!

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

There is no substitute for persistence!  It cannot be supplanted by any other quality.  -Napoleon Hill

“Remember this in the beginning and it will hearten you when the going may seem difficult and slow,” wrote Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, one of the best-selling personal achievement books of all time.

This week, I encourage you to persist in seeing your goals through to completion, especially when “the going may seem difficult and slow.”

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

Productivity, put simply, is the name we give our attempt to figure out the best uses of our energy, intellect, and time as we try to seize the most meaningful rewards with the least wasted effort. -Charles Duhigg

“It’s a process of learning how to succeed with less stress and struggle.  It’s about getting things done without sacrificing everything we care about along the way,” continued Charles Duhigg in Smarter, Faster, Better – The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business.   Charles Duhigg is an investigative reporter for the New York Times and a best-selling author.

This week, I encourage you to consider your productivity.  And are you seizing “the most meaningful rewards with the least wasted effort”?

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

The most interesting journey a person can make is that of discovering himself.  -Earl Nightingale

“Finding the real selves we usually keep buried is like prospecting for gold,” explained Earl Nightingale in Our Changing World, Nightingale’s five-minute daily radio commentary program.  “It is not necessarily easy, but we don’t mind the digging so much when we know the gold is really there.”  Earl Nightingale was a pioneer in the personal growth industry.  His wisdom expressed in Our Changing World was summarized in the book, This Is Earl Nightingale, first published in 1966.

This week, I encourage you to keep digging for the gold in your own “most interesting journey.”

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie

Grit is about working on something that you care about so much that you’re willing to stay loyal to it. -Angela Duckworth

“It’s doing what you love but not just falling in love – staying in love,” writes Angela Duckworth in Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance.  “(T)here are no shortcuts to excellence,” she continues.  “Developing real expertise, figuring out really hard problems, it all takes time – longer than most people imagine…”

This week, I invite you to consider your capacity for grit.  And are you staying loyal to the things you care about?

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Stephanie