Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. -Jim Rohn

Have you considered becoming more of who you can be?  Are you as highly effective as you can be?  “Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills,” explained Jim Rohn.  Jim Rohn was an American entrepreneur, author and speaker who touched and motivated millions of people all over the world to live better lives.  He lived from 1930 to 2009.

This week, I encourage you to ask yourself if you are as highly effective as you can be?  And who do you have to become to achieve higher effectiveness and what skills do you need?

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Deciding means jumping in all the way, doing whatever it takes and going after your dreams with the tenacity of a dateless cheerleader a week before prom night.  -Jen Sincero

“You need to go from wanting to change your life to deciding to change your life,”  writes Jen Sincero, author of the best-selling You Are a Badass – How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Lead an Awesome Life and You Are a Badass at Making Money:  Master the Mindset of Wealth.  She combines humor with wise advice to help people implement change in their lives.  She explains it’s about the courage “to show up as the brightest, happiest, badassiest version of yourself, whatever that looks like to you.”

This week, I encourage you to consider an area of your life where you want to change.  And make a courageous decision to jump in all the way and go after your dreams with tenacity!

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is really great work.  -Steve Jobs

On this Labor Day in the United States, I thought it made sense to send a relevant quote.  And I was reminded of Steve Jobs’ commencement speech to the 2005 graduating class at Stanford University.  “And the only way to do great work is to love what you do,” he explained.  “If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.  Don’t settle.  As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it,”  he continued.  Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Computers and led the company in pioneering technologies until his death in 2011.

This week, I encourage you to consider your work.  And what steps can you take to be satisfied that you are doing “really great work?”

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. -John Maxwell

“What are you preparing for?  Are you grooming yourself for success or failure?” asks John Maxwell in Maxwell on Leadership.  “You see, success doesn’t suddenly occur in someone’s life. For that matter, neither does failure.  Each is a process. Every day of your life is merely preparation for the next.  What you become is the result of what you do today.  In other words…You are preparing for something.”  John Maxwell is a best-selling author, coach and speaker  and was named the #1 leadership expert in the world by Inc magazine in 2014.

This week, I encourage you consider “what are you preparing for?”  And identify one change you can make to move you in the direction of greater success.

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Life is a choice.  It is YOUR life.  Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly.  Choose happiness.  -Bronnie Ware

In her essay, the Regrets of the Dying, author Bronnie Ware, while working in palliative care, spent the last three to twelve weeks of their lives with patients.  “When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again,”  she wrote.  She continued, “Here are the most common five:

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me…

2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard…

3.  I wish I had the courage to express my feelings…

4.  I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends…

5.  I wish I had let myself be happier…

This week, I encourage you to “choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly.  Choose happiness.”

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Be thankful for what you have;  you’ll end up having more.  -Oprah Winfrey

“If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough,” continues Oprah Winfrey  Expressing thankfulness or gratitude is a powerful tool that can change your experience and create a new reality for you.

This week, I encourage you to express thankfulness “for what you have” and  prepare to experience “having more.”

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

There isn’t time, so brief is life, for bickering, apologies, heartburning, callings to account.  -Mark Twain

“There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that,” continues Twain.  Mark Twain was an American writer who wrote the classic American novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  He also had other pursuits including riverboat pilot and inventor.  He lived from 1835 to 1910.

This week, I encourage you to let go of “bickering, apologies, heartburning, callings to account” and focus on the good in others and in your life!

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Your point of power is in the present moment and is forming the experience of tomorrow, next week, next month, next year and so on. -Louise Hay

“What is important in this moment is what you are choosing to think and believe and say right now,” writes Louise Hay in her book, You Can Heal Your Life.  “For these thoughts and words will create your future,” she continues.  “You might notice what thought you are thinking in this moment.  Is it negative or positive?  Do you want this thought to be creating your future?  Just notice and be aware,” Louise Hay advises.  Louise Hay is a best-selling author and the founder of Hay House, an international publishing firm.  She has helped millions of people around the world discover and use their full potential.

This week, I invite you to “notice and be aware” of your thoughts.  And do you want these thoughts “to be creating your future?”

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

Once we begin to look for what’s right, our lives begin spinning in unimaginably exciting new directions.  -Pam Grout

“Instead of asking “What’s wrong?” – probably the most repeated question in the entire English language – focus on “What’s right?” ” advises Pam Grout, author of E2 – Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality.  “That’s the only question that really means anything.  The answer is the new, more joyful story you’re endeavoring to create,” she continues.

This week, I invite you to give lots of attention to everything in your life that is going “right.”  And notice what a difference that makes!

Enjoy a happy and productive week!

To live a life of excellence, you will have to take risks.  You will have to step into new territory and climb new mountains.  -Debbie Ford

“If you’re up to something that’s as big as you are, it’s going to be scary.  If it feels perfectly safe, you are probably underachieving,” wrote Debbie Ford in The Best Year of Your Life:  Dream It, Plan It, Live It.  Debbie Ford was an expert in the field of personal transformation and a best-selling author of nine books.

“To leave your mark in the world, you will have to stand some place you’ve never been willing to stand before.  And you will have to have the courage to aspire to excellence,”  continued Ford.

This week, I invite you to explore your willingness to take risks.  And are you willing “to step into new territory and climb new mountains” in order “to live a life of excellence?”

Enjoy a happy and productive week!