Category Archives: success

James Scchleicher

Guest Post: Unpack Your Personal Baggage

0 Comment

If you read my blog regularly, the name James Schleicher will sound familiar. James and I met through our college newspaper and quickly became friends. Post-college our friendship grew stronger thanks to similarities in our professional pursuits. Recently while on the phone with each other we discovered even more common ground. In the past we…

Read More

2015 Hopes & Dreams

Finding and Maintaining Motivation

0 Comment

Almost halfway through 2015 I must ask you my dear reader, where do you stand with the New Year resolutions you set back in January? Stay honest with me. More importantly, stay honest with you. No worries if you cannot claim success right now. You still possess time. Go look at how many days remain…

Read More

Let's talk about talking to yourself.

I Talk to Myself but Don’t Look at Me Like That

0 Comment

So you talk to yourself, which creates some internal uncertainty. You may wonder, “Does that make me weird?” “Am I not normal?” If Google search results provide any indication, talking to yourself carries a negative cogitation. The first results for “I talk to myself” read “Talking to Myself- Is That Normal? Quick and Dirty Tips,”…

Read More

Walk Rock and Run

Falling Down but Getting Back Up

0 Comment

There goes a saying, “Life is not about how many times you fall down. It’s about how many times you get back up.” Credit well known educator Jaime Escalante for said quote. If the name does not trigger recognition, think the 1988 film Stand and Deliver. Or, read about him at biography.com. Essentially the falling…

Read More

Good habits empower

Good Habits Empower

0 Comment

Think about your life. What springs to mind, happy thoughts or negative ones? Now consider your daily routines, what you might call habits. The first represents results from the latter. In other words your daily habits shape how you view your life. Personally I enjoyed a pretty great week last week. So logically I’m feeling…

Read More

What makes you awesome?

Overcome Self-Doubt: Find Your Awesomeness

0 Comment

Overcome self-doubt and build self-confidence by embracing your awesomeness. You do know about your awesomeness, right? When I say “awesomeness,” I’m referencing all the reasons which justify your self-confidence. All the reasons your employer lucked out by hiring you. All the reasons your significant other loves you. All the reasons you stand on top the…

Read More