What drains you? What nourishes you? I’ve recently felt that familiar nagging feeling that the boat of my life is sailing away from the dock and I’m not on it. Or if I am, I’m somewhere in the hold doing the grunt job and not on the deck enjoying the view. I know I just…
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. Bertrand Russell -British author, mathematician and philosopher 1872-1970 In my life and in my work, I often find myself coming head to head with one of the seven deadly sins, and not one of the fun exotic ones. Envy. Quick and dirty example-I meet a singer at…
Welcome to Assignment Number One in “How to Write your Own Owners Instruction Manual” This week: How do I turn myself on? Last week I wrote about creating your own Owners Manual and it struck a chord with many of you out there. For the next few blog posts I’m going to giving assignments…
If you could write your own instruction manual, what would you write? What would you put in the book that described the care and feeding of you? When I was lucky enough to be away last week at a spa to celebrate my mother turning 70, I began to think about this. There is something…
Do you do this? When I’m at the restaurant and scope out the desserts before I order my main. I just don’t want to miss out on something really good because I’m too full. If I say yes to the calamari and the surf and turf and the beautiful soup of the day, that tiramisu…
Five keys to successfully goal setting. Get what you want, discover why you failed in the past or apply these keys as you create new goals in your life. I figured this out during a recent challenge I set for myself. Every cheesy saying you can think of is in my head right now. A…
“Please Sir, Can I have some more?” This was notoriously asked by the poor orphan in Dickens “Oliver”. His life was changed forever when he uttered that phrase. This month I’m intending to do the same thing. I’m going to ask for more of what I want. I’m going to call it the Oliver Way,…
If the latest Oprah magazine is any sign, and you and I know it is, summer is all about reading. The beach read. Paperbacks, potboilers, or the books you haven’t made time for yet. The lazy hazy days of summer are lifes’ invitation to crack a binding or two. In this blogs history I have…
I start but I can’t finish! I want to practice my singing. I want to make a new audition package for opera work. I want to contact orchestra conductors too and develop my concert career. I even have a conductor to contact and I have his card in my hand. Day after day, I do…
Faith Goble Here you stand with a new goal, project or role or show or wish in your life. You are so excited you have to phone someone and share this inspiration or good news. It is like a whole new door is opening in your life and you want to share this energy with…
