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…
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…
On day 12 of a 30 day challenge of Bikram yoga, it isn’t so much the 102 F heat, or the rule you can only breath through your nose, or even that you can’t have any water until after the warm up poses are done that is most difficult. It is managing your monkey mind…
“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,…
When you look at this image do you see a glass half empty or a glass half full? I really have no patience for talk about positive thinking. I know it to be like my frequent visits to my hair dresser to eliminate my graying hair. You can apply whatever topical agent you like, but…
Okay, that isn’t the subtitle of the book, it is actually Or, Why I spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun, but it is what I would call it. I loved this book when I saw it on the shelf. I…
Who is the Writer? In 1986 Byron Katie (or Katie as she is most often called) was 43, living in a half way house, and sleeping on a floor because she didn’t feel worthy of the bed. She was in a half way house for women with eating disorders and had been sent to the…
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…
(or Mini Me, You Complete Me) Here you stand with a new vocal/show 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…
