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Reverse Engineer Your New Year’s Resolutions

Reverse Engineer Your New Year’s Resolutions

Hey, here’s a news flash! When you resolve to do things differently in the new year, you’re setting yourself up for failure. You’ve almost certainly already tried to do whatever you’re resolving to do, and it didn’t work out. Okay, you already knew that. But you may not have thought about the its implications. How [...]

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Kaizen-Musings on 11/11/11

Kaizen-Musings on 11/11/11

  I have to admit that I am geeking out on this 11/11/11 thing. Although, as a Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, I specialize in creativity, which is considered a largely right-brain specialty, I am actually very whole-brained and can really rock a calculator. So my mathematical mind is in eleventh heaven today. Focusing on the significance [...]

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Who’s in Charge Here, Resistance or Resolve?

Who’s in Charge Here, Resistance or Resolve?

Have you ever noticed how, once you resolve to change a pattern in your life, all kinds of stuff suddenly comes up to stop you? Like four years ago, when I forfeited half my teaching income for the promise of self-employment, and I immediately got hit with a $170 speeding ticket I could not afford, [...]

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5 Steps to Overcome Resistance to a New Habit

5 Steps to Overcome Resistance to a New Habit

When my son was born, I developed a habit of being available to him 24/7/365. I had help, but for those first few years, my sense of self diminished, and he became my primary focus. My brain became accustomed to thinking in terms of his needs instead of my own. Now that he’s 8, I’ve [...]

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The 5 S’s: Magic Bullets for Blasting Through Creative Blocks

The 5 S’s: Magic Bullets for Blasting Through Creative Blocks

We always hear, “There are no magic bullets,” but in my creative work, I have found a few things that can really make a big difference when I’m feeling stuck. Like the first block in a domino train, certain actions can set off a series of positive reactions that can get you flowing creatively, whether [...]

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