Does Your Attitude Need a Little Work?
There are very few things having a positive attitude can’t make better. Simply stated the most successful and happy people have one. A positive attitude is like anything else; you have to work at it and on it. If you don’t continue using it – it gets flabby so…
How’s your attitude lately?
Take this short quiz and find out!
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Could your attitude use some work? I invite you to join me (as my guest) for the FUN F.R.E.E. Positive Attitude Workshop on Tuesday, May 25th at 5:00pm Pacific.
Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
– Author Unknown
There is still time to join us, scroll down below and register today!
P.S. By the way, I am really hoping you can make this call but I know there are times when, well…things just happen. So rest assured you won’t miss a thing. If you register a recorded version of the call will be sent to you if for some reason you are unable to attend.
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Have you heard the News?
If you aren’t subscribed to my bi-monthly ezine you may not have heard the news!
You see, I am unveiling my new Interactive Workshop and I would be honored if you would attend the first of the Three Part Sessions F.R.E.E. as my special guest.
It’s my way of saying thank you to all of you who’ve supported me by requesting my 21 Day Attitude Adjustment Course, reading my newsletter regularly and, of course, those of you who I have had the privilege of working with!
Many of you have been reading my blog from when it first went Live and have witnessed the many changes that have occurred here.
(So today I’d like to take this opportunity to Thank You and say congratulations to you all for taking action to improve your lives and Get Your Year in Gear!)
Now, it’s MY turn to give you something back…
I cordially invite you to join me for the first Session, via teleconference call, of the power packed Positive Attitude Workshop entitled:
SECRETS of a POSTIVE ATTITUDE REVEALED
How to acquire and maintain a positive attitude
And revitalize your life, goals and relationships
This workshop is designed enhance your ability to implement the 5 simple habits in the 21 Day Attitude Adjustment e-course. (By the way, if you don’t currently subscribe to my e-zine or have yet to take the 21 Day Attitude Adjustment Course, you can do so by putting your name and email address in the Big Green Box at the top of the page!)
During this fun and enlightening interactive call with me, you’ll discover:
• How to recognize negative programming habits that tear down personal motivation and hinder your success.
• The relationship between intent and attitude and how to use it to your advantage.
• New insight into how you personally process information.
• A simple and enlightening exercise to clarify your best traits and the best way to focus on them.
• The number one reason why most people aren’t able to change their habits and how to correct it.
• And much, much more…
This workshop includes interesting activities and exercises that will encourage you to reflect, engage and expand your understanding and learning. You will come to see the significance of acquiring a positive attitude and how to create and maintain one.
So Please Be My Guest and Join me on this F.R.E.E. Interactive call where we will reveal the Secrets to a Positive Attitude:
Reserve Your Seat Now
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
5:00 pm PT and 8:00 pm ET
Discover the Value something as simple sounding as “A POSITIVE ATTITUDE” can have on your personal and business relationships, goals and life dreams! By the way, I am really hoping you can make this call but I know there are times when, well…things just happen. So rest assured you won’t miss a thing. If you register a recorded version of the call will be sent to you after if you are unable to attend. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. I always love hearing from you.
I hope you can join me on the 25th!
Sincerely,
Deborah Hayes deborah@womenintransitiononline.com
P.S. One more favor! Can you help me spread the word? If you know someone who would be interested in” Discovering the Secrets of a Positive Attitude” please forward this email to them and ask them to join us! If you do bring someone with you tell them to put your name on the registration in the “referred by” box on the form and you’ll receive a special bonus from me which I will tell you about at the end of the call!
P.P.S. Please know that I am very excited about the interactive feature of our call. We will have the opportunity to converse at times during the call! However it will require me to limit the number of participants, so please act now by clicking on the link below and register today!
SEATS ARE LIMITED
Tuesday, May 25th
5:00 pm Pacific Time
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What do Synchronicity and Positive Attitude Have in Common?
Well for me this week… a lot. The definition of synchronicity is the coincidence of events that seem related, but are not obviously caused one by the other.
I don’t know about you but I have always been intrigued by this concept and yesterday I believe I have experienced just such an event!!! Really, the craziest thing just happened to me.
You know, for the past month or so I have been working VERY hard on a new workshop I will be unveiling very soon. Consequently I have been doing an awful lot of research, writing and working some very long solitary hours. As a result of this I am afraid I have fallen into a bad habit. I find myself becoming lost in the project and looking up to find it is evening and my brain is simply numb and empty. Lately I have been stumbling into the TV room, turning it on with the intention of turning the brain off for a little while and I wind up spending the rest of the evening in a television stupor. It doesn’t seem to even matter what I watch!
Now if you read my blog much you all know how I feel about television and its effect on our creativity and attitude. I am one who would like to find the strength to simply get rid of my television entirely. So I have to tell you I was definitely feeling guilty spewing about the evils of TV and being the very one who was watching news and murder mysteries till the wee hours of the night! Yup, shame on me.
So here’s the synchronicity thing…
Last night I had just finished writing the article, “Positive Attitude and Staying Fired Up” for this week’s e-zine and I sauntered into the den and switched on the cable news channel and silently told myself, “Geez, I have to stay somewhat connected to the world, right? I’ve hardly been out of this house. I’ll just watch it for a little while and then turn it off.”
The den lit up and the sound of my favorite commentator filled the silence as I went and prepared a salad. Just as I sat down at the breakfast bar to eat it while I watched it suddenly switched off. Just like that it was silent. Hmmm. Ok, I’ll just reboot the cable box. That’s the problem for sure. Four minutes later it switched off again. This rather frustrating scenario repeated itself about four times and then it happened.
I noticed the soft red blinking indicator light on the front of the TV. A sinking feeling ensued followed by frustration and anger. The “Lamp Unit” has burned out. Now this has happened once before and will happen again but for now there will be NO TV until I order the part and replace it.
As I mentally fretted about what I might do with the rest of this evening to unwind it occurred to me I had just finished writing an article about staying fired up and even offered an exercise to help us notice how negativity can creep itself into our lives and the effect it has on our attitude.
Enjoy the silence...
Doctor heal thyself! Here’s the good news:
I eventually closed my tired eyes, dusted off and listened to one of my favorite motivation tapes. Very inspiring and pleasant I might add.
Tonight, which is approaching, I plan to dig through and revisit some of my forgotten and favorite CD’s I discovered while digging for the manual for the TV. I am actually looking forward to this. There are some great memories in these songs!
I will also spend some quiet time on my porch enjoying the last of the cool evenings and have a really good conversation with myself. It’s a perfect opportunity to the listen to some of thoughts or conversations that occur in my head.
Did you know that the average person has over 60,000 thoughts per day! Amazing isn’t? I told you I’ve been researching!! Silence, it’s a good thing.
If you are interested in learning more about the 5 simple habits that can change your life sign up for the 21 Day Attitude Adjustment Course!
P.S. By the way, watch for the upcoming F.R.E.E. Attitude Adjustment Workshop coming VERY soon!
Mother’s Day Thoughts
It’s that time again; it’s finally here…Mother’s Day! Ah, we are such special people aren’t we? In my opinion there is no one more powerful and influential than a mother. Each of us with our own special style; what we have done, said and are is being refined and adjusted through the years but still bears a glimmer of our mark and of all who came before us. Now that’s powerful!
Our shoulders are broad and strong. We are blamed, admired and revered in fairy tales as both wicked and kind and we are the fodder for countless jokes; consequently a number of comedians likely owe their success to us. Indeed attempts to define our enigma can be seen from books to the physiologist’s couch and still our mystery remains.
This day always brings back the childhood memory of the “breakfast in bed” tradition for my mother. In fact I can still smell the bacon and recall with detail the bustle as my father and all of my siblings contributed to the breakfast effort and the tiny kitchen it occurred in. I remember the excitement as my Dad carried the final results on a tray with a little flower down the hall as we all followed to surprise my Mom with the annual feast. Right on cue she feigned surprise and delight while I am sure she wondered what she would find to clean up in her kitchen and the effort it took for her to stay in bed and listen as the commotion ensued! I also remember being scolded by the family to not eat Mom’s breakfast and my secret delight as I stayed behind, snuggled next to my mom as we shared her special treat! I thought I was so sneaky and yet, everyone really knew!
Memories, we all have them. And so it comes again. That time when we try to show our Mom’s our appreciation for all the years, good and bad, that we shared, what we bring with us today and what we have passed on to our own children.
I had such fun collecting what I feel are some of the BEST quotes and sayings about Moms. I hope you take a moment to read these and experience a sense of inspiration.
Take a seat and enjoy!
“Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions – requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs – there was no attention given to preparation for this office.”
–Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see – or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.”
–Alice Walker
“It was when I had my first child that I understood how much my mother loved me.”
From “For Mother – A bouquet of Sentiments”
“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”
–Erma Bombeck
“What took me by surprise is the way I feel when her face lights up when I walk into a room because I am her world and she is mine. Being a mother is like taking your heart out of your chest and watching it walk around.”
–Author Unknown
“The greatest thing she’d learned over the years is that there’s no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one.”
– Author Unknown
“When a child enters the world through you it alters everything on a psychic, psychological and purely practical level.”
–Jane Fonda
“Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.”
–Danielle Steel
“Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.”
–Beverly Jones
“The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.”
–James Fenton
“Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What’s that suppose to mean? In my heart it don’t mean a thing.”
– Toni Morrison
“The story of a mother’s life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.”
–Cathy Guisewite, “Like Mother, Like Daughter”
“Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.”
–Judith Martin
“People always talked about a mother’s uncanny ability to read her children, but that was nothing compared to how children could read their mothers.”
–Anne Tyler
“A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees that the others get it.”
–Marcelene Cox
“Children seldom misquote you. They more often repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said.”
–Mae Maloo
“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.”
–Aristotle
“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.”
–Barbara Kingsolver
“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”
–Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”
–Author Unknown
“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”
– Diana, Princess of Wales
A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, “where mother is.”
— Keith L. Brooks
“A daughter reminds you of all the things you had forgotten about being young. Good and bad.”
–Maeve O’Reilly
“There is a point at which you aren’t as much mom and daughter as you are adults and friends.”
–Jamie Lee Curtis
“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.”
–Judy Garland, to her daughter, Liza Minnelli
“No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.”
— Florida Scott-Maxwell
“Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; a mother’s secret hope outlives them all.”
–Oliver Wendell Holmes
A hundred years from now…it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove…but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.”
–Kathy Davis
“Children should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and contempt for danger; not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know.”
–Natalia Ginzburg
“A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”
–Tenneva Jordan
“If at first you don’t succeed, do it the way your mother told you to.”
— Author Unknown
“Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own.”
–Marguerite Kelly and Elia Parsons
“What would men be without women? Scarce sir, mighty scarce.”
–Mark Twain
- According to the US Census Bureau there are 82.5 million mothers in the United States.
- Mother’s Day is widely reported as the peak day of the year for long distance telephone calls.
- Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for many restaurants. (Try and get in one on Sunday!)
- Retailers report that Mother’s Day is the second highest gift-giving holiday in the United States (Second to Christmas).
I hope you enjoyed these thoughts and quotes offered by and about mothers throughout time. We are many and we are special. When Mother’s Day arrives take a moment to appreciate yourself and all the mothers in the world for the important caring work we do every day of every year.
Happy Mother’s Day
to you all
Deborah Hayes
Deborah Hayes, CTA Life Coach
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