A NEW TOOL FOR YOU!

…Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think, say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home.
   The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day…I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes.
       - Charles Swindoll

It’s finished! It’s Done! And you helped create it!  

Recently I held a workshop that many of you attended. I asked for your input and if you would share with me the key things you would find most helpful and what would be the easiest way for you to receive and absorb it. (After all, it’s only helpful if you actually get through it, right?) Soooo…

  Thank you to all who responded.

This new system is now available for you and I believe this is something that will truly enhance your life, support your progress and magnify your success!

To hear more about it please click the link below and it will take you to a short presentation…

 The 3 Step System to Revitalize Your Life, Goals and Relationships 

P.S. I have a NEW free gift for you!  Download your F.R.E.E. Special Report; Conquering Change, Take the Scary out of Transitions and receive my complimentary bi-monthly ezine by filling out the big green box at the top of the page!




July 21, 2010 · Filed Under Positive Attitude · 0 

Do you have the Summer Doldrums?

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.  ~Mark Twain

Summer Doldrums

Summer Doldrums

Here is a list of 25 fun and thoughtful things you can do to cheer someone else up (and yourself in the process):

1. Reverse gossip; share something nice about someone you know.
2. Send an older person a beautiful card, (did you know old folks tend to not get a lot of mail these days and they love it!).
3. Forfeit the war for the good parking space with a smile and a wave.
4. Pay a nice compliment to a stranger.
5. Spray your neighbor’s weeds while you’re out spraying your own!
6. Spend an afternoon chatting with people at a Senior Center! These folks are lovely and very friendly.
7. Grab a shopping cart from the grocery parking lot on your way into the store.
8. Ask to speak to a manager and comment on what a good job you think they are doing.
9. Offer to take care of someone’s children for an afternoon so  mom can have a few hours to herself.
10. Offer to water someone’s plants while they are on vacation.
11. Include someone you know in one of your regular activities.
12. Send or take a care package to someone who is sick.(books, magazines and their favorite goodies)
13. Offer to go to the grocery store for an older person in your neighborhood.
14. Let someone cut in during rush hour traffic.
15. Let someone with just a few items go ahead of you in the checkout line.
16. Share your special skill with someone who is interested in learning it.
17. Adopt a pet from a shelter that is going to be euthanized.
18. Wave to a child in a car.
19. Volunteer your time for a worthy cause.
20. Take dog bones, food and toys to a dog shelter.
21. While you’re at it, volunteer to walk a few dogs.
22. Smile and say hello to everyone you see today.
23. Take the time to pay someone a sincere compliment on their appearance or something they are doing.
24. Leave a surprise anonymous gift, flower or plant on someone’s doorstep or desk at the office.
25. Don’t just hemorrhage from laughter…alert your friend about the toilet paper strand that is stuck to her shoe as she prances out of the restroom at the restaurant.

Do you have any ideas on how to cheer someone up? We’d love to hear them… please share them in the comments section below! Stay cool, stay positive and enjoy your summer!

P.S. For more ideas on how to stay positive sign up for the F.R.E.E. 21 Day Attitude Adjustment Course and receive my complimentary bi-monthly ezine by filling out the big green box at the top of the page!

June 14, 2010 · Filed Under Positive Attitude · 0 

MILE MARKERS – are you counting?

It’s truly amazing and a little hard to believe I am a grandmother and my little girl and best friend is a very efficient loving creative Mother. I really do marvel at the job she is doing!

Saturday was my adorable granddaughter’s first ballet recital. Yup, a star is born. As I watched her confidently dancing in her beautiful blue costume my heart swelled with pride and joy. It seems like only yesterday it was my Lexi up there performing. Where did the time go?

Flowers? For me?

After the show as we filed out of the auditorium to wait with flowers for our little celebrity I ran into a couple of Alexis’s friends from high school, now with little stars of their own.  It seems like only yesterday these very women were only girls whispering and giggling on the phone together. Where did the time go?

If I close my eyes, become very still and think back I can almost remember the feeling of being on the stage myself; the smell of backstage, the camaraderie of my fellow performers and the bonding ceremony of putting on our stage makeup. Where did the time go?

As my mother and I crowed about how fabulous our Kenzi did the conversation drifted to a time in my mother’s past when she danced for her father with her dance class at the veteran’s hospital, just before her father died. She still remembers her mother sewing special velvet dots on her costume wings when the other girls only had ink spots on their wings. Where did the time go?

As I write this post I wonder if Alexis knows how special these times are and is she really taking the time to really savor the moment.  Not just the photo image but all the details of the glorious and juicy emotions of these mile markers.  There will come a time when she will say where did the time go?

Mile markers, are you counting them? Are you really taking them in? Are you making moments?

But more importantly…is there something more you want to do? Is there something you’ve been waiting to do “when the time is right?” Don’t wait, time flies, do it now. Five or ten years from now you will be looking at photographs and saying, where did the time go?

Time is our most precious commodity. Find your passion. Unearth those buried desires and dreams and start now. If you wait for the perfect time it will never come.

“Don’t do nothing because you can’t do everything.  Do something.  Anything.”

 Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

June 7, 2010 · Filed Under Motivation · 0 

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.

P.P.S. If you receive this via email click http://www.womenintransitiononline.com/deborah-speaks/ to view the quizz!

May 23, 2010 · Filed Under Positive Attitude · 0 

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

Reserve Your Seat Now


May 19, 2010 · Filed Under Positive Attitude · 0 

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!





May 13, 2010 · Filed Under Positive Attitude · 0 

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.

Mother's Day Thoughts

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

 

May 5, 2010 · Filed Under Happiness · 0 

A Special Women in the News Event!!

I have written several articles in my e-zine about the demographics and power of midlife and women of a certain age. If you don’t receive my e-zine (Feel free to rectify that by supplying your name and email address in the Bright Green Box at the top of this page!) let me just summarize by letting you know that today boomer women are the largest demographic group and each year our numbers rise.

We are a totally unique demographic and very diverse. We can be mothers, grandmothers and caring for our own mothers all at the same time. We can be large or small business owners, retired, still working or just retiring. We can be grandmothers raising our grandchildren. We can be starting second or third careers at age 50 and beyond. Never before has this occurred.

Yes, these are exciting times for us and we are all doing some pretty exciting things.  It gives me great pleasure to provide a platform for us to support each other’s endeavors and share our stories and triumphs.

I recently featured Ms Chloe Jon Paul in an interview and she has extended a very special invitation I would like to share with you:

Ms. Chloe Jon Paul


Hello ~

Here is an invitation I hope you won’t refuse!  Chloe Jon Paul has invited me to “launch” and has extended the invitation to my friends as well.


Chloe is launching her Best Seller campaign, which will run between April 27th and May 3rd on Amazon. Great bonuses and a special prize are available to everyone who attends.  Her goal is to have as many book orders as possible on April 27th.


Please mark your calendar for April 27th and visit Chloe’s web site:

www.EnteringtheAgeofElegance.com for further details.


“Entering the Age of Elegance: A Rite of Passage & Practical Guide for the Modern Maturing Woman” is a must-read for every midlife and Boomer woman.  If you’re looking for an exceptional yet inexpensive gift for such women you know, now would be the perfect time to purchase it.

So I hope you’ll join me in helping Ms. Paul Launch her best seller on Amazon!

Do you have a great story, we want to hear it! Are you experiencing some delicious success or fulfilling a dream, inspire us! Have you started a new business, tell us about it! SHARE YOUR STORY. Submit your information to Women in the News at http://www.womenintransitiononline.com/deborah-speaks/women-in-the-news/.

April 27, 2010 · Filed Under Women in the News · 0 

Woman in the News, Ms. Chloe Jon Paul

It gives me great pleasure to share a recent interview with Chloe Jon Paul, author of Entering the Age of Elegance: A Rite of Passage & Practical Guide for the Modern Maturing Woman. What is the age of elegance? I quote from the opening paragraph of her wonderful book:


The Age of Elegance denotes that period of a woman’s life also known as Second Adulthood. Every woman who reaches the age of forty has the opportunity to welcome and embrace the opportunity to move into this time period with style and grace.

            While elegance is not restricted to a particular age group since there are many young women who exhibit elegance, it is the older woman who can exemplify what it means to age elegantly

Chloe Jon Paul

 

Cleverly written as a travel guide this book is full of inspiration, practical advice, useful resources and many precious pearls of wisdom. I highly recommend this entertaining and incredibly useful “guide” to all of us who choose to live fully and passionately with style and grace.


MY INTERVIEW WITH CHLOE:



Chloe Jon Paul

I:  What prompted you to write this book?


C:  After speaking with many women here and abroad, I discovered that there are many women out there who don’t have a clue as to who they really are at an age when it is so important to have a true identity.


I:   What qualifies you to write this kind of book?


C:  While I don’t consider myself an “expert”, I feel that I’ve had enough experience in all the areas that I cover in the book that enable me to share lots of valuable information.  Additionally, my ability to do the research required is a plus.


I:    Is there any one thing in particular that you hope to accomplish through your book?


C:   I want to see women defy the myths of aging and embrace this stage of their lives graciously and enthusiastically.


I:   Why did you decide to treat it as a “travel guide”?


C:  As a seasoned traveler myself, I know the importance of a good travel guide.  Since entering the age of elegance is such an important journey, it seemed logical to me to write it in that fashion.  While testing out the book’s potential, I got a “thumbs up” from countless women (and men!)


I:   What do you say to women who are afraid of getting old?


C:  I think that if they read my book, they’ll get all the answers they need.  In one section of the book I discuss the ten major fears women have about aging.


I:   What do you consider the most important statement you have made in this book?


C:   I think it is well-defined in the Epilogue which reads in part:


            A wise Indian guru once described humans as being a house with four rooms: the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. He said that we tend to spend most of our time I only one of those rooms and that it would be in our best interests to visit each room daily.

 

I:  Beautifully said. I also like the last paragraph where you wrote:


            Remember how we used to refer to the main subjects taught in school as the 3 R’s? Well, now you have another set of 3 R’s to think about: reflect, resolve, and regenerate.

  • Reflect on what you have read and develop an action plan.
  • Resolve to put your action plan to work immediately and aim for consistency.
  • Regenerate into the vibrant, graceful, elegant person you were meant to be.

 

           

I:   I guess the final question would be; what can you share about your own journey into the Age of Elegance?


 C:  Do you have another two hours to spare?  It has been a fabulous journey for me.  That doesn’t mean that I haven’t had my share of problems and disappointments.  I have learned to visit those four rooms that I talk about in my book daily and it has made all the difference in the world.


I:  Well, it certainly has worked for you. After reading all that you have accomplished since the age of 55 in your bio I can honestly say you are truly and inspiration to us all! I want to thank you for taking the time to speak with me.








In addition to this wonderful book Ms. Paul has written an E book, “What Happens Next? A Family Guide to Nursing Home Visits…and More”. For information about her new E book Visit http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/9501

Do you have a great story, we want to hear it! Are you experiencing some delicious success or fulfilling a dream, inspire us! Have you started a new business, tell us about it! SHARE YOUR STORY. Submit your information to Women in the News at http://www.womenintransitiononline.com/deborah-speaks/women-in-the-news/.

March 16, 2010 · Filed Under Women in the News · 0 

I Dared You… how did you do?

Whew, the week has come and gone and I don’t know about you but I found this past week to be full of surprises!

What did I discover? Here are a few answers to my own questions:

  1. What did you do in lieu of watching TV?
    • I mowed the front lawn at 5:30 in the evening. This is definitely unusual!
    • I finished a couple of half read books.
    • I spent a couple of wonderful evenings with my granddaughter, mom and daughter.
    • I took the time to revisit my goals/vision journal and found myself adding to it!
    • I actually cooked myself a meal, lit a candle and enjoyed a leisurely glass of wine.
    • I used some of my evening time to meditate and breath.
    • I listened to some of my favorite inspirational tapes.
    • I took the time to dust off and ride my bike with my friend!
  2. How did you feel?
    • Very anxious at first.
  3. What did you like about it?
    • Eventually the incredible awareness of myself and surroundings.
    •  I did not feel mentally or physically tired or exhausted at night.
  4. What did you dislike about it?
    • I found it very hard to turn off my thoughts to sleep!
  5. What surprised you about this experience?
    • I was very surprised at the amount of “found time” I discovered.
    • I was also shocked at the amount of TV I had been watching and how unaware of it I was.
  6. Do you think it made a difference in your mood or attitude?
    • I felt better and had more energy.
    • It was not so much that I was happier and more positive, which I was, but more importantly that I was much more in touch with what I was feeling whether it was good or bad.
  7. And of course… did you cheat?
    • Just twice!!!!!

So how did you do? You know you don’t need a challenge to try this experiment. You can start enjoying the sound of your thoughts whenever and as often as you like.

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Deborah Hayes, CTA Life Coach

Empowering women to live a life of consequence, a life without regrets that is your own unique version of the life you love. About Deborah

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