Jul 12th, 2010
by Marilyn.
Everything you do falls into one of three categories:
Bad Work
Good Work
Great Work
Can you tell the difference?
I think we all need to do some of the Bad Work - The mindless, never-ending tasks that take up at least part of our day. They need to be done, so you either have to do them, not do [...]
Jan 7th, 2010
by Marilyn.
My deepest fear is not that I am inadequate. My deepest fear is that I am powerful beyond measure. It is my light, not my darkness that most frightens me.
I ask myself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who am I not to be? I am a child of God. My playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking [...]
Jan 6th, 2010
by Marilyn.
These 10 Guidelines for Dealing with People are as true today as the day they were written by Norman Vincent Peale. I’m taking them to heart. Any one of them would make a great New Year’s resolution.
To learn more about Norman Vincent Peale’s philosophy, read his book The Power of Positive Thinking
Learn to remember names. [...]
Nov 8th, 2008
by Marilyn.
When I was growing up, mom used to say, “A man complained because he had no shoes, until he met a man who had no feet.” I still remember it. And I repeated it to my kids more than once.
We all have challenges. Most of them are not insurmountable. It may seem easy to slip [...]
Jul 25th, 2008
by Marilyn.
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
–Randy Pausch
Like most of us, I followed Randy Pausch from afar. As a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, he taught all of us much more than computer sciences. He showed us how to live. Randy lived every day to the fullest.
I have [...]
