29th April, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Nearly everyone I know feels overwhelmed. Most of us are overwhelmed because of the number of people asking us to do something, the number of responsibilities we have, and the number of to-dos on our list (as well as a multitude of other reasons). Answer these three questions: Do you ever complain about everything you have to » Read More
21st April, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Here is how someone recently started her email to me: I am dying…I have lost my way in the jungle. Does that sound familiar to any of you? While I know (from frequent experience) that this a horrible feeling and I am dreadfully sorry for anyone who feels this way – there are some upsides to your » Read More
17th April, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Doc Childre of HeartMath® said: Managing our emotions increases intuition and clarity. It helps us self-regulate our brain chemicals and internal hormones. It gives us natural highs, the real fountain of youth we’ve been searching for. It enables us to drink from elixirs locked within our cells, just waiting for us to discover them. How do you » Read More
5th April, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Would you like your life to be better this time next year than it is right now? Then it means you need to make plans for that to happen. Here are three question prompts to get you started: 1. Take a sheet of paper and write (and then respond) to the question, “What isn’t working too » Read More
3rd April, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Does it matter if your mental “pockets,” i.e., the difference between calm and crazed, have disappeared? Absolutely! No less than Aristotle said, “The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” How do you know if you have no mental energy pockets? Although it is different for all of us, there are some commonalities among human » Read More
28th March, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
When you wonder whether anything even matters? If your attitude has become, “Whatever” (said with attitude). If you question why you are doing what you are doing in life – either generally or on a daily basis – your engagement in life is ebbing. Your stress level is increasing. You have lost (or are losing) » Read More
27th March, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Does it matter whether you have any protected spaces (pockets) of physical energy? If you are wondering about the answer to this question…then that is the first danger sign! YES, it matters! If you have lost the little extra, the special reserve, the additional space (metaphorically speaking) of physical energy, then you are either about » Read More
9th March, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Do you think you are productive when you’re crazed? Do you think others around you appreciate it when you are on a rampage (or even something shy of a rampage)? Hm… probably not. A question, which comes from my definition of “pockets” as being the difference between being calm and crazed is this (and it’s the » Read More
7th March, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Is your attitude and outlook on life under your control or is it up or down depending on others’ actions or outlooks? I would posit that your attitude is one of the areas of your life that you can control. I am hoping that you would prefer to have a good attitude versus a crummy attitude » Read More
6th March, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Just as part of being productive is taking control over those areas where we can exert some control, so too is letting go of those areas where we can’t. Here are some examples of areas where we squander our productivity by spending time and effort trying to control something that isn’t controllable. 1. Traffic. You can » Read More
