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“The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.” Bryant McGill

“The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.” Bryant McGill

Are you your own worst critic? If your internal dialog is killing your momentum towards reaching your goals and being happy, it's time to stop the pattern. Here are five things that you can do to stop the negative chatter: 1. Be aware — pay attention to what you are saying to yourself. If you start being negative, stop yourself and move on. Dwelling on negative thoughts is not going to help Continue reading

Getting Social with Holly

Getting Social with Holly

I had the honor of being interviewed by Holly Homer this week, a new friend that I met on Google+. Holly does some really interesting things around the web so I thought I'd introduce her to you.  Holly is just wonderful, you'll love her. Her bio:  Hi.  I am Holly.  I have a blog.  Of the mom variety.  Yep, I am a mom blogger.  I write June Cleaver Nirvana and Kids Activities Blog.  Continue reading

The ultimate in fascination: be yourself

The ultimate in fascination: be yourself

Don't we all want to be fascinating? Sally Hogshead's book Fascinate: Unlocking the Secret Triggers of Influence, Persuasion, and Captivation discusses this concept or more accurately teaches you that you are already fascinating and how to use your natural abilities to be more fascinating. Interested? Of course you are, this is all about you, baby! Ideas from Fascinate: Anyone, and Continue reading

Staying positive when negative attitudes fly online

Staying positive when negative attitudes fly online

Being positive has proven to improve your health, strengthen relationships with people and let’s face, it make each day better. While positive people attract other positive people, they can also attract a few negative moths to the flame. The trick is to not let these people suck the happy from your personal bubble. So, how can you stay positive when the negative attitudes fly? Let’s look at Continue reading

Bigger and better. Writing in a superlative world.

Bigger and better. Writing in a superlative world.

Social media is chocked full of the “best” “most” “must read” content that we’ve ever seen as writers attempt to pull focus from the social stream to their website.  As a writer, it is your goal to get people to read your content but you need to make sure that you’re delivering the promise that you make in your title. Before you super size your title, make sure you can deliver the Continue reading