It’s a new start!

The Daily Love via Visual Inspiration: It’s a new start!.

July 11, 2012 0

Do You Need A Bad News Detox?

Terri Cole writes:

The onslaught of bad news in the media continues to fester. The climate of fear has reached epic proportions. We are inundated with bad news about our crumbling economy, the rising unemployment rate, executive greed, lack of affordable healthcare, etc. So the question is how can YOU stay positive and productive in a relentlessly negative climate and NOT drink the Armageddon Kool-Aid?

Well, as you may have guessed, I have a few ideas.” Get Terri’s ideas here: Do You Need A Bad News Detox?.

July 11, 2012 0

Nice post! Thanks for sharing…

LADYTIGER

A Poem.

Codependency.

It’s not you. It’s me.

We can’t live without our we.

Side by side by side by side.

Is all we’ll ever be.

Have you ever been in a relationship in which the lines of your individuality get blurred with another? Do you place your partner’s needs above your own? Do you find yourself being the only one to make a moves on/with/around another person? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be codependent. It’s okay – just like Love Addiction – we can’t help but be what we are taught – and many of us were taught to place other’s needs before our own at any cost.

Codependence is defined as a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as in an addiction to alcohol or heroin)…

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July 10, 2012 0

Life

LIFE | seventhvoice.

July 10, 2012 3

Choices…

Quote | changeindirections.

July 10, 2012 0

Bring back the 40 hour work week

40 hours? That would be like a vacation… :-D

Source: OnlineMBA.com

July 10, 2012 1

Experience is not what happens to you

BrainyQuote via Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do….

July 10, 2012 0

More than just water

Get more here: More than just water | The Presteblog.

July 10, 2012 1

Grilling Brussels Sprouts!

Gotta try this recipe! Grilling BS! « Rantings of an Amateur Chef.

July 10, 2012 0

Finally, An Athletic Shirt Model Even I Can Feel Superior To

Athletic Shirt Model Even You Can Feel Superior To | Jockular.

July 10, 2012 0

Don’t Indulge. Be Happy.

“HOW much money do you need to be happy? Think about it. What’s your number?” Don’t Indulge. Be Happy. – NYTimes.com.

July 10, 2012 0

How to Stop A BBQ from Going Bad

Visual Loop via Food Safety – How to Stop A BBQ from Going Bad.

July 10, 2012 0

Couples 911 – LaShelle’s Top 3 Tips for Couples

Taylor Duvall shares this:

I have followed CNVC Trainer LaShelle Lowe-Charde for years now and feel so grateful for learning how I typically ‘react’ in my long term relationships and how I can break any habitual pattern. Her main focus is supporting couples and watch my interview with her on YouTube to hear her top 3 tips:

Spend a designated time each day focused on each other.

Share even small appreciations as often as possible.

Develop a language of feeling and needs to communicate what’s in our heart (what we want) not what’s wrong.

She also shares her relationship saving request and why once we ‘get’ the floor, we tend to go on and on…” via Couples 911 – LaShelle’s Top 3 Tips for Couples | The Center for Nonviolent Communication.

Here are a couple of bonus videos from LaShelle…

July 10, 2012 0

See Your Imperfect Self As Precious

Leslie Becker-Phelps writes:

As a therapist, I am often faced with people who struggle with feeling essentially flawed in some way. They are quick to take responsibility for their errors or to blame themselves for problems with friends. And, they experience their struggles, mistakes, and imperfections as proof that they are lesser as a person.

As I listen to them, I know that when they look in the mirror, they do not see the value in them that I see. It is this negative self-perception that is the real source of their torture, not the daily issues that loom so large for them. Being overweight, shy, depressed, or socially awkward may cause them great pain; but I see this pain as a distress that requires caring – not condemnation. Making mistakes at work or becoming upset with your children is just part of life. After all, there’s a reason that “It’s only human” has come to be an expression. No one – and I mean no one – handles everything well all the time. And everyone – and, again, I mean everyone – has things they really struggle with.” Get more here: See Your Imperfect Self As Precious | Psychology Today.

July 10, 2012 2

Jeg har mistet min vei

Don’t worry! If you’re looking for Todd Lohenry, you’re in the right place — I’ve just made a few changes to get myself back on track!

For me birthdays are a time of reflection and this year was no exception; I spent a lot of time thinking about this blog and what it isn’t trying to accomplish here and here is my conclusion: I was a foreign language major in college and one semester I took a little Norwegian. One of the phrases I remember after 30 years is “I’m lost” — Jeg har mistet min vei. Point? Focus. I lost mine on this blog and it is affecting my life in other areas and draining resources from other important projects so I’m going through the same process for myself that I would do with any client — in other words, I’m going to eat my own dog food and sharpen my focus.

Backstory: I started blogging with Google’s blogger over seven years ago. Three years later I moved to WordPress. Throughout that seven years my personal blog has been a place to practice my blogging skills while sharing personal or non-business thoughts. Until 2008 I was very involved in the political process and earlier posts will reflect that. Now my focus has shifted from divisive politics to compassionate communication around Celebrate Recovery and the things that I have learned through that program. This blog is a way of working my “12th Step” by sharing the good things I find along the way and I am changing the name to reflect that sharpened focus.

The universe provided a great reminder this morning — a quote from David Allen in a post from Ciara Conlon on the Lifehacker blog which I curated here but the image is worth repeating…

My WordPress username is kingofcuration and there’s a good reason for that; in my consultancy I have developed a very efficient workflow for thought leadership marketing — kind of a “lather, rinse, repeat” cycle called the ‘e1evation workflow‘ — but just because I can do this better and faster than most people doesn’t mean I should. My focus should and must be my business, my business blog and applying the workflow to that process. Perhaps even more important at the moment is the book I am writing about thought leadership marketing which I must finish this month…

I don’t want to fall into this trap!

Questions? Feedback?

July 10, 2012 0

5 Ways You Can Do Anything But Not Everything

Ciara Conlon writes:

“After reading the… words by David Allen, do you feel disappointment or relief? My first reaction was relief — relief in the realization that it is not possible or realistic to get everything done. There will always be stuff on your to-do list and always projects that don’t get done. Accepting this reality is the first step to creating the life of stress-free productivity that Allen invites us to have.

I’m a mother, a coach, a trainer, a blogger, an author, and a huge tennis fan, so this month my time is tight (Wimbledon season). Time is always tight for most of us; deciding what to focus our limited time on is the issue. So the question is this:

How do we identify what is the “Anything” that we want in our lives, and what bits are the “Everything” — the things that can be removed from your lists of goals and to-dos?” Get the answer here: 5 Ways How You Can Do Anything…But Not Everything.

I love Ciara’s ideas — I hope you followed the link and read them. Me? I curated this content as a reminder to myself along the lines of what the Apostle Paul said; “All things are possible, but not all things are beneficial”. Focus, focus, focus…

July 10, 2012 2

Clarity in communication

The New Yorker via Cartoon of the night. For more: http://nyr.kr/N44yLW.

July 10, 2012 0

Give me a sign

“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.” – Woody Allen

July 9, 2012 0

Garden Svengali

Pops Digital via Garden Svengali.

July 9, 2012 0

Stop Motion Music Video Shot With 500+ Girls

Abe&Tell ‘s music video created by Orrin Hastings was shot with over 500 girls holding an iPad displaying one frame clip of the film. It’s pretty awesome.