My Author’s Point of View
No Bunk – Achieving and Maintaining Success #5 – Have Confidence in Yourself!
Today’s post is from the last No Bunk Truths chapter in my family business memoir, No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense), which is my latest book that is being celebrated at my Book Launch, this Saturday, October 27th at 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm at Arboria of Long Grove. This post is an excerpt from Chapter 5 …
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“No Bunk” – Exemplary Leadership Truth #8 – A collaborative leader knows a team working together gets the job done
Today’s post is from my family business memoir, which is my latest book, No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense) Chapter 2 – Exemplary Leadership. I was a young girl, I remember a boldly colored poster with a rooster crowing hanging outside my father’s office at Lab-Line, Instruments, which was the laboratory instruments and equipment manufacturing business…
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Proven Tips to Make Strategic Planning and Problem Solving Easier!
Last Thursday, I had the pleasure and the privilege of facilitating an all-day story boarding creative problem solving session with the board of directors and staff of the American Board for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., (ABOHN), which is the sole certification agency committed to advance Board Certification for Occupational Health Nurses. The Executive Director, Denise Knoblauch, BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM,…
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Crucial Health Care Advocate Lessons That Can Help You!
Do you think it is crucial to have have an advocate for yourself or be an advocate for loved ones in an health care facility? I do! I have been an advocate for my for several of my loved one. However, when I broke my leg, eleven weeks ago today, my extensive Brain Color knowledge…
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Don’t be Afraid or Embarrassed to Ask for Help!
My Orange Brain has learned to not be afraid or embarrassed to ask for help, especially when it is time to pay my Illinois State Sales Tax for my books. My dyslexia has always caused a struggle for my Green Brain when I have to deal with numbers and money. Years ago, when I have…
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Keep looking… “If you’re aware, the gifts are there!”
The political campaigns, candidates, and their behavior are inundating the United States media, which led to a Brain Color discussion after my Silver Lotus Kundalini yoga (the yoga of awareness) practice, this morning. Chenoa, our yoga teacher, was talking about the lyrics: “Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of…
Read moreA Non-Political View: “Remember the ladies.” and What They Have Accomplished!
This post is NOT about which political party you are part of in the United States or another country or which candidate you might vote for in the November 2016 U.S. presidential election or another country’s election. This post focuses on Abigail Adams’ poignant quote, which was written in her celebrated letter to husband John,…
Read moreWhat causes you to become an INERT INDIVIDUAL and INGREDIENT in your life?
As an author, I notice and I am fascinated by words. Today, a label on antibacterial cleaning product in the hardware store caught my attention. The label read: INERT INGREDIENTS……. 99.98% of the product. However the product did not list what the INERT INGREDIENTS were! My Green Brain was curious and my Blue Brain began…
Read moreIf you have ever felt defeated and wanted to quit, read this…
Yesterday, I completed my January “Achieve Your Goals” January 2015 BrainBuzz Newsletter. This morning, my Yellow Brain organized my desk, put my antique poetry book back on the shelf, I decided to share one of my favorite poems, prior to sending out my newsletter. My Blue Brain has always loved poetry. One of my favorite…
Read moreRefugee Refusal = A Poignant History Lesson!
My husband and I were born during WWII. We both remember hearing stories from our parents and family members about the Jewish refugees fleeing from the Nazi “Final Solution.” With the ongoing tragedies and terror all over the world, especially in the last few weeks, we both remarked that history is repeating itself. This morning,…
Read moreDo You Want Peace At Any Price?
People talk about Peace, but is an elusive word that so many of us desire in our lives, our community, country, and in our world. We can think of peace as a mental calm and serenity, peacefulness, tranquility, equanimity, calm, calmness, composure, ease, contentment, contentedness, and last but not least, peace of mind. We can…
Read moreFolk Singers, Peace, Honoring Others, Civil Rights, and Violence Against Women and Girls
This week I began a Blue Brain journey back in time to the 1960’s. A time of Folk Singers, Peace, Honoring Others, Civil Rights, and Violence. On Monday night, I watched the Peter Paul and Mary – 50 Years in Music and Life documentary on WTTW, Chicago Public Television. My Orange Brain I sang, laughed,…
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