Writing, Revising & Planning In Color Can Be Fun!

For the last weeks, my business focus has been the  Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift Teacher’s Activity Guide. I find it most helpful and encouraging to use my Brain Colors to write the manuscript. Below are the ways I have been stimulating and utilizing all my Brain Colors. My Yellow Brain is organizing documents and…

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The Secret Answer For Saying “NO!”

Depending on your Brain Color Personalty, saying “No” might be more difficult for you than other Brain Colors. Yellow Brain people do want to be impolite by saying “No”. Doing the right thing is a priority for them. Blue Brain people want to be helpful and not hurt another person’s feelings by saying “No”.  They…

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An Easy Solution for Lost & Found Documents

Have you ever lost or misplaced something and driven yourself crazy trying to remembering where it might be? That just happened to me. I had completed and sent the Teacher’s Brain Colors, Brain Color Group Activities and Program Evaluation printouts from the Advocate Condell Day Center for Inter-generational Care program, I presented on June 17th,…

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Children’s Books Give You A Different Perspective

Today, I was putting the Yellow Brain finishing touches on my What Color Is Your Brain? Teamwork PowerPoint presentation for 40 teacher and staff members at the Advocate Condell Day Center for Inter-generational Care. Yesterday, I was speaking to Educational Consultant, Jana Crosby and when she mentioned the wonderful picture book, Duck! Rabbit! by Amy…

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Achieve Your Goal With Teamwork – No Bunk

I found this 1960’s Dennis the Menace  poster in the cafeteria of  my father’s business. It demonstrates a message that is applicable today, as it was over 40 years ago. Teamwork is achieved with all the attributes and abilities of each Brain Color. Yellow Team Members: Organize the team’s ideas into a detailed plan Blue…

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3 Terrific Tips To Keep Your To Do List Organized

Timely Time Management Tips is the new LinkedIn Group I decided to join, last week. I needed some tips to keep my  life, writing projects, and my Blue Brain more Yellow and Organized.  The 2nd  discussion messages I received was from Linda Clevenger. Linda’s post  What To Do To Get Organized  was simple, efficient and…

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Test of Time Mission Statement – No Bunk

Today’s  post is the 2nd of my new “No Bunk”  (no nonsense) business series. Each post will come from the collection of HI-LITER Newsletters from the Lab-Line Instruments, Inc., the laboratory instrument business my father and mother founded in 1952. You can read the genesis of  “No Bunk” in the  June 25th Blog Post. When…

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Power Off and Power UP – It’s “No Bunk”!

Our power was off yesterday. No electricity from 5:30AM until 7:00PM! Of course, our well wasn’t pump was not working, but we always have a supply of very large and small bottle of water for drinking and hygiene. It was 98 degrees outside. However my office was cool and comfortable. I looked at this Power…

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Conserving Your Brain Color Energy

Drought conditions and the lack of rain is stress the people and farmland in the much of the United States. It has been an unusual summer and my gardens are also suffering from the unusually dry and hot weather. One of my personal mantras is: “If you are aware, the gift is there. You may…

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Brain Color Surprise “Thank You” Gifts – Princess Shayna Musical

For the past few days, I have enjoyed using all my Brain Colors to prepare surprise “Thank You” gifts for the Princess Shayna Musical Cast Members and Director, Kim Kass Woycke. My Yellow Brain began preparing on Tuesday. My Green Brain systematically and sequentially ordered all the Princess Shayna Musical Blog Posts that Kim and…

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Author’s Joyful Exhaustion after Princess Shayna Musical!

I am joyfully exhausted! I will write more about the remarkable and memorable Princess Shayna Musical production in the next few days. I have said “Thank you!” with cards, emails, and calls to family members, friends and my publisher. My Blue Heart is bursting with Joy and my Yellow Brain needs to reorganize my life.…

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