Posts Tagged ‘Strive For Students’

Doing the “Happy Dance”

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

My sister-in-law Cindi has an expression “doing the happy dance.” I love that expression, when she tells me she’s doing the happy dance I have this picture in my mind of her dancing around her kitchen in her big, green-frog slippers, hair in a ponytail with a steamy cup of coffee in hand. (more…)

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Attitude and Integrity

Friday, February 12th, 2010

I have been in the process of updating the Strive For Students business plan. It’s horrific work as far as I’m concerned. Working on my business plan reminds me that I don’t enjoy working with details, statistics and numbers. However, it is part of my job and it’s crucial to my business’ success. (more…)

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Recognizing Stress Leads to Joyful Recovery

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Alright, I hope you’re doing better with recognizing what causes you stress? Have you been journaling and strategizing about ways to deal with your stress?

One of my biggest stressors is clutter. I hate dust bunnies, piles of paper and it makes me crazy when people don’t put their stuff back where it goes. I love to organize. My husband would tell you organizing is my religion!!! That’s one of the things I like best about taking down Christmas decorations. I get to go through all my cabinets and closets and clean and organize…really, I love this stuff! (more…)

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Everything Happens for a Reason

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

I love helping people discover career success! I spend a fair amount of time encouraging folks to have a career plan, but the funny thing is, I did not plan my career. In fact, I fell into my occupation by accident. When I moved to Phoenix 25 years ago, I went to an employment agency seeking assistance locating a career in the field of Public Relations. (more…)

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