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The movie…Urban Cowboy.  The place…Outside of Houston.  The bar…Gilley’s.

A young John Travolta played a country cowboy who comes to the big city of Houston, hangs out at Gilley’s to learn about life and falls in love with an urban cowgirl, Debra Winger. It was a smash hit.

Gilley’s was a country western bar complete with country western music, country western dancing and country western drinking. In the center of the bar was a mechanical bull ride. This is a ride that replicates the feeling …

"If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two week's vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days." ~Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The day began with sunshine and a brilliant blue sky. Being an optimist, I did not think to grab my umbrella or raincoat on my way out the door even though there was a slight chance of rain predicted. About te…

I always took great pride in my ability to accomplish a lot. I was one of the fastest “Check it off, it’s done” people I knew. During a leadership program I attended, I pulled aside the leader and told her, “I am getting impatient with all these people. They seem to take forever to come to a decision and want to just talk on and on and on.”

She looked at me and smiled. “Pat, I know that you are capable of accomplishing a lot. I’ve seen it. The place I think you need to look now for the sake …

Recently I've been telling a lot of people that I think we, as a society, are increasingly showing a lack of basic human kindness toward each other. It seems we were a lot kinder to each other a mere 10 years ago. I think our full, busy and stressful lives have been a big contributor to our lack of kindness. We just don’t have time for it any more.

I have yet to find anyone who disagrees with me.

I wish someone would.

I think if we were just a little bit kinder to each other, we would all feel…

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

~Herm Albright

I love this quote because even though I get so annoyed at exceptionally happy and positive people (especially in the early a.m.), I strive to be just like them.

Through some research I'm doing I've found out that our thoughts have a direct impact on our emotions, attitudes and behaviors. When we repeat positive thoughts and maintain a positive attitude it helps…

"There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences." - Jack Welch

“The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child home. They became saints because they continued to go after the little wanderer, like the Good Shepherd.” Peter Kreeft

I don’t think I quite fall into the ‘saint’ category, but I am happy to hear that they, too, battled the tyranny of being distracted by the shiny objects that pass by us ever so frequently.  As I was beginning to write this blog, I got distracted by lookin…

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“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”  - Richard Branson

One of my greatest strengths is embracing the role of life-long-learner. I am constantly learning just for the joy of it but also for the sake of my clients. It is a major investment I make in terms of time and money. In my book Gutsy Women Win, I write about a model called The Bigger Game™” where investm…

“Don’t think to much. You’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place.” - Unknown

A few weeks ago I wrote about how positivity trumps negativity every time and provides us many health benefits.

Someone asked me how I was able to get positive and excited in my day-to-day activities when I don’t start my day that way, or when something happens to deter me from this path.

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Here are 7 tips on how I keep positive even though it’s not always the easiest thing…

I attended a writer’s workshop a few weeks ago where Nina Amir, a nonfiction writers’ and high performance coach talked about a concept of having SMARTER goals.

I am very familiar with SMART goals as I work with my clients on creating goals that use this mnemonic acronym. It stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. SMART goals operate well in an organization where project management and meeting deadlines are important.

On a more personal side, if our goals are me…