19. March 2018

March 19, 2018 - Are your wheels spinning or turning? Do you feel as though you are continuously busy, yet not getting anywhere? Are you not making the progress you would like to be making for all the effort it feels you have put forth? Keeping busy may seem as though you are being productive, but if you don't have a clear vision, purpose and goals to drive you, this may be why you are not getting the results you had hoped you would get. Each action you take should be building momentum toward...

29. June 2015

June 29, 2015 - Are you busy, yet not feeling productive? Are your days fast-paced with lots thrown at you at any given moment, and yet at the end of the day, you continue to see things you really wanted to get to not getting done? Do you feel as though your own priorities are continually getting shuffled to the end of the line in order to manage or handle all else that seems to be coming at you throughout your day? When you aren't feeling productive, in spite of being busy throughout the day,...

27. April 2015

April 27, 2015 - Are you hearing, but not listening? Does the noise of your busy life and work seem to simply blend together without any real resonance? Are you so caught up in your day-to-day activities that you feel you have no time to simply pause or stop and listen to what is occurring around you? Our greatest gift as thinking beings is the ability to decipher what is important and pertinent against what is filler and irrelevant. The key is to not get so controlled by the demands in your...

22. December 2014

Dec 22, 2014 - Is your reaction the problem? Is your day filled with a sense of urgency in everything that you undertake? Do you find that all you seem to be doing is reacting to what is occurring around you? Is your need to react causing you to be easily distracted? Do you end the day with what you intended to do, not being done? Being reactive instead of proactive can be crippling in reaching your goals or having positively empowered relationships. You find you are constantly busy, but not...

19. May 2014

May 19, 2014 - Are you purposely productive? Or do you find yourself doing whatever is demanded upon you without considering its relevance or importance in what you are trying to achieve? It is one thing to be busy with activities and tasks and entirely another thing to be intently focused on working diligently toward a clear destination. A clearly defined purpose and reasons for achieving your goals help you prioritize and focus. You may be feeling some frustration because, while you are quite...

10. February 2014

Feb 10, 2014 - Too caught up in busy work? Are you constantly busy, but are not making any real progress? Are you visiting the same issues over and over in your mind, knowing the next steps you could or should take, but then aren't taking them? Do you find that you are easily distracted in using your time on less important or less urgent activities, while those tasks, projects or decisions that are more important await your next step? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you need to...

08. July 2013

July 8, 2013 - Are you getting things done? Are you getting things done or merely doing things? Do you feel a sense of accomplishment each day or a sense of wondering how you are ever going to get all that you need to do completed? Do you feel like the more you do, the more things pile on you that need to be done? It may be time to take a step back and assess what you are doing and why you are doing all that you are doing. If you are busy, but not feeling productive or accomplished, then you...

08. August 2011

Aug 8, 2011 - Are you surrounded by inspiration? Have you taken stock lately in the mementos you have at work and in your home and what they mean to you? Or do they just blur into the background because of the busy life you lead? Do you have pictures of family and friends? Are there inspirational sayings and plaques? Are there specific books? Are there trinkets, works of art, artifacts or collectibles from trips you have taken or places you have been? These have all accumulated because they...

07. June 2010

June 7, 2010 – Are you confusing busy with real action? Are you busy as can be, but not seeing the results from your busyness? Then you could be falling into the trap of confusing distraction with action. Is everything that you are staying busy doing moving you towards reaching one of your goals or simply filling your time? Oftentimes busyness is a way to avoid what seems overwhelming or intimidating. It is a way of putting things off without feeling like you are procrastinating because at...

15. February 2010

Feb 15, 2010 – Do you know your worth? How have you demonstrated how much you care about, and appreciate who you are? We are often so busy making sure everyone else in our lives knows how much we care, appreciate and love them that we forget to care for and appreciate ourselves. Is this you right now? Take an MM&I Moment to list seven things, one each day, you are going to do just for you this week. Make it a daily habit to do something just for you. You will thank yourself, and most...