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Tag Archives: goals
Setting goals to inspire you … or scare you!
Recently I came across a blog post that presents a checklist of some pretty darn thought-provoking tips about setting goals that will really inspire you. It so happens that the focus of this blog, Mark B’s Big Adventures on Average … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Running
Tagged cycling, Everesting, goals, inspiration, quilting, risk, running, setting goals, writing
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Yes You Can!
Everyone deserves someone in their life to tell them “Yes you can”. Even better if everyone could have many, many people telling them that they can and should reach for the stars. But one voice alone can make all the … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Women
Tagged ability, achievment, dreams, encouragement, goals, Joan Feynman, kindness, positive, Richard Feynman, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, supportive
22 Comments
Your very own self-awareness questionnaire
I’ve been holding off on reblogging this intriguing post for a while now, but the beginning of a new year seems like the perfect time. Karen, in the UK, writes on a number of topics in her blog Some Kind … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Leadership, Women
Tagged fulfillment, goals, happness, New Year's resolutions, self-awareness, self-improvement, self-reflection
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A new project finally begins
A new project means different things to different people. It could mean starting a new woodworking project, a new writing project, a new painting, a new garden plot, or maybe a new venture altogether, like beekeeping. Whatever you feel passionate … Continue reading
Posted in Quilting
Tagged blogging, Creativity, family, goals, happiness, history, inspiration, motivation, quilting, quilts
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What do singing and baseball have in common?
If anyone had asked me that question a few weeks ago I just would have laughed. I love singing and I enjoy watching baseball on TV, but having anything in common, yeah, right! Until I attended a weekend choral workshop … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering
Tagged baseball, choral workshops, Creativity, goals, golf, motivation, professionalism, singing, sports, Yogi Berra
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The joy of being a woman in her 70s – or joy at any age
This past January saw a spate of articles in the New York Times on older women. It started with Jessica Bennett’s article “I am (an older) woman – hear me roar”, followed closely by Mary Pipher’s “The joy of being … Continue reading
Posted in Women
Tagged advice, aging, family, Glenn Close, goals, happiness, Helen Mirren, inspiration, joy, leaders, Mary Pipher, Nancy Pelosi, old, politics, women
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