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KLowering the Bar to Achieve More by @bethvogt Success, my friends, isn’t always about giving our best effort. Sometimes success is doing a little bit less. Can I get an “amen!”? Over the years, my family has learned to ask, “What’s the wise choice?” And sometimes the best, wisest choice is to stop trying so hard. There are times when …
Learning to Balance Our Emotions by @bethvogt “This is a deadline, not a crisis.” I woke up in the middle of the night with that phrase running through my head. I’d gone to bed a couple of hours earlier frustrated yet again. Staring down a looming writing deadline and an insufficient word count. I’d been chasing that deadline for …
I’ve been wrestling with a decision … and wrestling … and wrestling … and wrestling … and I just can’t pin the whole “what should I do?” dilemma down and make it say “Uncle!” You know what I mean? I’ll think I’ve got the situation under control — the issue settled — and then something changes and there are new questions to …
Didn’t I just post about difficulties last week? Yes, yes, I did. The return to the theme of difficulties was unpremeditated today. I was flipping through a new book of quotes — a combo coloring book and quote book, no less — and discovered this one by Stephen Hawking. I like the quote for it’s brevity. I like it for the hope …
I apologize for missing Tuesday’s post. I was traveling back from Washington, DC. after spending several days there while my daughter’s volleyball club competed in a tournament. On the way back, I finished reading From a Distance, a historical romance by best-selling author Tamera Alexander, and the source of today’s quote. It’s always fun to read a good book …
I’m all for staying and finishing the tough conversation. Or the seemingly unsolvable argument. Or the why-did-I-ever-commit-to-this project. But there are times when the best thing to do is to walk away. Take a time out. Not forever … but for a time. A day or two. Several weeks, if need be. If you’re in conflict with someone else, this …
If I had to take a “life test” right now, I would flunk. That whole “90% of life is remaining calm” quote? Yeah … I struggled with that even as I made the graphic for this post and started typing the opening lines … I’ve spent the better part of the afternoon and evening battling tears soaked with waves of frustration …
There are times when the beginning of a matter eludes me. How to start the needed conversation. How to break the too-big task into smaller pieces so that I can see the “Do This First” spot. How to unravel the “Once Upon a Time” of a story so that more than the words Chapter One remains on page one. …
I used to think of courage as this big thing … something that was often beyond me. Or something that I had to wait for … or work up to. Kind of like: Give me a few more minutes … or a few more hours … or a week or two, and I’ll be courageous. And then I learned courage …
Run across any thorns lately? Did you hear a no when you were so, so hoping for a yes? Did a family member or a friend disappoint you — or did you disappoint yourself? Were you overlooked for a longed-for recognition or promotion or award? Did you argue so badly with a loved one that reconciliation seems impossible? Were you accused …
