The Step It Up Queen
The windows had frosted from the frigid weather as a group of writers nestled around the dining room oak table. We were reviewing each other’s material, highlighting effective passages, and leaving a trail of red ink over less inspiring words. ...
The Step It Up Queen
Competition? Promise of peace? Driven by passion? etc. I still remember when I consciously started doing better in school. I was a junior in high school (yeah, we can’t all be early bloomers), and I sat next to Jeff Gardner. ...
The Step It Up Queen
Choosing Better Step 1: The Hard Decision Making the tough decision to do the hard work doesn’t happen naturally for most of us. In fact, if my children are any indicator of what is natural human behavior, our first impulse is to look for any way to get out of work. ...
The Step It Up Queen
The Step It Up Queen
Sherry
Sherry
what kind of step is that? Mental?
October 19 at 11:37am
The Step It Up Queen
Taking charge of your life, and not blaming, shaming, and rationalizing others, is one of the principles that some of the greatest kings and queens that ever ruled learned quickly and applied efficiently...
The Step It Up Queen
The Step It Up Queen
A question that often comes up when we talk about taking responsibility for your life is how do we keep our commitments? According to the self-improvement company Growth Climate, a lie is any attempt to deceive...
The Step It Up Queen
The Step It Up Queen
Idaho summers are blessed with warm sun, purple mountains dotting the surrounding, lush vegetation, and canals with gently flowing water. Despite the beauty or niceness of the weather, as a teenager liking adrenalin rushes, I had grown bored...
The Step It Up Queen
Have you ever seen someone laughing and having a good time then suddenly he or she bursts into tears? How about someone who has gone seemingly instantaneously from being mellow and happy to yelling and screaming? If you have, you may have been witnessing someone going through a reaction sequence...
Denise Sonnenberg
Denise Sonnenberg
Good article Lisa.
September 7 at 10:05pm
LuAnn Staheli
LuAnn Staheli
So true! Great job, Lisa.
September 7 at 10:20pm
The Step It Up Queen
Here are some ideas to get going and stay going at a peak level: Start each day with a review of your goals. In a 24/7 world, it’s easy to lose sight of where you ultimately want to go. Take the 30 minutes at the beginning of each day, when your mind is still clear, to review your goals. ...
Sarah Ward
Sarah Ward
Excellent tip, Lisa! I find when I have some time in the morning it makes me feel recharged and on top of the day.
September 14 at 6:51pm
The Step It Up Queen
A practice of any kind can keep you tethered to yourself in those times when overwhelm wants to scatter your enegery to the wind. Regularly repeated, these practices are best cultivated in times when things are going well so that they are there to sustain you when you get overwhelmed...
The Step It Up Queen
We can learn all the self-management tricks in the book, but none of them will be worth a dime if we don’t follow through and use them. That’s where self-discipline comes in. Th...
The Step It Up Queen
1- Determine what areas in your life you want to step it up. Determine what you want the end result to look like, be, and feel like. Create a list....