Lorna's Blog
Your imagination muscle
Imagination is defined as the act of forming a mental picture of something that is not present to the sense or has never been completely perceived in reality. Everything around us started as an idea stemming from someone’s imagination. Think about the computer, cell...
What’s stopping you from starting?
Many people get ready to get ready. Maybe you would like to learn to play the piano. You research teachers in your area and maybe even call around for schedules but then you stop short of setting up your first session. Why is this? Why is it so hard to get started?...
Who do you plan to be?
Imagine taking a trip without a map. Imagine building a structure without blueprints. Imagine going through life without a plan… Do you drift through life letting life happen to you? Does it give you angst when you know you have a higher purpose but don’t know where...
Let Integrity Be Your Compass
Each of us has our own set of values and beliefs and therefore defining one's’ character as having or lacking integrity is subjective. Integrity is based on what that one person perceives another with integrity really means. With that said, however you define...
Learning to Improve Success
There are a multitude of reasons why you might not make learning and personal development a part of your plan for success. You have so many things to do now, between family, your kids, your aging parents and your spouse, your career or business, maybe volunteer work,...
Leverage What’s in Your Toolbox
Have you ever tried to remove a nut or bolt with pliers and it doesn’t budge, but when you use a wrench and get some leverage suddenly it is easy to move? That lever is such a clever tool – it is very handy and very simple. Leverage is defined as a rigid bar that...
5 Ways to Feel Inspired
Where does your inspiration come from? Does it come from your family? Is it passed down generation to generation? Is it your grade school teacher? Your big sister? Your relationship with your creator? Where do you get your inspiration and how do you channel it? We...
The Power of the Mastermind
Have you ever made a plan or created a life roadmap and then something happened – like a big rock rolled down and blocked your progress and instead of finding a way through you gave up and retreated back to your comfort zone? Does that sound like you? Why do we stop...
The Trust Edge
Trust is crumbling all around us. With every promise made and then broken. With every mass layoff with little or no transition plan. With every refusal for fair negotiation that results in a strike. Trust is lost. Without trust, leadership falls back on position and...
Giving Away Success
If you can end each day knowing you have added value to someone, then you can honestly say, you have had a successful day even if nothing else was accomplished. Success is within your reach each and every day if you do just this one thing. Success is a easy as giving...