Lorna's Blog
Are You Unbalanced?
If trying to maintain balance in your life makes you feel like a tightrope walker, you’re not alone. Most of us have so many demands on our time and energy that life can feel like a three-ring circus. Take this quiz to see how well you are meeting responsibilities,...
Everything Communicates
We have all had those times when we have stepped in the cow pie of life. What we think we are saying is not what is being received. Coca-Cola learned this one the hard way. Coca-Cola wanted to be known as a “family” beverage. And the Coca-Cola Headquarters is in...
Top 10 Ways to Lead by Example
Good leaders must lead by example. Through their actions, which are aligned with what they say, they become a person others want to follow. When leaders say one thing but do another, they erode trust, a critical element of productive leadership. Here are just 10 of...
Life Without Stress
Life Without Stress Stress gets a bad rap. But there is positive stress, called Eustress (yo͞oˈstres). This is that adrenaline rush you get that helps you finish that project on time. It is that feeling of excitement when you are in a demanding position and you...
Creating Multiple Sources of Income
Creating Multiple Sources of Income Most of us earn income by trading time for money. In other words we go to a job, work a set number of hours and are compensated for those hours. So we trade our time for money. Keep in mind everyone has the same number of hours...
Compassion
Compassion Noun: compassion; plural: compassions sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. "the victims should be treated with compassion" Synonyms: pity, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, care, concern, solicitude, sensitivity,...
3 Steps to Practicing Patience
3 Steps to Practicing Patience In our current times, we are surrounded by lightning fast technology, decision making, expectations, life… Practicing patience in an era where it seems no one has any patience may feel counter-intuitive but patience allows us to slow...
What are you creating or allowing?
There was a video trending on YouTube of a little 2 year old boy with sprinkles on his face and his mother asks him if he has gotten into the sprinkles and he denies it. She continues to ask him if he is sure he hasn't eaten any sprinkles and he says no. She even...
Are You Connecting or Just Communicating?
I was doing a presentation this week at my Toastmasters club when the remote for my PowerPoint starting giving me attitude. I would push the button to move to the next slide and it would ignore me. So I pushed the button again, harder this time thinking that I was...
Sustaining Your Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is that place between perseverance and defeat. It is what makes someone stay motivated and keep going and others give up and quit. Enthusiasm. So how does one get it and how does one keep it? Look at your own life experiences to times when you lost your...