Lorna's Blog
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...
Breaking the Bottleneck
Last night, as I spent the evening with a few friends, the conversation turned to procrastination and the lack of focus that most of us experience from time to time. You know, we get into the office and know we have these assorted tasks that we need to do that day but...
What colour is your life?
I come from a background of residential construction. My father was a plumber and so was his father. I had a painting business for several years prior to becoming a coach and speaker. One of the questions that I was frequently asked was “What colour should I use?” I...
Smile! You look younger that way
How important is humor? Don’t ask a humor researcher because they are already fighting an uphill battle to get the respect they deserve. Laughter is one of the first things a newborn exhibits. Try going an entire day without even a small laugh and see if you can – I...