A Shot Of Optimism

Dreams are relatively easy when you’re younger.  It seems like you have all the time in the world, anything is possible, and the bloom of youth on your side.  But as you get older, dreams can be [...]

If I could just do what I’m good at I could make more money, be more productive, improve morale around me and be on the road to saying YIPPEE about what I do!! Are you in a career you love, but [...]

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.  Begin it now.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Have you ever told yourself: It’s too late to try [...]

Have you ever found yourself wishing you had a different seat at a party?  A different colleague for a project at work?  A different companion on the eight-hour flight home?  What if at that [...]

I’m a mapmaker. In order to lead you to your yippee, I make you a map.  I tend to start mapping your life and your possibilities as soon as I meet you. The Jane Pauley Show just asked me to [...]

Have you ever been treated unfairly? Did someone more powerful than you blow off your concerns? Have you felt powerless to “get justice”? Has your powerlessness made you so angry you wanted to [...]

Verb Isolate or hide away (someone or something): “the artist sequestered himself in his studio for two years”. Have you sequestered your Yippee? What you want to do may be right in [...]

The day after Valentine’s Day, a 50-meter meteorite skimmed past the earth, closer than any other in history.  A shock wave, the people in Russian called it.  Reading about the 1200 injured, the [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about showing up for your talent.  A good friend of mine called to tell me how much she liked the post, but she continued to observe that she was not showing [...]

Pat pulled open the file drawer in her bedroom.  Ten manila folders were hanging there, each neatly labeled with the names of the Girl Scout badges we were working on: Cooking, Adventurer, [...]