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My Three Words – A Roadmap for 2019

January 1, 2019, a day like any other day. Or is it?

Culturally, it represents so much… new beginnings, new dreams, new goals, new resolutions, new adventures… it’s like a reset for your life.

I’ve never been a fan of resolutions. But, when I started following Chris Brogan many years ago, I really liked his yearly reset with “My 3 Words.” It makes more sense to me for setting intentions for the next 365 days. Choosing three words to shape the year ahead provides a roadmap and can be applied consistently to projects, relationships, business, and adventures.

Last year I chose 3 words. I wasn’t entirely successful in achieving what I intended, but they did provide a Northstar for me. [Read more…]

Where is your business headed in 2019?

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“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ~ Yogi Berra

You’ve probably heard or read Berra’s quote more than once. It sounds funny, and it’s absolutely true.

The last few months I’ve been working with a group who want to trek to Machu Picchu in 2019. They know where they want to go. So it’s simple to create a step by step plan to get them to their desired destination: selecting dates, working with the trekking company to develop an itinerary, booking flights, hotels and all the rest of the cool experiences they’ll have along the way. [Read more…]

Can Intermittent Fasting Really Teach You How to Be Mindful in Your Business?

By Denise Wakeman 4 Comments

Recently, I embarked on a new adventure. Not to a faraway land, though.

This time it’s about changing my eating habits.

I joined a group, started by Dr. Ellen Britt (read her story here), that is focused on Intermittent Fasting (IF). It’s not a diet but a way of eating that focuses on when you eat instead of what you eat.

The idea is that one eats during a focused period of time – an eating window – and fasts the rest of the time. In the group, we’re also exploring the intersection of body, mind, spirit, and business and the possibilities for affecting transformation.

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Who, who, who, who are you? [Video]

By Denise Wakeman 6 Comments

I’ve been wrestling with my persona.

In a class on writing Delightful Emails, taught by Matthew Kimberley, one of our tasks was to write a paragraph describing our persona, after answering a series of provocative questions. The idea is to craft a descriptive profile that is an amalgamation of how others see you + how you see yourself to come up with an amplification of how you would like to be seen by others. Essentially an amplified version of your best self. [Read more…]