All of you who were in my Strategies for Success classes know that we started each class with a high five. It was fun, it cheered us up, it help us feel connected, it put our bodies into a positive physiology, and it general it just made us feel good. Not a bad way to start a class every day to be sure. A simple high five can be used to congratulate someone, to show enthusiasm, to celebrate success.
It actually is National High Five Day today. Take a moment today and high five someone to tell them how great they're doing. If high-fiving is a bit to energetic, just share with someone that they're doing a great job. Your words will mean a great deal.
This email is my high five to you...to wish you a great day, to thank you for being part of my life, to celebrate that although there will always be challenges in our lives, there are many successes that we deserve to pay attention to.
So consider yourself high-fived. And pass it on!
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
OK...how does StarPOWER help my life?
Ok...the last entry sounded like a textbook. Let me see if I can make this a little less like being in school. Sorry it's the teacher in me. All I can say is that I know this information works because it worked for the 1000 or so students who learned this with me.
Let's start with the P in StarPOWER. I said it stands for physiology. What's that mean? It's how you carry your body around. Are you full of pep or dragging? Do you walk like the living dead or like you've got your life together?
What separates the stars we see on the red carpet from us is how they carry themselves. Even if they feel lousy that day, even if they feel nervous (and who wouldn't with all the paparazzi chasing them!), even if they feel self conscious....they hold their bodies up strong and strut their stuff. If they can do it with all the pressures they have, so can we. And the funny thing is that once you walk like you're confident, you begin to feel like you are. It really works.
Next time you're feeling a little shy, uncertain, or self conscious...change the way you walk and carry yourself like the star you really are. You'll be pleasantly surprised with how different you feel.
More on Star POWER next time...
Let's start with the P in StarPOWER. I said it stands for physiology. What's that mean? It's how you carry your body around. Are you full of pep or dragging? Do you walk like the living dead or like you've got your life together?
What separates the stars we see on the red carpet from us is how they carry themselves. Even if they feel lousy that day, even if they feel nervous (and who wouldn't with all the paparazzi chasing them!), even if they feel self conscious....they hold their bodies up strong and strut their stuff. If they can do it with all the pressures they have, so can we. And the funny thing is that once you walk like you're confident, you begin to feel like you are. It really works.
Next time you're feeling a little shy, uncertain, or self conscious...change the way you walk and carry yourself like the star you really are. You'll be pleasantly surprised with how different you feel.
More on Star POWER next time...
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
So what is StarPOWER?
We all see plenty of stars everyday with all the tabloid magazines and tv shows. They seem to be rich, beautiful and happy. We don't know for sure if they're happy but they sure make us think so. How do they do it? They know a few secrets about how to present themselves to the world. And they're secrets that anyone can use.
I put them together in a way to help people remember and called it StarPOWER. If you draw a star with 5 points and write P.O.W.E and R at the points, you've got the drawing I use to explain my version of StarPOWER. Here's what the letters stand for:
P - stands for physiology (how you carry yourself around every day)
O- stands for oxygen (how you breathe can bring you confidence or extra stress)
W - stands for the words you use (did you know that words have power?)
E - stands for envision or how you see life
R - stands for realize because once you know the first 4, you'll realize that you can have the power to carry yourself like the stars do any time you want.
More later...
I put them together in a way to help people remember and called it StarPOWER. If you draw a star with 5 points and write P.O.W.E and R at the points, you've got the drawing I use to explain my version of StarPOWER. Here's what the letters stand for:
P - stands for physiology (how you carry yourself around every day)
O- stands for oxygen (how you breathe can bring you confidence or extra stress)
W - stands for the words you use (did you know that words have power?)
E - stands for envision or how you see life
R - stands for realize because once you know the first 4, you'll realize that you can have the power to carry yourself like the stars do any time you want.
More later...
Monday, April 03, 2006
Looks - Part II
It's been a few days since the last blog but it was time for the computer to get itself some spring cleaning sort of. It's happy and cranking so now back to sharing some secrets.
So last time we talked about how we feel about our looks. Few people are happy with their looks and spend a lot of time either obsessing or feel bad about them. I heard on the Today show this morning that if we put spent as much time doing something positive as we do worrying about our looks, we could change the world. Hmmm....they're probably right. I sure have wasted a lot of time feeling badly about the part of my looks that I couldn't change. Sure wish I had used that time for something better. And now I am.
Not that I always feel great about my looks especially since I'm getting older (who isn't?) and starting to notice things changing. I wish I hadn't been in the sun so much. I wish I had thicker hair. The funny part is I did once when I was in my teens and twenties but I didn't appreciate it then because all I could think of then were the things that were wrong with me....not all the things that were great...and looking back now, some of them really were.
As I was driving the other day, I passed some kids coming home from school. One girl had beautiful thick hair, the kind that I had years ago but didn't really appreciate. Her face was broken out a bit and I wondered if she had any idea how beautiful her hair was. My guess is that she didn't because she probably only worried about her face.
What are your best features? Take a minute today and write down all the great things about you...inside and out. Hard to do? Pretend you're doing it for your best friend...or maybe ask your best friend to make the list for you. And the next time you start to focus on your flaws, remember this list!
So last time we talked about how we feel about our looks. Few people are happy with their looks and spend a lot of time either obsessing or feel bad about them. I heard on the Today show this morning that if we put spent as much time doing something positive as we do worrying about our looks, we could change the world. Hmmm....they're probably right. I sure have wasted a lot of time feeling badly about the part of my looks that I couldn't change. Sure wish I had used that time for something better. And now I am.
Not that I always feel great about my looks especially since I'm getting older (who isn't?) and starting to notice things changing. I wish I hadn't been in the sun so much. I wish I had thicker hair. The funny part is I did once when I was in my teens and twenties but I didn't appreciate it then because all I could think of then were the things that were wrong with me....not all the things that were great...and looking back now, some of them really were.
As I was driving the other day, I passed some kids coming home from school. One girl had beautiful thick hair, the kind that I had years ago but didn't really appreciate. Her face was broken out a bit and I wondered if she had any idea how beautiful her hair was. My guess is that she didn't because she probably only worried about her face.
What are your best features? Take a minute today and write down all the great things about you...inside and out. Hard to do? Pretend you're doing it for your best friend...or maybe ask your best friend to make the list for you. And the next time you start to focus on your flaws, remember this list!
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