Enlightenment of Change

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Paulo Coelho   "Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything because it's all written there."   When you look up in the sky at night and see all the twinkling stars, what do you think about? Do you contemplate the Universe and all...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Albert Einstein   "Creativity is contagious. Pass it on."   As a kid, do you remember when your mom bought you the new big box of Crayola crayons? Remember how it smelt when you opened the lid and how perfect each pointed crayon looked, as they stood at attention waiting for you to choose the perfect color to draw your picture. Remember as you visualized...

Connie 's Motivational quotes today is by ~ Stephen R. Covey   " Where we stand depends on where we sit. Each of us tends to think we see things, as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, and our pa...

Connie 's Motivational quote today is by ~ Siva Devaki   "Sales is not about selling anymore, but about building trust and educating."   When you hear the word sales, what words pop into your mind?  Sleazy, pushy, money-grubbing, embarrassing to do, I'm not good at sales, and the list goes on and on. Why does the word sales generate such strong responses and get such a bad rap? Old-time sales are...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Carl Sandburg   "Nothing happens unless first we dream."   Do you ever have a dream that seems so real that you wake yourself up, feeling super happy or scared beyond belief? Whether it's a nightmare – or a reunion with a lost love, dreams can reflect our subconscious. What if you could use that Intel from your dreams as an important message that's needed...

Connie's Inspiring quote is by ~ Jodi Picoult   "You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page."   Have you always dreamed of writing a book? Do you already have a title or at least the topic of your booK? Did you know that 81% of American's feel they have a book in them? This translates to about 200 million people. The sad truth is that only 5% of those 200 million actually pull the...

Connie's Inspiring quote is by ~ Socrates   "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."   Have you taken a break from work? Not just a month or two but a real time-out maybe it was to be a stay-at-home mom or to care for an older family member. Whatever your reason, re-entering the workforce after a long break can be not only hard but al...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Dan Miller   "Those times of transitions are great opportunities to look for recurring patterns in your life and make adjustments to build on the good and reduce the bad."   Sometimes – don't you wish that you could have a do-over for parts of your life where you feel like you miss fired or derailed yourself in some way? That would be awesome if we could...

Connie's motivational quote today is by ~ Marcus Aurelius "Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?" Really pay attention to today's quote. Do you judge those around you? YIKES we all do, right? Every day and probably more than we even realize. It's so easy to do. We are all so...

Connie 's motivational quotes for today is by ~ Ronald Reagan   "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." If Reagan's quote is true, why does it feel like everyone around us is angry and in a constant state of conflict with someone or something? Have you ever been involved in some form of conflict at work or at home? Of course, you have! How did yo...

Connie's motivational quote today is by ~ Bobby Fischer   "Nothing is so healing as the human touch."   Did you know you hold the power to heal yourself right at your fingertips? Your hands can act as jumper cables, to help restore and harmonize blocked, stagnant energy that may be at the root of such common and complex ailments as backache, anxiety, colds and flu, digestive issues, immune disorde...

Connie's motivational quote today is by ~ Nelson Mandela   "A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind."   We hear so much about the four generations working side by side in organizations around the world. So how do new leaders navigate working with multi...

Connie 's Motivational quote today is by ~ Peter Drucker   "The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well, the product or service fits them and sells itself."   Calling all Entrepreneurs! If you are thinking of starting a business, or you have been in business for some time, do you know if your marketing message is working? Think for a second, what should be included to targe...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Maria Robinson   "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."   Most of us can look back on our childhood and see a missing piece or two. Really, has anyone had a truly idyllic upbringing? Have you let go of those circumstances in your mind? Or do the shadows creep into the corners and crevices of self-...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Eckhart Tolle " Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation of all abundance ." What does your self-talk sound like? Do you often find yourself saying things like, "When I get that promotion, I will have enough money to take a vacation." Or, "When I lose 25 pounds, I will be happy." Sometimes it's hard to break old habits a...

Connie's motivational quote today is from, ~ Hermann Hesse "I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value." You have heard the saying, "Bad things happen to good people." Have you faced some form of a hardship or betrayal during your life? I'll bet everyone tuning in today is th...

Connie's motivational quote today is by, ~ Helen Keller, "The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." Lately, do you feel like everyone seems to be compelled to complain about almost everything in his or her lives? It's almost as if there is an epidemic of self-pity, woes me, getting stuck in their sad story, and the feeling that their life is so much more difficult than...

Connie' s quote today is by ~ Socrates "The secret of CHANGE is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." How many of you have a story that you use to define you? Think for a second is that story a positive one or negative limiting one? I'll bet most of your stories are negative. You know what I am talking about. That darn negative record player that sounds so...

Connie's motivational quote today is by, ~ Edgar Cayce "Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions."  Do you ever have a dream that seems so real that you wake yourself up, feeling super happy or scared beyond belief? Whether it's a nightmare – or a reunion with a lost love, dreams can reflect our subconscious. What if you could use that Intel from your dreams is an important message that'...

Connie's motivational quote today is by ~ unknown: "The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more." Education plus experience once guaranteed a successful career, but it's not enough today. Professional success now depends on the ability to adapt. Agility, resilience, a willingness to adjust and develop the new skills needed to get to the next level of your career. One of those skill...

Connie' s Motivational quote is by ~ Carl Sandburg "It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not ." How many of us have tried to find a way to stop the hands of time you know – a fountain of youth? I know I have! Everywhere we turn, looking young and fit seems to be the message and honestly the challenge. Our society and medi...

Connie 's motivational quotes today is by ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee "Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind" America's population is aging. People 65 and older will account for some 20 percent of the population in 2030, up from 13 percent in 2000. Many economic worry that an aging population will erode the economy's underlying dynamism with too few young workers supporting too many...

Connie's motivational quote today is by ~  William Clement Stone " Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the sales person, not the attitude of the prospect." Would you agree that for every business, sales is a key component to the success or demise of the organization?  Yes, other things like marketing, internal processes, compliance, manufacturing, etc. are all critical too. The thing is, i...

Connie's Inspiring quote is by ~ Lucille Ball "Love yourself first and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." Do you love yourself? What does that really mean? That's a tough one, isn't it? Really think about it for a second. We are so good at playing the tracks of self-improvement, personal development and hashing through our faults –...

Connie's quote today is by ~ Paulo Cohelho "Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself." Now more than ever, education has become the gateway to success. It broadens not only our knowledge but also HOW we think. Over the last several decades, the educational process has gone through its own metamorphosis changing from how we teach, to how we mea...