Enlightenment of Change

Connie 's motivational quotes for today is by ~ President John F. Kennedy "Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life." How many of us have family members that immigrated to this country after WWII? What impact did that have on us as first and second generation Americans and Canadians? Did the old country work habits, and cultures come with our parents and oth...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Karen Salmansohn " Often what feels like the end of the world is really a challenging pathway to a far better place." We have all had to deal with a broken heart at some point in our life, right? Do you remember how it felt? How you felt like the world was coming to an end and your life was over? Even the memory of that feeling is awful to think about. Ye...

Connie' s Inspiring quote today is by ~ Nora Roberts "If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." 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-en...

Connie 's Inspiring quote is by ~ Andrew Carnegie "NINETY PERCENT OF ALL MILLIONAIRES BECOME SO THROUGH OWNING REAL ESTATE." Who knows someone who is doing some form of real estate investing or flipping houses? You all do – right? Thanks to HGTV and their shows like Flip or Flop, Property Brothers, and my personal favorite, "Fixer Upper" with Chip and Joanna Gaines, this is a hot market. During th...

Connie's Motivational quote today is by Judith Martin " The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One answer is the unwillingness to restrain oneself. Everybody wants other people to be polite to them, but they want the freedom of not having to be polite to others. " We're faced daily with headlines or often ou...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ William Arthur Ward "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." Leadership, or lack there of, seems to be a big topic in organizations around the world lately. There is so much information about good leadership versus bad, yet most leaders struggle in penetrating their corporation...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Joy J. Golliver "The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away." What is your life purpose that will fill you with joy and happiness? If you have no idea, you are not alone. So how do we go about finding our purpose, our joy, and our path? I think the more important question is do we find it or does it find us? Inc. Maga...

Connie 's quote is by – Dalai Lama: "A happy mind is a health mind, and a healthy mind is good for the body." There is so much talk about weight loss and exercise everywhere you turn.  Which is the right path or option for you? Are you confused or perhaps even overwhelmed with the amount of information that is available?  After all we truly live in the information age. We can Google anything and g...

Connie's inspiring quote is by ~ Johnny Ball "Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime." Do you know people who lost their job, in their 50's, due to their company being sold or due to internal restructuring? Â We all k...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by, ~ Denis Waitley " Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience." Are you an expert in your field? Is being an expert enough? Perhaps the real question is, based on your expertise how are you influencing and impacting those around you? Do you inspire others to create change in their life an...

Connie's motivational quote today is by ~ Karyn Rizzo "Failure to plan ahead is a plan sure to FAIL!"  Let's talk about having a pan for the future. Specifically, how many of you have a plan for the future in regards to whom will take care of you when you get old? I'll bet many of you listening are facing this situation with your moms & dads and these questions are hitting close to home for you. S...

"I guess darkness serves a purpose:to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek Mythology." Do you have a vivid imagination? Or do you need to read imaginative novels that help you challenge your status quo life? I know I do! Isn't it fun to immerse yourself into a novel where magic, mysticism, romance and a Greek Gods are at your fingerti...

Connie's motivational quote today is by ~ Steve Jobs "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." Are you one of the crazy people who dare to change the world? Do you feel powerful or powerless? Maybe at times you feel both!! Sometimes it's hard to be the voice of what could be. But for one second think of what our world could look like if we had the po...

Connie 's motivational quote is by ~ Ronald Reagan " The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things." The saying goes people join companies and leave managers. Why is that? Here are some mind-blowing stats. A Gallup poll from October 2017 states that only 15% of the world's one billion full-time workers are...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by my guest ~ Lauren Walker "If you want to affect the physical matter that is your body and the invisible matter that is your mind and your soul, the most effective practice you can learn is how to work with your own energy ." Do you feel healthy and strong? Or do you suffer from various diseases and aliments? Most of us have some sort of health issue we need...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ Peter Drucker "The greatest danger in times of turbulence i s not the turbulence â€" it is to act with yesterday's logic." Are you a leader in your organization? Do you think that their methods of doing business and the expectation placed on you as a leader are up to date and effective?  I'm guessing most of you just stopped what you are doing and are thi...

Connie 's motivational quote for today' s is by her guest ~ Linda Scheele "I teach the power of your breath; movement and how mindfulness helps you change your brain to live longer and be more healthy. Reverse or slow down your aging. This is my journey ." What an awesome quote by my guest. 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 h...

Connie' s Inspiring quote today is by ~ Chris Grosser "Opportunities don't happen, you create them." Are you finding it difficult to hire quality people to join your organization? Or are the folks sending in their resumes not the right fit for the job's posted? Why? And how can you get the right people to interview, accept the position and stick around for the long haul? Maybe it's time to look at...

Connie 's Motivational Quote of the day is by ~ Nelson Madela "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." Think about this quote for a minute. Do you feel afraid every day? If you are like me, you do. Yes, every day! We are afraid of not being good enough, not being good looking enou...

Connie 's Motivational Quote is by ~ Neal Schaffer "Social media replaces nothing, but compliments everything." No matter your role in business social media is a must right? Social media seems to play out on many platforms, the rules of the game seem to be changing by the minute, and most of us seem overwhelmed more than empowered by the power social media provides to us. Social media is just anot...

Connie 's motivational quote is by ~ Kushand Wizdom "Don't chase people; be you, do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your life will come to you, and stay." Do you get in the way of your own success? We all do, right? We know we are part of the problem yet we have no idea how to steer clear of this recurring self-sabotage. It's infuriating! So how the heck do we become h...

Connie' s Motivational quote is by ~ M. Scott Peck "Our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. " How many of us jump out of bed each morning ready to conquer our day? How...

Connie's motivational quote for today is by ~ Martin Buber "An animals eyes have the power to speak a great language ." We all have many roles we need to play in our lives. We all have responsibilities to people we connect with every day. Parents, kids, teachers, employee's, bosses, and the list go on and on. Do you find it hard to be your authentic self? Do you hide behind your roles and responsi...

Connie 's motivational quote today is by ~ John Maxwell " Leaders become great not because of their power but, because of their ability to empower others." The saying goes people join companies and leave managers. Why is that? Do you know people at work who have a title (like VP or SVP ) and think they have all the power and are the bomb? You are picturing people right now as I ask this question,...

Connie's quote today is actually lyrics to a song by Blue Flannel   "I hate drunk people and I hate sober people And I hate all people today And I hate short people and I hate tall people And I hate all people today Cuz I'm havin' a bad day, havin' a bad day Get out of my way, cuz I'm havin' a bad day I'm havin' a bad day, havin' a bad day Get out of my way, cuz I'm havin' a bad day."   Do you hav...