Motivational Moments with Maria

It’s always my intent to bring you something of value to energize, inspire, or motivate you to reach new levels of performance. It may be something in your personal life or professional life and this week is no exception……because I believe we all need someone cheering us on to be better each and every day. Have you ever wondered what the factors are that predict your success and the success of hig...

So here it comes my friends.  The question of the week.  Have you ever wondered how your thoughts really work?  Or, when your day is going crazy, have you ever felt out of control?  Of course, you have.  Something happens and suddenly your mood changes. It comes down to a matter of perception and how we perceive things. And, it can get wicked my friends.  Let me walk you through the steps of perce...

This past weekend I spent a few days in our great nation’s capital. For me it is always a humbling experience. I toured all the memorials and I read some of the quotes from our forefathers and past presidents. I took the time to reflect on what our freedom is worth and what it has cost our nation.  You are probably wondering what all this has to do with personal growth and personnel development? W...

I  really believe we all need someone cheering us on to be better each and every day and If I can encourage just one of you to be or do a little better then, I am one happy Wisdom Warrior.  So here it comes my friends. The question of the week.  Have you ever allowed self-doubt to sabotage you?  Don’t worry you are not alone. Self-doubt can paralyze you and keep you from moving forward. Hey, I hav...

 I challenge myself every week to stay focused and obsessed about personal growth and positive psychology studies.  I really believe we all need someone cheering us on to be better each and every day and If I can encourage just one of you to be or do a little better then, I am one happy Wisdom Warrior.  It’s October my friends and that means every day in October I wear pink to honor the men and wo...

How many of you have ever created art by using a Paint By Numbers kit?  They are so easy to follow aren’t they?  Last week I had the opportunity to work from my son’s home and in the evening watched the grandkids doing their homework. One part of homework was a paint/write by numbers exercise and it dawned on me that life is similar to a paint by numbers kit.  It’s easy, isn’t it?  You just follow...

Your Wild Card is your attitude.  Attitudes can be seen and felt without a word being said. Your attitude is expressed through your behavior.  We can sense and feel someone's attitude, If we have a hardened attitude it will cause us to close our minds and create a dark outlook about life. Are you choosing to take a dark outlook or are you choosing to have an attitude that will carry you throu...

What new habits have you created in your daily routine to keep you on your game, protect yourself, and take you to the next level of performance for yourself?  As Benjamin Franklin stated: “Your Net Worth Is Usually Determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted.”  We are on auto pilot or cruise control 95% of the time.  Our daily actions are unconscious and they become second nat...

Happy Labor Day my friends.  The last big 3-day weekend of the summer.  The idea of Labor Day is to recognize and honor the American labor movement and the ways in which American workers have contributed to the country's success over the years.  This holiday was born in response to a series of workers' strikers in the late 19th century, as workers protested against unfair working conditi...

Have you ever heard the term…SOME WILL, SOME WON’T, SO WHAT…..NEXT? Here is a quote from Jose N Harris. “There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don’t. Life is too short to be anything but ha...

Here is your question of the week.  Have you ever suffered from IMPOSTER SYNDROME?  Yes? Then you are in the right place as I share some insights on Imposter Syndrome and some tips to overcome that feeling.  First we need to define what Imposter Syndrome is. According to Webster’s Dictionary, imposter syndrome is Your persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been...

Here is your question of the week.  I’m really curious about this subject. What are some things you do to deepen your relationships?  And by this I not only mean your significant, intimate relationships but with your friends, family and co-workers too.  Much too often we take our friends and family and most of all our significant others for granted. What I have learned over the years is it takes e...

Here is your question of the week.  Have you identified the possibilities available to you in your life and are you realizing your full potential?  What do you need to do to reach the next level of your potential. What does having potential really mean?  Potential can be either good or bad. ...  But when a person "has potential", we always expect something good from it in the future.  As...

This week’s question to ponder.  What do you believe about yourself and what factors contributed to your belief system?  Your thoughts are running rampant all day long triggered by your internal compass or what I call Your internal belief system. It is your guide, your map on how we live our lives and let me explain.  It started a long time ago and the best way to explain this is through the story...

I love to start each week with a question and this week is no different.  How do you recharge your battery?  Do you know when it’s time to recharge and are you aware of the signs that you are fatigued? Here is what I have been observing over the last few weeks. Many of you are feeling the summer doldrums and are not interested in anything…..I mean you don’t want to work, you don’t want to workout,...

This week I received a question from a listener and she asked…are you always this positive? The answer is NO. I have my share of disappointments, negative nellies, critics and what I call non-believers. However, what I have learned and continue to practice is staying in alignment with my life’s purpose. Once my internal alignment is on track, every action taken in the direction of my desired outco...

The aloha spirit is alive and well. I am speaking to you again from the beautiful Island of Hawaii. Even though I am on vacation, I am doing some work to do, and really pacing myself because I believe we all need some down time to re-charge and refresh. The pace of life is much more relaxed here and I have come to really appreciate the Hawaiian culture and values. The aloha spirit is everywhere an...

I am speaking to you today from the beautiful Island of Hawaii…..also known as the Big Island. As I was sitting on the lanai watching the palm trees swaying and listening to the geckos and birds chirping I said to myself…..I am so grateful to the have the freedom to be here. That prompted me to reflect even more on what our freedom is worth and what it means to me. So, here it comes….. yes, yes….t...

Question of the week my friends. What frequency are you transmitting to the world? Just as we switch channels to listen to different radio stations, we have the ability to change our internal channels for the emotional set points that we transmit. When I was growing up, we listened to the radio and were limited in the number of channels available. We set the dial and then made minor adjustments to...

Over 111 Countries celebrated Father’s Day to honor Dads. Where did this celebration of Fatherhood come from? A quick bit of history for you. The first Father's Day celebration originated and took place in the United States. It was on June 19, 1910. Sonora Dodd, the daughter of American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart had requested the Spokane Ministerial Alliance observe June 5th, wh...

I do this weekly podcast to help you stay a little more focused, inspired, and positive so YOU can create more joy in all areas of your life. With the chaos and stress of our daily lives we sometimes need a reminder to appreciate more and stay the course. It also helps me stay more energetic, and obsessed ABOUT personal development and positive psychology studies. I really believe we all need some...

Here is the Moment of truth question to ask yourself this week. Are you on track to hit your goals for this year? I am not talking just in your career, but in your health, wealth, experiences, relationships and learning? When was the last time you even looked at your goals? Hey, my friends it’s time to level up your game. It’s time to be more accountable to yourself and your family. It’s June my f...

Today is Memorial Day. A day that we honor our fallen heroes, those that served our country and made the biggest sacrifice, allowing us to enjoy the freedom we have. Did you know? Each year on Memorial Day a national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local time. Today when the clock strikes 3:00pm local time, take a minute in silence to remember and thank those that we have lost in se...

Have you ever been around someone that people were just drawn to like a magnet? You know that person at a social event that seems to command the room or at a business meeting and people gather around them to listen to the conversation? You wonder, what does that person have that I don’t, or what are they doing differently? They seem to speak with ease and those around them are smiling and appear t...

If you had to score yourself, on a scale of 1-10, on your Credibility, how would you rate yourself? Take just a moment to reflect on that. And, what does credibility mean to you? Your credibility is everything and what I mean is, how do you think you are viewed by others and what they think of you. Now I know you shouldn’t care what others think of you and the truth is we do and we know others are...