by Beth FItzgerald | Sep 27, 2021 | Goals, Growth, Inspirational, Motivational Monday, Persistence, Procrastination, Risk-Taking, Self Improvement, Strategy, Success
My nephew’s son just started to take his first steps. As my nephew’s wife pointed out, so foresightedly on Facebook, “Our lives are over!” Yes they are! Once a baby starts walking, there is no turning back. They will walk anywhere, regardless...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 30, 2021 | Goals, Hard Work, Inspirational, Motivational Monday, Productivity, Self Improvement, Success, Uncategorized
The other day I was listening to Mary Barra tell a story about when she first became CEO of General Motors. She noticed the dress code, that was explained in great detail in the employee handbook, was 10 pages long. She spoke to Human Resources and said, “I want...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 23, 2021 | Goals, Habits, Inspirational, Motivational Monday, Planning, Self Improvement, Strategy, Success
I learned a really valuable lesson this past week. The lesson isn’t something I didn’t intuitively already know, but the realization really walloped me over the head. It started with my new planner, the Monk Manual, which you all know I love, then it went...
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 12, 2021 | Goals, Inspirational, Motivational Monday, Uncategorized
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I never know how to answer that question because both could be true, right? Here is another one: Should you expect great things of yourself before you can do them OR do you have to do great things first and then you should...
by Beth FItzgerald | Jun 29, 2021 | Determination, Goals, Growth, Persistence, Success
Late in the afternoon yesterday, Doug and I went for a bike ride. As we were riding through the park that is adjacent to a local sod farm, I noticed that since I had last been there, they had tilled the soil. Of course it caught my eye, it was acres and acres of...
by Beth FItzgerald | May 7, 2021 | Dreams, Friday Quote, Goals, Inspirational, Leadership, Purpose, Success, Vision
“I’m not going to coach you to who you are, I’m going to coach you to who you should be someday.” ~ Doc Rivers I was watching a documentary about Doc Rivers on Netflix the other day with my husband and my daughter. When he spoke this sentence,...