by Beth FItzgerald | Dec 8, 2020 | Action Steps, Determination, Goals, Inspirational, Ownership, Persistence, Success
What is your plan for 2021? When one full year passes by, and you are drinking your coffee on a Tuesday morning in December of 2021, what do you want to be different? What are you committed to making happen between now and then? Is it work related? Does it have to do...
by Beth FItzgerald | Dec 3, 2020 | Character, Self-Respect, Success, Values
I went to the supermarket the other day to pick up a few things. When I was finished shopping, I decided to go through the self-checkout. As I picked up my bag of lemons, I saw a barcode on a sticker on each of the lemons, so I turned that toward the scanner. The...
by Beth FItzgerald | Nov 16, 2020 | Appreciation, Leadership, Motivational Monday, Success
I was listening to a podcast over the weekend and Seth Godin was the guest. He purported that being a leader is a volunteer job and so is following. If you are a leader in ANY way, even in your family, you might want to pay attention to Seth’s cogitation. Being...
by Beth FItzgerald | Nov 12, 2020 | Obstacles, Perseverance, Persistence, Success
I read an article the other day that contained a few very interesting statistics about marathons. Apparently the LEAST number of people quit a marathon in the first mile and the last mile—and the MOST number of people quit during mile 20. I have not been able to...
by Beth FItzgerald | Nov 2, 2020 | Motivational Monday, Success, Values
Over the weekend, my brother-in-law, Dave, sent me some quotes. They aren’t quotes from people I would usually quote like Plato or Ghandi or Einstein—no, these quotes are from Sal’s dad. Who is Sal, or Sal’s dad for that matter? I don’t know,...
by Beth FItzgerald | Oct 14, 2020 | Planning, Strategy, Success, Systems
The other day, Doug and I were playing a a really fun game called, Shut the Box, with our friends, the Ryans, who introduced the game to us. It’s a very simple game to learn, and luck does play a role, but you absolutely need to implement a strategy if you want...
