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Charlotte’s Web

September 14, 2015 By Arminda

Meet Charlotte.

She lives in my herb garden. Directly behind Charlotte to your left is my mint and to your right, the rosemary. Charlotte cares nothing for my herbs. She’s much more interested in the garden fence between which she constructed her large web. A common yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia), Charlotte is completely harmless to humans and unrelenting in her efforts to live fully each day.

I check in on her every morning. I have a chat with her, acknowledge her latest catches, express astonishment at her ingenuity, speed and cleaning of her dinner plate.

Notice that fancy vertical zig zag running through the center of Charlotte’s web? Every single night before she sleeps, Charlotte eats that center zig zag portion of her web and weaves a new zig zag center, strong and reinforced, ready for her next day’s unknown adventures.

Charlotte believes in the power of reinvention.

She isn’t wasting any of her precious time missing yesterday’s web.

She chooses daily to come from an even stronger core.

She is ferocious in protecting her center and is relentless in her efforts to make it better.

The center of Charlotte’s web is her epicenter for growth.

Charlotte is remarkable.

She’s not messing around. She’s living out loud.

Need me to weave the metaphor for you into the web?

Nah. You’ve got this.

Channel your inner remarkable.

Time Management

September 11, 2015 By Arminda

If you’re like most of us, you’ve experienced moments (or vast spans) of your life when you believe you struggled with time management. Maybe it was during your university years or when you wanted to write that novel.

Let’s dispel the myth of time, all of it.

Drawing Skills

September 8, 2015 By Arminda

Isn’t the knowing of a child the most beautiful thing you ever experienced?

I love remembering my own sense of knowing during those years when I knew what I knew. And what I didn’t know, I imagined until it felt more real than what I knew.

Do you remember knowing you were amazing? At drawing, perhaps? Or riding horses. Or reading out loud with just the right inflections. Or hopping on one foot longer than anyone else. Or climbing trees. Or tap dancing. Or writing stories. Or molding clay. Or blocking all the goals. Or organizing clubs. Or giving recitations. Or calming a fussy child. Or performing tricks on your bike. Or knowing the alphabet backwards.

Do you remember when life got too serious for childhood games and make-believe?

What if tomorrow when you wake up you could be anything you want?

What if you could draw “a picture of a house that was so good, [you] had to hide it so nobody would steal it”?

What if that picture of that house was the remembering of amazing:

letting go of a fear that’s been holding you captive
having a conversation you’ve been avoiding
getting back to something you used to love but somewhere along the way forgot to keep loving it
planting the seed of a new possibility
exploring an option that didn’t exist today
sharing a talent
smiling from your inside out
not caring what anyone else thinks
going on an impromptu adventure
staying out late to star gaze
writing a poem
calling a friend
speaking your truth

What if you play a game today and engage with your thoughts and your to-do list as if you were a child again.

What are the “a lot of things” you can create when you come from that place of knowing you’re amazing?

Worst Possible Outcome

September 4, 2015 By Arminda

When you feel yourself slowing down and losing momentum on your way toward something’s completion or execution, what do you do? Is there a “trick” you can pull out of your bag to get yourself back in action?

Give Don’t Take

September 4, 2015 By Arminda

“How do I increase my sales?” Who hasn’t asked this question at least once? Whether you’re in a sales-specific career or need to increase your customer base for the service you provide, this video will be helpful.

Learn the down and dirty trick that no one teaches.

Sticker Charts

September 4, 2015 By Arminda

Let’s discuss the value of an intrinsic reward! Grab your markers and poster board and some stickers, everyone. And I mean EVERYONE.

Staying Focused

September 4, 2015 By Arminda

Just when you think you have a problem staying focused, ask whether that’s true.

Let’s reevaluate the systems you’re using to accomplish your life.

Personal vs Professional Self

September 4, 2015 By Arminda

Let’s not get confused or blurry the line between our personal versus our professional selves. When that happens we feel uncomfortable and think we’re afraid of acting or behaving in a certain manner. Here are some discussion points to help you understand the distinction.

Ladder of Consciousness

September 4, 2015 By Arminda

What IS the “Ladder of Consciousness” and why am I always referring to it?

Have a watch and see if this quick video will provide just the foundation you need to keep doing your own work!

And I mention The Not So Serious Life with Jason Goldberg & Steve Chandler. You’ll love it!

Action Displaces Fear

September 4, 2015 By Arminda

The theme of fear keeps showing up in my coaching conversations with clients — let’s not minimize it! Let’s stay in conversation.

What do you DO when you experience the emotion of fear? Let’s talk about the “Ladder of Consciousness” and being self-aware of our location on that ladder to improve our quality of life.

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