Day: May 29, 2015

When I was a freshman in high school, I had a crush on a neighborhood boy who was a senior and the sweetest man I have ever known next to my own dad. I wasn’t old enough to date but he would walk to my house several evenings a week to hang out. We’d play one on one basketball if no one else came around to join in. When it got dark, we’d sit in the swing and smooch until my dad would turn on the back floodlight which was my clue to come inside.

I was lousy at learning about people back then. Since he was on the football team, I thought I was way below his standards. As though football players were super special or untouchable or something. It took my relationship with him to teach me that wasn’t at all true. He had a wonderful and unique…

Have you ever been standing in the edge wanting to take that leap, taken a step forward and then, just standing there afraid to do it?

I think is best to just hold your breath and do it! You are going to have no option but to start swimming.

Have you ever felt the fear of going the next step in your business, in your career or simply in life?… The fear of stepping out of your comfort zone? The fear of not knowing if it will work?…

That’s exactly  how I’ve felt lately. I’ve been wanting to take the risk and jump. “What if it doesn’t work?” –I tell myself. “Maybe I’ll just wait until I’m ready…”

The truth is that you will never be ready and you’ll never know if it will work, unless you try it! You just have to jump. Don’t be afraid to fail. Be…

I struggled with writing about this situation. I struggled with posting a blog about it. Please try to understand.

A few weeks ago a very good client of mine passed away unexpectedly. She had a little toy breed dog who had been battling some significant but non life-threatening medical issues for the past few years. We had developed a fairly good client-veterinarian relationship and the little dog had gone from being terrified by my presence to being quite happy to see me. I always did have a pocket full of cookies for him after all. Quickest way to a dog’s heart.

I was notified on Wednesday of the woman’s passing and the daughter set up a visit for the coming Friday to have the little guy put down. Apparently, no one in the family could take the dog and with his medical conditions the owner had left instructions to have…