STOP WASTING TIME!  One of the easiest ways to start living intentionally is by designing and sticking to an ideal week.  This doesn't mean that you plan out every moment of the day, but it does help you maintain balance in how your time is spent.

Have a tendency to spend too much time on one thing, only to find other priorities are falling to the way side?  It…

There is a force more powerful than government oppression or military might. It holds you back from success but can also push you towards great achievement. This force is You.

by Pete Ferguson

Yesterday was a large loss for many who had hoped Mitt Romney would win as President. I saw many Facebook postings about the end of the…

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.

~ Abraham Lincoln

by Pete Ferguson

Years ago a young American, celebrating his recent graduation from an Ivy League University with an MBA, visited a small village in south America. With its pristine beaches and warm weather,…

Use Your Fine China Often and Live A Happy Life

by Pete Ferguson

Last night after dinner we started a fire and found a new favorite treat, Reece's Peanut Butter Cup S'mores. Just like it sounds, two graham crackers, one peanut butter cup, and one very hot marshmallow. Complete perfection.

While the fire was burning down to coals and we…

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“You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to infinity of choices.”

-Deepak Chopra

INSIGHT:

We are definitely choice-makers from the time we open our eyes in the morning choices are on the…

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“What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.”

-Leo Buscaglia

INSIGHT:

Every day we wake up we have choices to make. Some will grumble through the day looking at all the negative things around them, while others will see beauty in the smallest of things. One…

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“You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.”

-Harry Browne

INSIGHT:

Do you feel that you are in a dead end job or relationship and that you are stuck there? You actually are not except that you have given…

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“Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.”

- Richard Bach…

Happy New Year everyone!

This year I am doing two Words of Wisdom series... Choices & Changes and God's Promises.  On 48 Days I will be sharing Choices & Changes.  Feel free to visit www.MeredithBromfield.com to sign up for the other series as well as additional freebies and news!

January's theme is..... Choice!  Enjoy!

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I have the opportunity to listen to a lot of podcasts at work and they tend to fall into two categories -- business/entrepreneurship and personal development.  One key topic to both categories is to be your authentic self do what you love.

I've never wanted to be anyone but me, an impressive feat for an introvert, but I have trouble with the second part.  I live life on a very even keel.  I don't get too high and I don't get too low.  Do I have hobbies and interests?  Of course, I…

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"The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire".

-Peter McWilliams

INSPIRATION:

True but sad! Every day is an opportunity to “be” to “become” yet, our allowing ourselves to get stuck in a comfort zone diminishes all possibilities of greatness only to leave us with excuses.

People who live their lives in comfort zones usually are great complainers of life…

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"Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure."

- Rachel Naomi Remen

 

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Learning to be comfortable in the uncomfortable - what a wonderful concept, I love that! The sad thing is not many people ever get there. Comfort is high on many people’s priority list and as…

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"The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention." - Source Unknown 

INSPIRATION:

So true! How often do we hear of people saying things like I meant to do that, or call that person, or I was getting around to dropping by? Sometimes these are conversations when a tragedy occurs and people have regrets of not acting on what they intended to do. There was a great movie a long time ago about paying it forward and in it people…

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“Clowns wear a face that's painted intentionally on them so they appear to be happy or sad. What kind of mask are you wearing today?"

- Source…

Balance.

The word alone sounds calming and harmonious. And striking balance is a fundamental aspect of purposeful living.…

Have you ever awoken in the middle of the night to a baby crying?

And you look over to where your partner should be and he or she isn’t there? In my case, it was midnight and the baby had been screaming for quite some time.  In my house, my wife takes care of the screaming babies and I take care of everything else. But on this particular night, she wasn’t there and I went to look for her.

Yet tonight, my wife wasn’t there.  She wasn’t in the living room or…

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"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans."  

- Peter Drucker

 

INSPIRATION:

We live in a world of people who fear commitment. They are always making promises but when push comes to shove they make excuses. Commitment is never an easy thing to do but once it is done the rewards are amazing. Only as commitments are made is change inevitable. Commitments are what separate the dreamers from the…