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Is it Really the Season of Joy and Fun?

Sylvia Lafair
December 4, 2019

It’s officially the season of joy and fun…Or is it?

We are programmed to be happy, merry, and filled with love and appreciation. So, why are there so many who have inherited a black cloud filled with rain or snow that clings no matter what?

If so, you are not alone. Make you feel better?

It’s good to be in the majority for many things, right? Yet, it’s better to be in the elite 1% who can get past self-doubt, anxiety, fear, and frustration to enjoy the days ahead.

If your bad habits get in the way of achieving your goals, or past negative experiences keep playing over and over in your head, or your glass (no matter how big) is always seen as half empty, give yourself the gift of time to break free of all the accumulated crap that holds you back.

New perspectives are not that hard to develop. It just takes intention and focused time. You need both.

Look, think of it this way.

Would you wear the same clothes every day, without changing even your underwear?

Would you eat only hamburgers breakfast, lunch, and dinner for months at a time?

Would you say “yes” to everyone without thinking of the consequences?

Of course not. You’re not that stupid…

However, if the same upsets keep repeating and repeating, it’s time to polish the mirror and take a deeper look. If you don’t, here is how the first year of the new decade will play out.

You’ll continue to procrastinate, and goals won’t get accomplished. You’ll hide behind a fake smile and still feel like an imposter. You’ll still reach for the anti-acid to push the anxiety down and still have a stomach ache.

So, make this your time of change. Give yourself the gifts of focused time and intention.

Read a book that will help you say to yourself “Oh, now I get it.” Watch a film that will help you find the courage to speak up rather than retreat. Call someone who can help you find a new and more interesting path.

I’d like you to consider watching my webinar about change: https://ceoptions.com/gutsymasterclass

Right now, it’s for women, although men who have watched said it really helped them see the females in their lives from a clearer perspective as well as their own shortcomings.

Each day offers the opportunity to change.

Take advantage of the morning light to take new steps to make your life full of happiness, merriment, joy, and appreciation.

CLICK HERE and find the 5 shifts for a fuller, richer life. It’s not magic. However, the results are magical.

Change, Growth, Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Leadership Styles, Success

Time for a Change?

Sylvia Lafair
November 13, 2019

Time for a change? Not quite ready? Does life feel confining? Spinning your wheels?

That’s what I’m hearing from so many clients these days. Complaints range from climate change to politics, to getting ready for the holidays. Everyone seems just a bit more on edge than only a few months ago when the longer days of summer made life feel easier.

These times of higher stress are here to push all of us out of the summer comfort zone to start moving in new directions.

Old behavior is confining. Thus, we are given a great opportunity to make changes, even if we initially resist.

Sometimes it happens when a job offer backfires, or when a manuscript is rejected. Sometimes, it’s because of a health scare, or a fire or ……. (fill in your worst nightmare).

Change can be frightening. Or change can be energizing.

Let a lobster be your guide for making a change in a positive manner. Yes, a lobster. You see, you and a lobster are similar. “How” you ask? You both make vital changes throughout the life cycle.

When you are in a time and place that needs change, needs expansion, be like a lobster and molt!

When life gets too tight, the lobster goes to a quiet place and sheds its shell. This is called ecdysis, for those who love scientific terms. The overall term for this shedding is called molting.

Think of the hard shell of the lobster and then see that your hard shell is the environment you live in along with all the old, ingrained patterns of thinking and behaving that make up your mindset.

Times have changed and you want to change with them. You need and want to release old patterns and habits that don’t work for you anymore.

This is where learning from the lobster is critical.

When change is in the air you become vulnerable. It’s best to find a safe, quiet place. Then give yourself the room to heal from the old and make room for the new.

More about the lobster.

When the new shell is in place, the lobster once again, is strong and can do whatever it is lobsters do.

Now about you.

When you break free from old patterns and cast off your old shell, you will begin to find new meaning in your life. This is the time to get a coach, go to a seminar, talk with a friend. It’s time to go slow to get strong. Then, like the lobster you can do whatever you want to do.

Gutsy, Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Leadership Styles, Success

Are you a Unicorn Leader?

Sylvia Lafair
November 5, 2019

I have been asked this question a lot lately…how do you know if you are a Unicorn leader? It’s kind of the in thing right now.

Let me share this email I recently received. See if you can relate.

Dear Sylvia,

I am in a position where a fabulous job just opened at my company and I WANT IT!!

Can you give me some talking points so when I apply for the job, I will stand head and shoulders above the rest?

It’s head of sales for a global company. I know my stuff, so the skills are there. It’s a matter of ‘selling myself’ to the right people.

Any extra help would be greatly appreciated.

Signed,

In a Hurry to Succeed

My response to “In a Hurry to Succeed”

It sounds like you have found your ‘unicorn job,’ the one that has it all. Now you need to take your excellent sales background to sell yourself.

Time to show everyone at work that you are a unicorn leader.

Here are the questions to ask yourself to make sure you qualify for that prestigious label.

Are you intellectually curious?
Are you flexible?
Are you excited about the change process?
Are you comfortable shaking things up for long term good?
Can you see the big picture and still pay attention to the details?
Can you stay centered during turbulent times?
Are you able to work well with others?

You need to be able to answer ‘yes’ to the above questions.

You see, being great at sales and leading a sales, (or any other type of team) depends upon how aware you are of your skills and talents and even beyond that, how you handle relationships.

The key to ‘selling yourself’ is in how well you can convey your ability to produce results without creating dissension and chaos with your team. Remember that leadership is a team effort – you cannot achieve greatness alone. You do best when you model respect.

That means being able to listen and respond without blame, judgment, or attacking others.

Hold your team accountable and yet, find a way to make the workday fun as well as challenging. That’s the magic of being a unicorn leader.

Unicorn leaders are extremely rare. They shatter expectations, take businesses to the next level, and people love being in their presence.

That means you really take the time to break through any outdated behavior patterns that would get in the way of you being spectacular at strategy, execution, and listening to as well as encouraging others.

Okay, Hurry to Succeed, do your homework on both your internal and relationship areas and the big job will be yours. If not sure, contact me for a complimentary strategy session. You’re almost there.

Business, Business and Life Patterns, Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Leadership Styles, Success

Can people with high emotional intelligence still be assholes?

Sylvia Lafair
October 29, 2019

Here’s a question that comes up way too often. Before I state the question let me set the context.

Do you believe the leaders at your organization are good and positive people? Can you talk with your team and feel there is mutual respect? Have you ever been bullied by a brilliant boss?

Now the question: Can people with high emotional intelligence still be assholes?

Who better to pose the question to than Dr. Robert Sutton, Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University? He’s the author of the best seller “The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t.”

“The book has,” he said as we started our discussion, “never gone out of style, since bullying behavior in the workplace worsens morale and productivity.”

Bob’s endorsement of my book “Don’t Bring It To Work” means a lot to me. However, I told him I was initially resistant to having the word asshole right smack on the front cover of my book.

He smiled and said, “Look, there’s such an emotional reaction to the word asshole that I’d rather be straight out offensive than ignored.”

Sutton is NOT a man to be ignored.

Vivacious, fun, and creative he can go full speed in many directions at once.

What fascinated me was our discussion concerning the dark side of emotional intelligence.

Sutton pointed out that E.I. is an important aspect of leadership development. Yet, like everything else in life, the bright side of being aware of your emotions, communicating effectively, aligning with others to help them through their doubt and overwhelm, while important, comes with its shadows.

“Smart people with keen intelligence can also be brilliant manipulators. They have the language down pat, all the words that touch the emotions, they know how to play the game of ‘good and caring’ except they can truly be, well…. Assholes. This is far too common in the workplace and suddenly, you trusted too much and projects, possibilities, begin to unravel.” Instead, I would like you to be a positive force in the workplace.

Understanding and being able to call out the devious aspects of very smart people can save you lots of angst when hiring, promoting, and developing leadership talent.

Look, we all have a dark side.

However, most of us also have a conscience that keeps us from manipulating others and keeps us from standing on their backs to get ahead.

Yet, you must be prepared to call out those who take advantage before the house of cards falls on you.

Here’s what to look for:

Charm and charisma: these emotional vipers have great verbal skills, with an uncanny ability to find your ego needs and fan the flames of how wonderful you are and how they can help you.
Blazing hot connections: they know ‘all the right people’ they can introduce you to.
Empathy: they understand you, show great compassion, and know what you are feeling and how to help.
Overpromise: paint an appealing picture of how the future will be great as you bond with them.
Underdeliver: easily point finger of blame at others when situation turns sour.

For your own success, learning to spot those who use emotional intelligence to manipulate is vital. Don’t be swayed by the good-looking, smooth talkers no matter how sparkling they first appear. They often are the biggest assholes you will ever meet.

Keep this as your mantra “If it seems to be too good to be true, it usually is.”

Dr Sutton, a pragmatist at heart added, “Some things can look mighty good. But, don’t get trapped into their promises of magic. It’s hard work and integrity that count.”

Business, Business and Life Patterns, Confidence, Gutsy, Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Leadership Styles

Why Women Today Need To Go Bigger, Go Bolder, Go GUTSY!

Sylvia Lafair
October 15, 2019

When I was researching my book “GUTSY: How Women Leaders Make Change” I came across some fascinating, frustrating, and vital information that made me want to stand up and yell “Hey everyone. It’s about time. Time to break away from past cultural fears that still create so much self-doubt and hold us back from playing full out.”

Let me explain.

Has anybody been to Salem Massachusetts? On Halloween? It’s a “madhouse” (pardon the pun) of psychics everywhere ready to do readings. It’s also a great place to explore some of those cultural fears that still have a hold on us.

Halloween is a special time in Salem. However, all year round great information is there for us to learn about the witch trials of 1692. Women, bona fide healers who worked with herbs and their own intuition, were considered well, witches. That was a time when any GUTSY woman knew to keep her intuitive abilities undercover or suffer an ugly death.

Interesting that modern brain research indicates that women have an advantage in the ability to sense when something is about to happen. And yet, most of us ignore this internal warning system probably because we just want to fit in and stay safe. Could it also be subtle memories about ancestors who did not shut up and were burned at the stake that makes us wary?

Who knows?

Let’s go back even further and check out Greek legends. Anybody reading this named Sandra or Cassandra, pay super strict attention. Here’s the love story: the god Apollo fell in love with the princess Cassandra. He gave her a gift; so far a typical story. The gift, however, was more than a gorgeous bracelet or trip to a lavish island; it was the gift of prophecy.

Now, this gift was non-refundable… Yet, when Cassandra did not get all mushy about Apollo, he became a scorned lover and wanted revenge. Yup, happens all the time. So, the only thing this mad man could do was put a curse on her; make it so no one would listen. Thus, when she warned that her beloved homeland, Troy would be destroyed no one would believe her.

Hummmm. Ancient Greece, witch trials, women getting brushed aside when they see where things are heading; told to mind their own business.

Look, we all know the speed of change is constantly escalating and yes, we do need to speak out. No more letting fear and self-doubt win.

Remember Sherron Watkins? She was a former Vice President of Corporate Development at Enron. She helped uncover that ugly scandal. As a whistleblower, she, to this day, discusses the isolation that comes from talking truth to power and how important it is to speak out. Ask yourself, are you Gutsy or Bold?

It is only through talking truth to power and being brave that we can continue to transform the patterns from the past. Karen Mangia is a great example of a Gutsy Woman and you can read all about her here.

That’s why I started my private Facebook Group “Women Leaders Inner Circle” to have a safe place to discuss how to erase self-doubt, stop listening to the inner critic that can paralyze even the most talented people, and find the confidence to go bigger, go bolder, go GUTSY.

Please join me and add your voice here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenleadersinnercircle/

It’s about you, it’s about me and it’s about time.

Gutsy, Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Patterns, Success

Are You Ready to Stop Self-Sabotaging?

Sylvia Lafair
October 8, 2019

I have received a rash of emails from women executives who are being plagued with self-doubt and a non-stop inner critic telling them “You fool, stop pretending. Business is never going to change.”

Does doubt keep you awake at night? Does that self-sabotaging voice get louder as the night becomes quieter? Do you know deep inside that you are destined for a more fulfilling work-life that just won’t ever happen?

Too many women are giving up and leaving great opportunities at work because they are self-sabotaging. There are such frustration and disappointment, and the results are to replay the old way: be passive and placating.

Here are the big questions: “How can that damn voice be tamed? What do I need to do to be fearless? What is the cost of being authentic?

Here is my response to all the ambitious, determined, creative women who are just getting tired waiting for the world to catch up with them and who are running out of patience, running on empty and still stuck in a cycle of self-sabotaging.

First, never give up!!!!

OK, I’ve been told: “That sounds good. Superficial and meaningless. If that’s all you can offer, you may as well stop right here.

Wait a second. There really is more.

WE MUST LOOK BACK BEFORE WE CAN BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.

What has been lost, trampled on, ignored, or avoided in your HERstory?

Here is the exercise that has helped thousands of women begin the journey to be fearless, authentic, stand out, be clear and ready to take on the world.

From my book GUTSY: How Women Leaders Make Change (pages 9-13)

My client Kathy is typical of many modern women. She is well educated and knows how to be politically correct in today’s highly competitive business world. She can be direct and clear, commanding attention most of the time. She can lead a team to success and gain the respect of her direct reports.

Yet, there is a heavy steel door that appears almost impossible to open. It is about pushing past a mind-set that is generations old. One that still labels and demands females to be nice, appropriate, and domesticated so they do not get a reputation as a bitch!

Here is what Kathy did to see how deeply her mindset had been set when she was still a little girl.

I had her buy 3 children’s books, books that are for and about little girls.

Now it’s your turn. Browse Google to find 3 books that will help you figure out where you personally got stuck. Here are some hints: Did you read these as a kid? Cinderella, Snow White, Nancy Drew, Eloise, Fancy Nancy, Olivia. Find 3 and like an anthropologist read them to see how they helped you become socialized.

Yes, what you read did impact you. Yes, it did.

Then answer the following questions:

Little girls should always ____________________
Good little girls would never _________________
You should never associate with girls who ________
Girls who are popular because they _____________
The perfect life includes _____________________

Want to do a real deep dive into the role culture plays in your present mindset? Contact me and one of our coaches will lead you through what needs to be changed so you don’t get trapped with outdated ideas.

AND men…..give the gift that will give back to you in positive ways. Buy your favorite ladies a copy of GUTSY.

Business, Business and Life Patterns, Confidence, Growth, Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Success

3 Key Ways to Win at Work

Sylvia Lafair
October 1, 2019

My work with individuals and groups over the years has helped me to uncover 3 key ways to win at work when you’re feeling frazzled and ready to throw in the towel.

Have you found that at one time or another you wanted to stuff a sock in someone’s mouth rather than listen to them wail or rail?

Think about the gal on your team that never stops complaining, or the big shot who is always bragging, or the bully who steamrolls over others with their point of view and never listens to others.

You go home exhausted from the tension and lack of cooperation.

“It’s just business,” you say to yourself with a shrug.

Hey there, pay attention. That’s just traditional wisdom playing with you.

And it’s simply NOT true.

There are businesses with great leaders who get along, have fun at work, enjoy solving challenges together, and make great profits.

You belong in that setting. Here’s what many leaders have done to create workplaces that work.

Let’s look at the three main ways of changing what’s not working, for you or those on your team (Hint for leaders: you need to start with yourself before you can be of help to others).

Here is the way OUT:

Observe your own behavior: If you have a problem and you solve it, that’s great. That’s what business is all about. However, if the same problem keeps showing up time after time, well then, you have a pattern to deal with.

Once you declare a problem to be repetitive, then you can make change happen.

Understand the root issues: Close the door or go sit in your car. No distractions. Write out what is keeping you stuck. Not a dissertation, just a short paragraph. Now, answer this question “When else did you have the same feelings of frustration and upset?”

Connect the dots from past upsets to the present problem. My bet is that you will see quickly how the past and present are related.

Transform by taking action: This is where you commit to change. Take an honest look at the part you play in the on-going situation (yes, you do play a role, so don’t try to wiggle out of this by pointing your finger at others). Changing behavior beyond a superficial way requires discipline, experimentation, and practice.

There are 13 major patterns that get in the way of positive relationships at work. You can find out which one/s have you name on them by taking the Leadership Quiz at www.ceoptions.com.

Take the quiz. It’s eye-opening.

Cause if you don’t, you’ll stay stuck in pattern repetition, like the guy in the movie Groundhog Day.

Once you learn to harness your own power by transforming the negative patterns into healthy ones you get amazing rewards. There is more honest communication, better relationships, optimized team collaboration, and greater financial success.

Become a pattern buster and watch your leadership abilities soar.

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Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Leadership Styles, Success

Where were you on 9/11?

Sylvia Lafair
September 11, 2019

As I was going to write about gratitude my mind went back to September 11, 2001, and I had to stop and just sit for a while and think back to that horrific day.

Where were you?

I was at The Country Place Retreat Center in Pa with four other people planning to start our very first Total Leadership Connections program at 5 pm with wine and appetizers, dinner, and the opening evening program.

That morning the 5 of us who were to facilitate were in the gathering room filled with last-minute ideas and details. Our wonderful maintenance man, Don, walked in, apologized for bothering us, and informed us in a quiet, almost reverent voice, “A plane just hit the World Trade Center in Manhattan.”

He had to repeat this several times before we could grasp what was being said.

We all ran to the TV never realizing what was in front of us as we watched the plane and smoke and fire and fear and…

The weather that day seemed to mock us. It was a magnificent early autumn day on the east coast, more like what we call Indian summer.

Of course, we could not start the program and told local staff to take home the food in the jam-packed refrigerator with food for 25 people for the next 4 days.

The five of us stayed together for comfort, no one wanting to be alone. The beauty of the day and the horror we would watch on television over and over of smoke and fire and falling buildings made us feel disconnected from reality. Yet, we needed the touch of human connections.

We stayed up late, addicted to the news. We wanted to hear and yet we wanted to pretend it hadn’t happened.

The enormity of it all was impossible to grasp. However, it brought up old personal sudden painful incidents of the past: accidents, deaths, sudden decisions that were life-changing for each of us.

What did you think about?

Who were you with?

How did you cope?

Back to the idea of gratitude now, 18 years later.

In my work, I always suggest that each morning you take a few minutes and give gratitude for at least 3 people or situations in your life.

I want to give gratitude to the following:

To all the first responders who risked (and the many who lost) their lives to help in this hell-like situation.

To Jon Stewart, comedian and former host of The Daily Show, a 9/11 First Responders advocate, who went to Congress and in an emotional, angry speech shamed the lawmakers into reauthorizing the 9/11 victims fund.
To the people of Gander Newfoundland who played host to the world when 7000 travelers were stranded there after 9/11 and showed the dignity and decency of humans helping each other during a time of need.
BONUS: To Irene Sankoff and David Hein for writing a riveting and heartwarming musical about what happened in Gander in the aftermath of 9/11. If you have not seen Come From Away, go, yes go as soon as you can. It is an experience in what happens when the best of who we are shines through tragedy and ugliness. And take the kids who were not here yet or were too young to truly understand.

Please, please, get in the habit of waking up and giving gratitude to those who matter to you. The most glorious day can turn dark in the blink of an eye. And please remember this…

We are all connected, and no one wins unless we all do.

Business, Growth, Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Leadership Styles

What Does Integrity Really Mean?

Sylvia Lafair
August 28, 2019

Did you know that integrity is the most mentioned business value in the world? In almost all cultures the concept of integrity comes at the top of the list which also includes collaboration, creativity, and communication.

Integrity is such a BIG word. Question is “What does it really mean?”

Traditional ways of thinking about integrity include what I call ‘The 5 B’s’:

Be honest
Be respectful
Be courageous
Be balanced
Be consistent

Sounds good. They all fit as part of the definition of integrity. And yet…

Be honest: have you ever told any little white lies or a big one?
Be respectful: Have you ever judged someone as soon as you met them?
Be courageous: Have you ever held back to play it safe?
Be balanced: Have you ever exaggerated to make points for yourself?
Be consistent: Have you ever over-promised and under-delivered?

Here I would like to offer another perspective about integrity. It’s about shining the light on the consequences of your behavior. I suggest that integrity must include taking the time to think through the results of our actions and the impact they can have over time.

The 1967 film “The Graduate” had a striking moment when Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) a recent college graduate is back at home with his parents as he tries to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking him about what he wants to do with his life.

A very helpful man pulls Benjamin aside to offer him career advice and says to him with a sure and smug attitude… “There’s just one thing I want to say” to which the college grad asks “What” and the man replies, “Plastic.”

By the early ’70s, the idea of everything plastic was where the winners would make their fortunes. Selling water (selling water?) in plastic bottles was becoming the rage.

Needless to say, there is more to the story, including Mrs. Robinson. It’s a fascinating film directed by Mike Nichols and a good one to re-see or see for the first time.

In any case, who would have thought that something so simple and useful like plastic could become the worst possible thing for our planet 50 years later?

Thinking through the consequences of our actions and how people and situations and things impact each other is at the core of integrity. We MUST start asking different questions and making a longer timeline for our actions and the reactions that will occur.

And that is the essence of integrity: to integrate all aspects of a situation and as best as we can, and do no harm.

Business icon, Warren Buffett says it perfectly, “In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first one, the other two will kill you.”

In all of our leadership programs we teach that “We’re all connected, and no one wins unless we all do.”

And that, my friends, is the core of long term, sustainable integrity.

Want to know more about where you fit with leadership values? Go to www.ceoptions.com, take the leadership quiz and contact us to go over the results.

Also, for all the female professionals please join our private women leaders Facebook group. Here is the link to the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenleadersinnercircle

Change, Coaching, Confidence, Growth, Leadership, Leadership Strategies, Leadership Styles, Success

Giving thanks can transform your life

Sylvia Lafair
August 20, 2019

Giving thanks can transform your life, so let me start by expressing some gratitude and share some bits of wisdom that can help you feel more gratitude and appreciation for all that you have in this post.

First, let me say “Thank You” to all of you who are part of my newsletter network.

Secondly, let me invite all the women here to join my Women Leaders Inner Circle Group on Facebook. It would mean a lot to me to have you as part of the membership there. (Sorry men, I will have more for you when the Total Leadership Connections Program goes on-line in the fall).

Thirdly, I would like to say how much I appreciate my Pattern Breakthrough Coaches who make a difference for so many. You can see who they are here.

Fourthly, I’d like to talk about the role of gratitude in our world of “stuff and nonsense.”

I recently did a Facebook Live where I talked about 3 mental/emotional strength training exercises to help you go from overwhelmed to energized.

Several people messaged me to say that they had forgotten how important it is to appreciate even the smallest things in life that seem so insignificant until that is, you really look at what matters.

That led me to remember what renowned Vietnamese Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh said many years ago at a meditation retreat I attended at the Plum Village Monastery in France. It is a big/small story about gratitude and the small/big stuff of life.

During the dark days of the Viet Nam War, there was little to appreciate.

Life was about just getting through, moment by moment.

Chang Kung, one of the Buddhist nuns came to Thay (which means teacher) and

expressed her weariness and despair at the pain and suffering she saw around her.

Thay suggested she give gratitude. Chan Khong was so overwhelmed and exhausted

she could not think of even one thing for which to be grateful.

Thay said to pay attention and something would reveal itself.

Later that day she was walking near a river wondering how much more she could do to

help the hurting and frightened people in the midst of war.

She looked down at the mud under her feet, wanting to be careful not to slip.

And then it happened.

Let me stop for just a moment to underline the power of living in the moment. It’s not easy since our minds will make up so many stories based on fear, revenge, guilt, anger, and righteousness. However, the more we practice living in the moment, the more that can be revealed to us. Here’s what happened for Chan Khong.

In the midst of the muddy mess, she looked over and saw a tiny red flower growing from

the side of a small rock.

That’s it!

No big deal, just a tiny red flower growing from the side of a small rock. Yet, What Chan Khong said to Thay about this moment is so special, it’s about the power of gratitude that we can all learn from.

She said that at that moment, hope returned inside her, thinking that if a tiny flower

can bloom so beautifully in the muck of war, so too could she continue to bloom

and help those around her.

She was able to look at the tiny red flower and show gratitude for its courage to

live and bloom.

She knew, in that moment, she too could live and bloom.

Gratitude can be exchanged for self-pity. It can make you feel better physically, emotionally and mentally. I suggest you spend the first 5 minutes, before you get out of bed in the morning, and give gratitude each day to three people or situations that make a difference for you.

Giving thanks can transform your life.

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