Category Archives: Gratitude

Borrow Smart, Repay Smart: Planning – Begin With The End In Mind

Dear Borrow Smart Family, Fast forward in time to December 2020. Imagine yourself sitting alone in your favorite thinking spot! Looking back over the previous 11 months, what HAS to have happened for you to be happy with your progress … Continue reading

Posted in Good, Gratitude, Leadership, life, money, planning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Borrow Smart, Repay Smart: Manage Your Energy FIRST

Dear Borrow Smart Family, I’ve been doing some studying on emotional energy.  Your thinking.  Your feeling. Your vibe, so to speak.  (Which comes from ‘energy vibrations’.)  And how all this impacts our ability to lead our families, build at work, and have the … Continue reading

Posted in Good, Gratitude, Leadership, life, money, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Borrow Smart, Repay Smart: Spend Less, So You Can Save More

Dear Borrow Smart Family, Is it me, or does the word “budgeting” sound like something Jabba the Hut burped out? I know, I know; budgeting can seem tedious, and it can take some time to figure out. However, there are … Continue reading

Posted in Gratitude, Leadership, life, money, planning, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stress and How to Overcome It

Dear Borrow Smart Repay Smart Family, It doesn’t matter who I talk to, one common theme that is popping up is… STRESS! During these stay-at-home orders, friends and colleagues are working hard to alleviate the unexpected in their day-to-day shifts. … Continue reading

Posted in Gratitude, Leadership, life, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

3 Key Steps to Keeping a Strong Mindset During a Volatile Market

Key Steps to Keeping a Strong Mindset During a Volatile Market Continue reading

Posted in Borrow Smart, Repay Smart, Good, Gratitude, Leadership, life, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Top 10 Lessons I Learned in October 2017

Well…it happened.  My year-long goal to hit “pause” and reflect on all that I’ve learned each month didn’t happen!  So I’m catching up now because I DID learn a ton in October.  I only failed to summarize it in a … Continue reading

Posted in Good, Gratitude, life, planning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Learning Creative Gratitude

Whenever the holidays come around, we are surrounded with the advice to “be grateful”, and “give to others”, etc. etc.  But how do we really go about living this way year-round?  The key is to transition from “reactive” to “creative” … Continue reading

Posted in Gratitude, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

3 Strategies to Create a Habit of Gratitude

Being truly grateful for things in our life can have a very positive impact on our relationships, career, marriage, emotional health, and more. And practicing gratitude is known to increase confidence, since it is impossible to experience a negative emotion … Continue reading

Posted in Gratitude | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment