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Is Success Always Some Milestone Down The Road, Or Right Here And Now?

By Nicole Mangina | July 6, 2011

It’s been a few weeks since I wrote a blog post.  There have been so many exciting things going on that I can’t wait to share with you.  Lots of travel, new business ventures to help you be successful AND have a life and a whole new look coming for the blog courtesy of the…

Do You Have Shinny Penny Syndrome?

By Nicole Mangina | June 14, 2011

Have you ever heard the expression: “Getting on your dime”?  It’ about figuring out what you do best and focusing on that.  Tom Petty is an amazing musician and totally on his dime.  He knows what he is about and what kind of music works for him.  He sticks with what works.  Warren Buffet is…

Need A New Perspective? Spend The Day In High Heels…

By Nicole Mangina | June 3, 2011

I love shoes! First there is the obvious ~ you can ALWAYS go shoe shopping.  I admit that I have been known to skip trying on jeans because I just wasn’t feeling it that day, but I am always up for trying on shoes!  There is always something in my closet that is just awaiting…

Everything Would Have Gone Better If Only…

By Nicole Mangina | May 20, 2011

~ The weather had been better ~ They hadn’t been late ~ The service was better ~ They had reacted differently ~ They had worked harder Notice that all of these statements involve it being someone or something else’s fault?  My yoga instructor talked about this yesterday and it is was definitely a light bulb…

Is It Better To Be Profound Or Honest?

By Nicole Mangina | May 18, 2011

Call it writers block / call it Spring Fever, but I have been procrastinating on this blog post for hours (read: 2 days).  I keep feeling like I should be posting something really deep and profound and I’ve gotta be honest, I just don’t have it in me today. Which begs the question ~ is…

What’s Your Upper Limit Problem?

By Nicole Mangina | May 11, 2011

We all have them.  We get on a roll in life and everything is going just the way we want it to.  Business is flowing, our personal lives are great and then something happens to mess it all up.  The business dries up, we get in a fight with our spouse, we get sick and…

Where Do You Draw The Line Between Possible And Impossible?

By Nicole Mangina | May 3, 2011

This is another great quote from the book “Ever Wonder”. Think about it.  Where is the line?  Is the line static, or does it move?  If it moves then is there really a line? Okay, enough with the head trip questions, but here are some things to consider: ~ As a newborn baby, sitting up…

Perfection Is Over Rated

By Nicole Mangina | April 28, 2011

This past weekend was Easter.  We spent the day relaxing with the boys and then headed over to my sister’s house for dinner.  Monique and her husband have a 10 month old daughter and true to form she hadn’t gone down for her nap and was in need of some attention right about the time…

It’s Not What Happens, But How You React To It

By Nicole Mangina | April 20, 2011

Ryan stole candy from the grocery store last night.  URGH!!!  We got home and all of a sudden he whips out this piece of chocolate that I know we did not pay for. It happened, I can’t change that, but I can control what happens from here.  We made him take money out of his…

Business Rule #3 ~ Don’t Make Your Clients Feel Stupid

By Nicole Mangina | April 14, 2011

Did you ever play the telephone game as a kid where a group sits in a circle and one person says something and it gets passed around the circle and then the last person says out loud what they heard?  For some reason it isn’t anywhere close to what the first person said. This happens…