Wisely discerning which path to take when you come to a fork in the road can be a job. ∞ You’ve got a critical decision to make, what do you do? ∞ How can you determine which option is Spirit-led and which one is the ego masquerading as wisdom? ∞ How can you be sure  [ Read More ]

Today’s Boost Recording

May - 10 - 2010
Posted by Val

Here’s today’s Boost Recording. Topic: 3rd Decision for Success from the Traveler’s Gift: I am a person of ACTION! boost-recording-monday-5-10-10 ∞ The Traveler’s Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success Have a blessed Monday!!! VAL P.S. — If you don’t know what Boost is, follow this link…

The Magic of Community

April - 1 - 2010
Posted by Val

I used to be a loner, one of those folks who believed that if you wanted something done right, you had to do it yourself. I left little room for receiving support, which didn’t work out well for me. ∞ When we think we can do everything that life requires all by ourselves, we’re in  [ Read More ]

5 Ways To Manage And Eliminate Distractions ∞ 1. Guard your email Be extremely selective about who you give your email to. Receiving too many emails is a huge distraction, especially when you wind up with 400+ emails to pore through. This is a waste of time and can be managed by being selective about  [ Read More ]

As a reality creator, you have the responsibility, and the right, to create a life you love. ∞ Living on purpose by answering and fulfilling the call of your Soul is the key to magical living. Your passions guide the way. ∞ But what happens when you’re continually distracted from doing what you love? What  [ Read More ]

An Invitation Into Abundant Living

January - 12 - 2010
Posted by Val

How do you master life in this 3rd dimensional physical plane of existence? With a 4th Dimension Consciousness, that’s how. Join us on a transformational call based on the 7 Powerful Principles of The Science of Getting Rich: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:00 PM EST Dial in: 218-844-0850 Pin: 829304# The call will be recorded  [ Read More ]

Be Mindful of Your Canned Excuses

September - 18 - 2009
Posted by Val

We’ve all got them, those excuses we use when things don’t turn out quite the way we had hoped, planned or anticipated. I call them canned excuses. They’re the so-called reasons we use for giving up when the road to the realization of our goals is harder than we had anticipated. Some even start new  [ Read More ]

If you’ve read Part One in this series, you now know 3 critical mind shifts that are necessary to create High Success. (Click here if you haven’t read it.) And if you’ve read Part Two, you know how important it is to commit to celebrating the smaller successes along the way to the fulfillment of  [ Read More ]

Malcolm Forbes said: “Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.” And Maya Angelou stated, “Pursue the things you love doing and do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. All other tangible rewards will come as a result.” And I say, “Don’t  [ Read More ]

Now that you’ve taken the steps in Part 1 of this Success series (if you haven’t, click here to read Part 1), it’s time to move on to another consideration in the process of creating High Success. A component of High Success is recognizing the multiple levels and layers of success that can be achieved  [ Read More ]

I’ve been thinking of this idea of High Success for awhile, especially as I’m undertaking an expansion in my business, so it’s really been on my mind these days. It came to me to write a nine-part series about it, so that we could explore High Success in bite-sized chunks, and have opportunity to apply  [ Read More ]

Today while I was riding in my car, the idea came to me about creating Masterpieces, and where we do it. Each of us is gifted in a unique way, and most of us have several gifts that we’re aware of. Your gifts are the key to answering the question: Where are your Masterpieces created?  [ Read More ]

PRAY Is Here!

January - 1 - 2009
Posted by Val

If I didn’t know before that when one door closes, many more fling wide open, this latest experience of creating a book of prayers has sealed the deal for me. When my agent told me that the publisher I’m currently working with would not publish the manuscript I’d written, containing 30 prayers, I was discouraged.  [ Read More ]

The 9 Faces of Fear: Part 2

November - 13 - 2008
Posted by Val

Part 2 Yesterday I spoke of the first 5 Faces of Fear in the post titled The 9 Faces of Fear: Part 1, and how I was able to overcome my fear of public speaking to do what I do now, which is being an inspirational speaker. Today, we’ll talk about the next 4 Faces  [ Read More ]

It seems almost everyone wants to be successful, but so few actually are, somewhere between 5-20%. The other 80-95% will never reach the levels of success they say they want. I’m intrigued by humans and what we do, so I’ve been exploring this question for years from different angles. What creates success? I’ve talked to  [ Read More ]

What is coaching? I get asked this question pretty often, and I sometimes get stumped on exactly how to answer it, not because I don’t know what coaching is, but because coaching is so many things that I don’t know where to begin. So, I’m writing this article for my own benefit just as much  [ Read More ]

How are you influencing the people around you? Each of us influences the people around us. Likewise, each of the people around us influences us. Understanding how we affect the people around us is vital to success and destiny living, just as it’s key to understand how the people you consistently associate with affect you.  [ Read More ]

Stuff Management Process

August - 5 - 2008
Posted by Val

The other day I was conducting a coaching call with a client when it struck me that most people who have succeeded to a great degree have a Stuff Management Process. What’s that? To me, a Stuff Management Process (SMP) is a technical term for: 1. Learning what keeps me from moving forward (hereby known  [ Read More ]

90% Process, 10% Payoff

July - 30 - 2008
Posted by Val

Today I was talking with a coaching client when the subject of process came up. Something came to me that I thought I’d write about here: Life is 90% process and 10% payoff. I’ll be climbing Mount Kilamanjaro in February of 2009. It would be wise for me to prepare in advance for the climb.  [ Read More ]

Pick one and do something!

July - 24 - 2008
Posted by Val

Right now, there are several opportunities before me that I can take advantage of. I could do this, or that, or that. Then again, I could do that… The problem with this predicament is that I’m a Libra and don’t make decisions quickly or easily. Even choosing one pair of shoes over the other takes  [ Read More ]