by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 21, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
This lesson can be summed up in one easy sentence: You become what you think about. Hollywood swirls in intellectual dishonesty. On the one hand, they court advertisers to pay millions of dollars to convince people to change their behavior and buying habits, while at...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 20, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
When I was in high school I began dating a guy I stayed with for a number of years. While we were never completely exclusive, we were definitely an item. And we were sure one day we would get married. In spite of those claims, the guy was always making out with...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 19, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Years ago I met a women who, like me, had two young children. We immediately hit it off and became close friends. One day she told me that when she was younger, she'd had an abortion. It was a very emotional topic and something she still agonized over. At the time it...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 18, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
I was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…also known as Mormons. Our family still attends. One of the remarkable things about the church is that all local leadership is volunteer. With everyone from the bishop (pastor) down to the nursery workers...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 17, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Jack of all trades, master of none. In his fascinating book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell posits that to become an expert in any particular endeavor requires 10,000 hours of practice. Innate talent or natural genius are not the most crucial aspects. Training is. While...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 16, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
When I was 19-years-old I sat on a table in a small room, waiting for my turn to audition for a local musical production. Next to me was a good friend named Kerri. I had long idolized her. She was an amazing singer, a talented athlete, homecoming queen. And she was...
