by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 9, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
One of the most profound principles taught by the late Stephen Covey in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is that every act has two creations: one spiritual and the other physical. Whether good or bad, or behavior is preceded by thinking and planning…even if only...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 8, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
One of my great finds this year was The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. It's a brilliant work based on psychological research that teaches how to actually, practically become happier. One of the integral parts of this program is to actively practice the art of...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 7, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
When I attended BEA a few years ago, I got a pre-publication copy of Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival Guide for Women Over 45 from the author, Christopher Hopkins. (Who, by the way, also gave me an eyelash curler and then said I didn't need it. Heh.)...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 6, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Today's 100 Day Challenge lesson seemed rather mundane. A call to action, a reminder to be serious about accomplishing goals, a little kick in the backside to do something valuable. But it became one of the most profound lessons in the entire series. In fact, this...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 5, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Leadership is all about one enduring quality: character. I'd tend to disagree…given the plethora of political and business leaders whose seem to lack every virtuous character trait ever identified. But then I realized that it's all in the definition. In this lesson,...
