Just because you don’t name the direction, doesn’t mean that you aren’t going in one…

SYI was created to encourage and inspire people to say, “yes,” to taking control and owning the direction of their lives,
both personally and professionally, through workshops/training and coaching.

 

Category Archives: Life

If you wish…

August 9, 2010 – 4:53 pm

“If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate,
become loving and compassionate yourself.
If you wish to diminish fear in the world,
diminish your own.
These are the gifts you can give.”

Gary Zukav
I recently had an interesting conversation with a mother that was very upset
over “the state of the world,” and what that meant in the future [...]

You are the sun…

August 1, 2010 – 9:48 am

“Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand.
The sun’s rays do not burn until brought in to focus.”
Alexander Graham Bell
How many of us live our lives feeling:

Scattered?
Rushed?
Stretched?
Distracted?
Overextended?
Unfocused?

We are constantly “doing,” yet seem to get nothing done!
This state of distraction has become the new version of what it means to be successful.
You must be important [...]

Waiting….

July 6, 2010 – 3:09 pm

“Waiting always seems longer
when you are relying on someone
to do something
you can do for yourself.”
Enzo D’Alimonte
A lot of us are waiting.
We are waiting for people at home to notice how much we do, and how much we give.
We are waiting for people at work to notice that we can do more, we should be paid [...]

The Answers

June 3, 2010 – 2:23 pm

“As long as one keeps searching, the answers come.”
Joan Baez
Sometimes we can be impatient.
We want what we want…now.
We don’t want to work at it.
We don’t want to wait for it.
We want to know the answers.
We want to have the results.
We want every dream to come true…
every day.
While it is important to believe that we [...]

Leaving Your Comfort Zone

April 3, 2010 – 7:34 am

“Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make.”
Sarah Ban Breathnach

If you never push yourself,
you’re never know what you’re capable of doing.
You’ve played it safe, for a long time,
in so many areas of your life.
Playing it safe means you aren’t really playing at all..
you’re watching.

Sometimes it can work to stay nestled in that [...]