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Living Your Unique will require you to adopt a success mindset. Here are some notes that I captured from a recent webinar on the success mindset. Although there are only four branches coming from the central cloud, the fifth mental model is buried in one of the major branches. Let's go through them. Do what you hate. Success doesn't come from doing ONLY the things that you love. You must also learn to do the things that you hate. For example, if you are an entrepreneur you

Living Your Unique is hard. What can make it even more difficult is surrounding yourself with people who don't understand or value Your Unique. Your environment and the people that you surround yourself with matter. And they matter a lot. I love the beauty of flowers. I love them even more if they smell good. Roses. Gardenias. Honeysuckle. For a time, I was stuck on having Gardenias fill my porch. I took care to buy the healthiest flowers. I went to a garden nursery an

Taking control of your thoughts will cause you to gain control of your life. Dr. Cindy Trimm There is nothing more powerful to learning how to maximize Your Unique than the habit of focusing on your strengths. Focusing on your strengths is not about "thinking positive." Focusing on your strengths is about taking a realistic assessment of what you are good at and what you are NOT good at. We all have strengths and weaknesses. Understanding your strengths will help you to capi

Don't waste your tears on people who refuse to love you. For after you have cried, they still will not love you. Our culture is addicted to the concept of "success." In my life, I have gone in and out of being in love with it. There is nothing wrong with being successful or pursuing success. This blog is all about you pursuing success in the area of Loving and Living Your Unique. But having the right view of success is a necessary part of attaining it. suc·cess /səkˈses/

In my post about "Redefining Weird," I talked about getting your freedom and stated that your Unique is a gift to the world. Today, I want to talk about ways to leverage your Unique gifts to live your Ultimate life. Physics was one of my favorite subjects. I actually took Physics in college to avoid Biology classes (don't judge me!). Let's take a look at the formula for power: Power = Work/Time In order for you to use your power of difference, you must understand what is r

bul·ly bo͝olē verb gerund or present participle: bullying use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Being Unique can come with its own set of perils. One of those possibilities is that of being bullied. People who are "different" from the defined "norm" are often targets for being mistreated. The "in" group decides that it would be "fun" to intimidate and harass the Unique. It takes place everyday in sch