Stay positive!!  How many times have you dreamed what you want for yourself and then thought about the many ways it can’t, won’t or shouldn’t happen. I don’t have enough time. I don’t have those skills. I am not smart enough. I don’t deserve that. I am too old or young. I don’t have the money.  What if my family thinks it’s a bad idea?  Instead, decide what you want, believe in it, dream about it, take action steps towards it and commit to it every day! That may mean getting up earlier or enrolling in a program, but you can make anything happen! You are worth the effort!!

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right.”- Henry Ford

“We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.” Sheryl Sandberg

 Never Give up!

Learning, for me, is one of the greatest gifts life has to offer.  Don’t let fear be a part of your decision making and prevent you from grasping all life has to offer! My parents use to always say the only failure is the fear of trying.  Mistakes are an inevitable part of success and turn into opportunities to learn, redirect, move forward and re-commit! Think of Thomas Edison, who made 10,000 attempts to develop the light bulb! Each failed attempt got him one step closer to his goal.

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” -Henry Ford

“Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel 

“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”-Babe Ruth

“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it..that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.” -Dale Carnegie