Growth hurts. Remember those growing pains you had as a teenager when the ache reached deep into your bones? Imagine how former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming felt as a kid, inching his way up to 7’6” – Yao-ouch! But I bet he would tell you, his growing pains paid off! It does seem ironic, doesn’t it, when you strive all these years to get to a place where you can be “comfortable” and then you read a leadership book that encourages you to get out of that comfort zone because it’s good for … [Read more...] about Getting Uncomfortable Can Lead to Mental and Physical Toughness
Zonie Living with Bonnie Stevens
Successful People Plan, Practice, Persist While Ignoring Polar Bears
When we witness someone achieving extraordinary success or delivering a flawless performance, we are often tempted to call it “genius” or “in their DNA,” which really diminishes the effort and practice put in by the individual and also takes the pressure off the rest of us for ever having to do anything exceptional. And to that, I say, “Fine. Just stop thinking about white bears.” In Heidi Grant Halvorson’s nifty little book, “9 Things Successful People Do Differently,” she places strategies … [Read more...] about Successful People Plan, Practice, Persist While Ignoring Polar Bears
Media Insider Teaches How to Be Your Best in an Interview
With all the technology and audience reach available to us literally at our fingertips, we all have the opportunity to truly star in our own lives, be visible on any number of social media platforms, create our own podcasts and even shine through Zoom calls. Leadership experts tells us this kind of exposure could increase our marketability, boost sales, promote ideas and magnify our influence. The problem is, most of us haven’t taken the time to learn how to be polished on camera, how to use a … [Read more...] about Media Insider Teaches How to Be Your Best in an Interview
Honoring our Values, Living a Life of Thanksgiving
After spending a day in the open spaces of Babbitt Ranches with mission-driven engineers, technicians, geologists, journalists and visionaries from organizations such as NASA, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), the U.S. Geological Survey and Babbitt Ranches, I found myself energized, joyful, inspired and grateful to be in this bubble of positive intelligence focused on propelling the human race forward in cooperation and doing so with a land use ethic. In this pop-up aerospace village … [Read more...] about Honoring our Values, Living a Life of Thanksgiving
Arizona Rangers Keeping Order, Continuing Western Tradition
ARIZONA HERITAGE! Feared by bad guys and respected by all, the highly skilled Arizona Rangers continue their Arizona Territory tradition of answering the call when they are needed. You'll see them at parades, festivals, air shows and in schools – to keep the order and back up law enforcement. Meet two of these brave and dedicated volunteer public servants from Arizona High Country Ranger Company on Zonie Living! Watch now at https://starworldwidenetworks.com/.../arizona-rangers... … [Read more...] about Arizona Rangers Keeping Order, Continuing Western Tradition
Sedona Honors Mariette Hartley with Lifetime Achievement Award
Mariette Hartley and Jerry Sroka spent a sunny late-February day in the red rock country holding hands, quipping back and forth in their ongoing quick-witted banter and being nervous. The two veteran actors, married since 2005, were about to see their film, “Our Almost Completely True Story,” debut before a live audience at the Sedona International Film Festival. The movie is an almost completely true love story, and a really funny one, as evidenced by the laughter in the Sedona Performing … [Read more...] about Sedona Honors Mariette Hartley with Lifetime Achievement Award
