Social Gifts

By M-Power

I’m co-hosting an event this coming Saturday in Salt Lake City that I would like to personally invite you to attend – visit www.thrivesummit.com to see what I’m so excited about and register.  Now for the main message… www.rennamobile.com/custom/timer/   The way people feel about you is most closely associated with the way they feel about themselves when they are with you.  Dr. Ann Demarais explains in her book, First Impressions that we can have a powerful impact on others through giving them any of four powerful social gifts: 1.    Appreciation – showing and expressing gratitude for whatever that person brings to our life. 2.    Connection – finding ways that you connect or intersect with that other person in your interests or experience. 3.    Elevation – everyone likes to feel good; your cheerfulness, smile, or positivity will be well received by others. 4.    Enlightenment – find a way to share…

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Giant? Compared to What?

By M-Power

Last week I took my son out to the West Desert in Utah looking for bugs for his 9th grade biology assignment to make a collection.  While we were driving along this dirt road, we saw something moving and stopped the car.  It turned out to be a tarantula, which we excitedly collected and returned as a live specimen to his biology teacher.  I thought to myself – that thing is a GIANT.  Well, that is only true compared to other, smaller spiders.  Compared to me, that spider is pretty small.  As you face the giants in your life, whether it be a large debt, a challenging relationship, or a daunting health condition; remember that it is only “giant” compared to something else – usually compared to what you have experienced before or compared to what you think you can handle.  Keep the perspective that giants are all relative, and…

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