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Specialized Knowledge, Making Your Sparks of Knowledge Fly

Specialized Knowledge is on my virtue’s ledger for this week. The meaning of Specialized Knowledge: Specialized is explained as Requiring or having detailed training or expertise in a particular field. Presenting detailed information used in a particular field. Designed for a specific purpose or use. Knowledge is explained as The state or fact of knowing. [...]

By |2023-02-24T14:12:42+00:00February 24th, 2023|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on Specialized Knowledge, Making Your Sparks of Knowledge Fly

Persistence, Worth Its Weight In Gold

This week’s virtue is Persistence. Its definition is: The act of persisting. The state or quality of being persistent; persistency. Continuance of an effect after the cause is removed. Again, being intentional is key.  Taking notice when you are being persistent and observing when others are being persistent. My thoughts on this is that persistence [...]

By |2023-02-17T15:02:48+00:00February 17th, 2023|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on Persistence, Worth Its Weight In Gold

Decisiveness- Defining moments

This week’s virtue is Decisiveness. The depiction is: The quality of ending doubt, controversy, or the like; conclusiveness. The state of being marked by decision or prompt determination: as, decisiveness of character. The state or quality of being decisive. There are many questions or options when it comes to decisiveness- Do I do this or that?, what [...]

By |2023-02-10T15:24:40+00:00February 10th, 2023|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on Decisiveness- Defining moments

Self Control

Self Control is this week’s virtue. The definition of self control is control over one's own impulses, emotions, or acts. This week, I paid attention, observed, and was intentional of myself control and others.  On my part-while at work, a coworker was becoming annoying to me with his consistent and obnoxious chatter about the food [...]

By |2023-02-03T15:05:45+00:00February 3rd, 2023|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on Self Control

Well Organized

This week’s virtue is Well Organized. The description of (well) organized: Functioning in an orderly way or according to a plan. Affiliated in an organization, especially a union. Having the ability to plan and accomplish things in an orderly fashion. Unlike some of the other virtues, finding people or things that are well organized aren’t [...]

By |2023-01-27T15:23:23+00:00January 27th, 2023|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on Well Organized

Courage

Courage My virtue for this week is Courage. The definition of courage is: The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.  Heart; mind; thought; feeling; inclination; desire.  State or frame of mind; disposition; condition. This week, I observed courage thousands [...]

By |2023-01-20T15:32:22+00:00January 20th, 2023|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on Courage

Kindness

This week is dedicated to kindness.  Kindness is found everywhere and all the time, however, unless you are being intentional it’s not readily seen or noticed.  Noticing it puts one in a place of Heart-Centeredness. It feels great seeing others being kind to each other, being the receiver of kindness, yet, even better being the [...]

By |2023-01-13T14:50:07+00:00January 13th, 2023|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on Kindness

Franklin’s 13 Virtues & MKE Makeover

This week, we were introduced to Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues and his charting system. What is Benjamin Franklin’s Virtues? These 13 virtues served as a guide to him and inspired to live into the virtues on a daily basis for most of his life. He attributed most of his success and happiness to the pursuit [...]

By |2023-01-06T14:45:50+00:00January 6th, 2023|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on Franklin’s 13 Virtues & MKE Makeover

My Year’s Word

Over the last 4-5 years, I assign a positive word that I want to describe my work habits, the direction that I want to go, and that will keep me accountable throughout the year. 2023’s word is IMMERSION. im·mer·sion i-ˈmər-zhən -shən : the act of immersing or the state of being immersed: such as a: absorbing involvement [...]

By |2022-12-30T15:03:21+00:00December 30th, 2022|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on My Year’s Word

This Year’s Wins, Next Year’s Vision

This week, I’d like to look back over this past year and declare some of my wins and celebrate them.  At the same time, I will declare my visions for 2023 and celebrate them. Wow, what a year.  I guess that we say that every year.  There have been ups and downs, times of being [...]

By |2022-12-23T15:37:54+00:00December 23rd, 2022|Happiness, Health, Wealth|Comments Off on This Year’s Wins, Next Year’s Vision