Author: Lisa Robbin Young
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Straight Up
2 Blasting back into the studio after a long hiatus, I’ve put together this swinging soul version of “Straight Up” by Elliot Wolff. It was a hit for Paula Abdul back in 1988 or so. This is a rehearsal video from the 300 songs project563. I love the empowering nature of the lyrics. Instead of…
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Ants & Skyscrapers: How Your Perceptions Determine Your Outcome
He was laying in that hospital bed for several days. Stubborn, cantankerous. He’d had difficulty breathing when they admitted him, but this eighty year-old man was a fighter, and while he hadn’t been eating well for the past few weeks, his strength was contagious. His children, gathered in the room, listened to him tell off…
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Start Dreaming, Stop Dying
2 It started innocently, as revolutions often do. I’ve been working (and re-working) my branding and messaging for the past year, and nothing really seemed to hit the mark. I dove into course after course that offered bits and pieces of what I was hoping would help me craft a clearer direction for me as both…
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How An Army Of Grandmas Makes Me Invincible
I am thrilled to be a guest this week on my the Current Inspiration blog, wherein I share my simple 2-step process for gaining instant invincibility. My secret? I use an army of Grandmas: Okay, maybe not exactly like this, or even this: But it’s a quick and easy technique that’s helped me through some pretty…
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12 lessons “The Princess Bride” taught me about owning your dreams
I remember it like it was yesterday. 4th floor of Darrow Hall, BGSU. A throng of students were piled into and onto my friend Angela’s futon “loft” bunk bed. She had the coolest room (and furniture) in the dorm by far, and there had to be at least twelve people crammed into that little shoebox…
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Safety Is Your Nemesis
[Note: I originally wrote this post a few years ago, for my Business Action Hero website. I’ve refreshed it here because it’s still relevant – maybe now more than ever.] “If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.” – Seth Godin It hit…
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An Open Letter To Your Inner Child
I have a friend who, for the past few years, has committed to posting on her blog every weekday. That’s hundreds of posts each year for the past few years. I don’t always catch every post, but today’s post hit me between the eyes, so I thought I’d share it with you. The little girl…
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What Happened In Vegas…
It was a business trip. 8 days in sunny Vegas, while my family was snowbound, just HAD to have some kind of a story, right? SPOILER: this one begins with guilt, shame, and resentment, and ends up with me feeling like a princess, and six lessons you can use in the pursuit of your dreams.…
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How I’m Losing 100 Pounds
It’s a pretty audacious claim, isn’t it? For years, I’ve been walking around with 50-100 extra pounds on my frame. Well-meaning friends and family have tried various ploys to “get” me to lose the weight, as if I was stubbornly holding onto it like a rainy day fund. Like many people facing weight loss issues,…
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Spiritual Shyness & The Art of Wanting
On long drives, I often take a couple audiobooks along for the ride. From my home base in Michigan, it’s a fairly lengthy trek to Litchfield, CT – where my friend and colleague, Amy Oscar, hosted her first-ever Soul Caller retreat. The pristinely-quiet setting of Wisdom House gave this city girl plenty of time for…