Halloween is such a great time to tap into your creative side. On BIGG Success, we often spend time looking at our personal lives and ways those activities can benefit us professionally as well. We’ve talked before about why it’s important to tap into your child-like nature and use your imagination.
Halloween offers the perfect opportunity to be a BIGG kid again. When you get invited to a costume party, don’t be a stick-in-the-mud. (Although, come to think of it, that would be a great costume!) Play along. Have some fun.
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It’s another Mother’s Day so I wanted to write you this letter. I wanted you to know that, if you were still here, I would spend the entire day with you. I can’t imagine anything else that could be more important today. We’d talk and laugh and just bask in the joy of being together.
I would tell you …
… how special you always made me feel.
… how much I love to see you smile.
… how you helped me become who I am.
… how much I enjoy talking with you.
… how happy it makes me when I think of our times together.
… that you are the best mom anyone could ever have.
… how lucky I feel to be your child.
… that I love you.
I would thank you …
… for teaching me right from wrong.
… for being so patient when I was so impatient.
… for standing up to me when you thought I was making a mistake.
… for being a role model to me.
… for being so giving, not just to me but to everyone you cared about.
… for showing me what it means to be a good person.
… for preparing me for life.
… for loving me no matter what.
I would ask you …
… how you could be so tough and yet so loving at the same time.
… if there is anything you need, because I know you won’t tell me otherwise.
… to tell me stories of your life, even ones I’ve heard before so I never forget them.
… to tell me more about our family, so I always remember my heritage.
… for advice on anything and everything, but especially for raising your grandchildren.
I would take you …
… to your favorite place so we could just hang out.
… for a drive just so we could spend time together.
… to the park so we could enjoy the beauty of nature.
… for a walk so we could talk alone.
… in my arms and give you a big hug and a kiss.
Mom, if you were still here, I would linger with you … wishing that I never had to leave. I miss you, but I want you to know that your memory will always be with me, and …
… most of all, I’ll always wish we had just one more moment to spend together.
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I’ve often thought that the best definition of a professional is a person who makes his or her job look so easy that you think you could do it!
I recently realized that my definition could use a little tweaking.
Windy City blues are not-so-blue I happened to be in the Windy City last week on business. I unexpectedly had some time to kill, so I decided to surprise one of my friends.
I’ve heard him speak on many occasions to a number of business students. I’ve heard him talk about his business. I know his business. I saw him start it.
As he shares his story, I often think how easy it’s been for him to succeed. He’s become a millionaire many times over with seemingly little effort.
After I got through all of the layers of security necessary (I chided him later that I didn’t realize how important he was), I finally got into his office. I was greeted by his executive assistant.
It turned out he was on the phone. So I had a nice conversation with his assistant while I waited. Although, our conversation was frequently interrupted by a raised voice … coming from my friend’s office. His voice.
One of his advisors had dropped the ball. It cost him a small amount of money and a large amount of aggravation. He wanted to know what happened and his advisor wasn’t forthcoming.
If he didn’t learn what happened, he couldn’t make sure it wouldn’t happen again. The conversation ended without the issue getting resolved.
But what happened next was the biggest surprise – he came out of his office with a bigg smile on his face!
So put on a happy face I realized that’s why his talks with students always sound so good. In his mind, things ARE good. He has the ability to get off the phone, walk a few steps, and completely forget about what just happened.
We all have bad days. Or at least bad moments. Successful people just seem to get past them easier.
That’s part of what makes them successful!
It made me wonder – who is a great model of this behavior? I picked my favorite.
Donald Trump is the master at this. I’ve heard him questioned about some difficulty he’s experienced. He briefly passed over the subject at hand and then starts plugging how wonderful things are in the Trump empire.
He’s constantly selling – himself, his brand, and his products. And no one buys a bad day. We buy good experiences. Successful people exhibit those good experiences so we purchase from them.
If you want to succeed, you have to be a professional.
So what’s my new definition of a professional?
A professional is a person who makes his or her job look so easy that you think you could do it, even when it isn’t easy for them!
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