4.3 Forty Blog

Is it easy for you to make CHANGES in your life and stick to it? 

CHANGE is challenging for all which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes that speaks to CHANGE and understanding the metaphorical GAME of LIFE!

Each new level requires effort and work, over and over again so there’s no stopping 🛑  - unless you are not willing to work or change the patterns you have established. 

Because of neuroplasticity, the brain has the ability to change over time, and reorganize neural pathways to form new connections based

“My grandmother could not read, not because she didn’t want to… it was not permitted because it was not allowed for someone of color, especially a woman to read.”  

Imagine the impact on her life!

And yet ….it drove me to become the first college graduate in our family and I’m proud to say my three children are college graduates as well. Reading to them before bed was our special time and a time I still cherish. 

So today, I join others in celebrating Read across America - highlighting the importance of literacy and the impact it can have on a family.  I can certainly attest to it. 

As a Performance Coach, I get a kick out of following high performing individuals, like Tamara McCleary. For years, I have been following her on various social medial channels like (LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram). Tamara has been one of the major influencers in my life regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (Iot), Robotics, Cyber Security, Data Analysis, and other technologies as it relates to future trends, the future of work and relationship currency.

Tamara, wrote an excellent article a few years back that I recently reread titled - Good to Great: Build a Village Through Relationships, where she stresses the importance of relationships and how companies can engage their customers to increase brand awareness an

Listen intently to your heart,

Because your mind will wander,

It’ll tell you things you cannot do,

Let not your Judge or Saboteurs run you.

Take a deep breath in and out …..one, two, three or four more breaths.

Now, listen to what’s being said from your Power Game,

Your Sage Brain and Heart.

And go, Go do the things you can do.

And when you wander, breathe deeply,

And divert from Judge and Saboteurs

One, two, three or four more breaths.

Listen to your Power Game,

Your Heart and Sage Brain.

And Go Do, what you know how to do:

Go Forth with Love, not fear.

Apply Empathy toward yourself first, while caring for others,

Explore and Discover,

Innovate and Invent