Intro to My Blog

Going forward, you will see a weekly blog post about how to investigate, apply, and implement positive change in your life and business including highlights from Jack Canfield's Success Principles. I'll also have a monthly post that is the article I've written ... Read the rest of entry »

Welcome 2012!

I love this most wonderful time of the year as we mark the entry into 2012 and embark on possible changes in our work and lives which includes Maggie’s Musings! For the next year, I will write a weekly blog about my journey through 2012 along with Jack Canfield’s Success Principles. I ... Read the rest of entry »

Gratitude for the Season

December 2011 I am writing after returning from a 5 day retreat in San Diego with Jack Canfield’s “Breakthrough to Success - Advanced Training.” A small group (60) of participants from around the world gathered and performed various group exercises to be filled with more love, ... Read the rest of entry »

Make Thanksgiving Easier

The strategic title of a magazine I read while waiting for an appointment. Is it possible? I’m not sure, but maybe if you celebrate the small stuff…as you have heard before, and then look at the glass half full instead of half empty. I know, I know an overused expression of words ... Read the rest of entry »

New News or Old News?

Some news days are better than others, but one day, I just could not stop shaking my head after reading the news! Yes, I know, by the time you read this column my comments will be old news but let’s see if I can work them into new news or maybe some encouraging business thought. The ... Read the rest of entry »

Fall Musing

It is so fun to muse. It leads me in many directions. I awakened this morning thinking about entrepreneurial people (wind turbines too!). As I write, I am at a private cottage in upper Wisconsin after purchasing a week’s stay at the Shelter House Gala last spring. The fire is flickering and ... Read the rest of entry »

This is It

I’m Bad, not really, but it was no Thriller either. Can you tell I watched the Michael Jackson(MJ) memorial show? The positive from not feeling well is that I had all sorts of time to ponder now to heal the world and try to make it a better place. It really has everything to do with you and ... Read the rest of entry »

Lessons from Leo

Life gives us joys and challenges and we all have a choice in how to proceed through both. Let me give you some of my lessons learned through living with a stubborn headed half mastiff half bulldog puppy that came into our lives after a terrible tragedy last summer. Leonardo turns 1 on August 5, ... Read the rest of entry »

Technology Surprises

While training at a conference in Marianna, Florida, I found a small, local, organic sandwich shop where I could eat and spend downtime between workshop offerings. I would check email and do some writing while sitting and eating. They learned my name and knew what I was doing in town. To my surpr ... Read the rest of entry »

I Just Don't Get It

Isn’t great customer service one of the most, if not the most important, concern for business? Isn’t it a simple low cost process? I’ve written about it before, customer service can make or break your business. I have two recent Corridor examples. One is a great example of posit ... Read the rest of entry »

Musing and Changing

I love to muse, perfect title for the CBJ column. Most of the time people cannot tell that I am musing about change but it makes me happy! Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, The rain to mist and cloud again, ... Read the rest of entry »

The Ups and Downs

We all have struggles from day to day, but that is the life journey of which we all know. Whether it is our business, our families, or our selves, the struggles are real. A good friend sent the poem, “The Guest House,” by 13th Century Persian poet, Rumi. I believe there are some curre ... Read the rest of entry »

Leo

Change is in the air, fall is upon us, the clocks have moved back, the Hawks are winning, Maggie and Glen have a new puppy, Thanksgiving is approaching, bed bugs have returned, the elections are over, the economy is hmmm…did you catch the most significant change for me? PUPPY! Leo, ... Read the rest of entry »

Change and Thrive

I was viewing the cover of an old magazine (you know, the ones that pile up and you need to recycle!) I see statements like: “Cure Yourself…Always Look Younger…Better Body Foods…Outsmart Your Doc….Shrink Your Belly”. Everyone wants us to change, we want to ... Read the rest of entry »

Serendipity, Synchronicity and Surprise

Many thanks are extended to you who reached out to me as a result of losing my canine friend, Toby. The tears shed by others were actually a comfort to me, which was surprising. Transitioning from one place to another as I contemplated this month’s column, something else surprising happened ... Read the rest of entry »