Love Learn Lead – Page 11 – Melissa Schlies

Love Learn Lead December 20, 2018

Five more days. I won’t even ask if you are ready. Especially because, deep in my heart, I believe Christmas isn’t about having all your gift shopping done, presents wrapped, or even, plans set. For a holiday that celebrates an unplanned birth in a manger, perfection isn’t the point. What I’ll ask instead is: Are you enjoying this Christmas Season? Has it felt merry and bright? Has it already given you a new memory or two of being with people you love? Has it reminded you of all you have to be thankful for?—Or that you are loved far more [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-12-04T21:22:29+00:00December 20th, 2018|Categories: Christmas, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Lead December 13, 2018

Leadership Tip #21: Lead By Example This tip, is one we were most likely first taught by our parents. After all how many of us were told by our parents to be a good example for our younger brothers or sisters? And what better time to talk about something we were taught as kids, then around the time of year when we were also told to be good for Santa? Like being good for Santa, being a good example may be one of the things our parents taught us that we’ve discarded. Or at least, begun to take for granted. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-12-04T21:29:26+00:00December 13th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Character, Christmas, discipline, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love: My Favorite Books 2018

Read to the end to find out how to win one of my favorite books! Recently, I heard someone use the word “intimate” to describe the experience of reading. Think about it. Usually, when we read a book, we tune out the rest of the world. We put down our phones. We stop our busyness. And in many cases, we go to a quiet place, sit, and give our full attention to the words of someone we’ve never met. For a few hours—or a number of small moments over a few days or weeks—it’s just us and the book. Now, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-12-06T02:10:35+00:00December 6th, 2018|Categories: Christmas, Good Books, Health, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Love: Out of the Box Christmas Gift Ideas

The Christmas craziness has begun. Thanksgiving is over, which means Holiday parties abound. It is time to decorate trees and houses, write and send Christmas cards, and shop for presents to put under the tree. All while balancing our everyday responsibilities. There’s no question it’s the most wonderful time of the year—but, it’s also a little chaotic. That is why, over the years, we’ve found ways to trim down some of the craziness of the season, without losing any of its joy or meaning. For us, it has meant sending fewer cards, only decorating our tree (rather than the rest [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-11-14T19:15:54+00:00November 29th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Christmas, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Happy Thanksgiving 2018

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” ―Melody Beattie Wishing you a very happy day, friends. May the spirit of this day turn what you have into enough. May you know feasting, belonging, and friendship, today and always. Oh, and wherever you are, may there be pie, lots of pie. What or who are you thankful for today? Are you in [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-11-05T14:46:51+00:00November 22nd, 2018|Categories: gratitude, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Learn: Three Questions to Ask After Rejection

At the beginning of seventh grade, the girls in my class started asking out the boys they liked. It became a thing they did at recess. Each day, after lunch, the boys would play basketball. While all the girls would stand in a group, just behind the basket ball net, watching the boys. And at least once a day, a girl would yell over the noise of the basket ball game to ask a boy to go out with her friend. A girl never asked out a boy directly. Usually, during this daily drama, I stood and bore witness. Mostly [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-11-05T15:10:29+00:00November 15th, 2018|Categories: Failure, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Rejection, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead November 8, 2018

It hardly seems possible that we’re already into November. Perhaps it’s because it took until the middle of October to finally begin to feel like fall. But, as soon as it was cool enough to wear big sweaters and boots, I had a feeling that before we knew it, the Holiday’s would be on our door step. Thankfully though, we have a few weeks yet before Thanksgiving, and a little more time to enjoy the beauty of this season. For me, this fall has looked like coming up with new paleo recipes involving the apples we picked at a local [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-11-03T14:15:03+00:00November 8th, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Freedom, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Making Decisions, Saying No, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Learn: How to Tell If You’ve Found Your Calling

Traditionally, I am not a big hat person. So when we went to Ireland for vacation this year, the last thing I ever expected to buy was a hat. Maybe a new pair of gloves or a wool blanket—but not a hat. Only, that is what happened. One morning, on our way to Dingle, Tony and I stopped in the charming thatched roof town of Adare. I needed a cup of coffee, and it was a good place to take a break from driving. We found a parking spot, and then a cup of cappuccino for me, before moseying [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-11-01T14:38:23+00:00November 1st, 2018|Categories: Calling, Identity, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Making Decisions, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Lead October 25, 2018

Leadership Tip #20: If you don’t have time for it, Plan it. Over the past two months, we’ve been talking about some pretty important things. In September, we talked about stepping back to take a better look at our lives. To see what parts are good and need to stay, and what parts are bad, and need to go. Then, this month, we’ve been talking about discovering and clarifying our life’s calling. Not an easy task. Not something you can do overnight. Both of these things, require time and thought. Only many of us struggle to find them in the [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-18T18:09:39+00:00October 25th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Calling, Change, discipline, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love: Resources to Help Clarify Your Calling

At the end of August, Tony and I took a small prop plane for a seven minute ride over the ocean to the island of Inis Mor, just off the coast of Ireland. Online, I had read about its ancient ruins and the beautiful, jagged cliffs that line its shores. I wanted to stand on the edge of those cliffs and take in the view. Only for a visitor, to get to that side of the island meant taking a tour bus or renting a bike. As we’re not tour bus people—biking it was. That morning, we stood outside the [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-18T18:10:14+00:00October 18th, 2018|Categories: Calling, Change, Courage, Good Books, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Life Coaching, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, podcasts I love, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead December 20, 2018

Lead December 13, 2018

Love: My Favorite Books 2018

Love: Out of the Box Christmas Gift Ideas

Happy Thanksgiving 2018

Learn: Three Questions to Ask After Rejection

Love Learn Lead November 8, 2018

Learn: How to Tell If You’ve Found Your Calling

Lead October 25, 2018

Love: Resources to Help Clarify Your Calling

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