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Lead July 12, 2018

Hello friends. Though Thursday is usually a Love, Learn, and Lead day, today, we are solely going to focus on a Leadership Tip that I feel applies to all of us. One, that if we follow, will help us succeed in the longterm, whatever our calling or vocation. Leadership Tip #17: Get Disciplined Growing up, for me, the word discipline always meant punishment. So sometimes, I still cringe when I hear it used. But as I have gotten older, I have begun to see that there is this whole other meaning to this word that is crucial to us succeeding [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:27:41+00:00July 12th, 2018|Categories: Change, Character, discipline, Health, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Purpose, Routines, Success|Comments Off

Why We Train

There is something about climbing a mountain that makes you feel as if you can conquer the world. It could be the sense of accomplishment you get when you realize you’ve reached the peak, or perhaps it’s the view. Whatever it is, it’s a good feeling. The surprising part of this experience however, is that the mountain we climb doesn’t always have to be big for us to feel it. It doesn’t always require poles or even camping gear. We don’t have to hike Everest. It is not about scaling the highest mountain, as much as it is about [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:28:49+00:00July 9th, 2018|Categories: Character, Courage, discipline, Health, perseverance, Purpose, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead July 5, 2018

Happy Thursday, friends! Hope you are coming off a wonderful July 4th, spent with family and friends, with good food and good weather. Tony and I are in Wisconsin right now, and had the rare treat of flying in just in time for a big family picnic. Now, we’re going to spend as much time as we can with our nieces and nephews. As we’re sure, they’ll all grow at least a foot by the time we see them again, at Christmas. This month on the blog, we are going to be talking about some “Why’s.” On Monday, we looked [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:29:19+00:00July 5th, 2018|Categories: Character, Courage, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, podcasts I love, Routines|Comments Off

Why We Try

One of the most memorable characters I have ever met through reading, is Mrs. Havisham. From Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, which I (mostly)read for a class in college, Havisham isn’t actually a “Mrs.” at all. Yet, she is unforgettable. Left at the altar decades before we meet her in the book, Havisham is still wearing her wedding dress. Having commanded all of her servants to leave everything in her house the same as it was on her wedding day, her beyond rotten wedding cake still sits on the table. She is living in the decay of her dream. When her [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:29:58+00:00July 2nd, 2018|Categories: Character, Courage, discipline, Hope, perseverance, Purpose, Routines, Success|Comments Off

Learn: 5 Reasons Summer is a Great Time To Get Healthy

About four years ago, I decided to make a change in my life. I took a big step toward living healthier. But where many might assume that I took this step in January when everyone is making their New Year’s resolutions, the truth is, it was July. So many of us think about becoming healthier after the holidays to make up for what we did in December. And some of us start working out in early spring, because we know bathing suit weather is on it’s way. But how many of us think about getting healthy in the summer? The truth [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:32:32+00:00June 21st, 2018|Categories: discipline, Food, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines, Success|Comments Off

When Change is Slow

Well, friends, we’ve not only made it to spring, but summer is just days away. Though the winter seemed like it would never end (at least here in the Northeast), it has. Flowers are blooming and trees are finally green. Yet, as some of you have probably also noticed, this means it’s shorts weather. Soon, it will be bathing suite weather. And if you are like me, you’re not quite ready to shed all of the layers of clothing winter required. Long sweaters and jeans can hid a multitude of sins. But here we are, in June. As excited as [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:33:18+00:00June 18th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Change, discipline, Failure, Health, perseverance, Routines, Success|Comments Off

When Leaders Rest

“Right now, we take better care of our smart phones than we do of ourselves. Like I bet everyone…right now knows how much battery remains on their smart phones—if it gets below thirteen percent we get anxious…’what would happen if it died?’…Until I collapsed, I was unaware I was at zero percent.” — Ariana Huffington, Interview with Chase Jarvis Do you know how much “battery power” you have left? Not in your smart phone, but in you? When I first got out of college, I thought that to succeed, I had to be “on” at all times. No matter what [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-05T12:30:06+00:00May 28th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Good Books, Health, Leadership, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|6 Comments

Reaching Ahead, Reaching Behind

A couple of weeks ago, when Tony and I were in the thick of our 21 Day Challenge, I went food shopping. Armed with my shopping list and grocery bag, I went into Aldi looking for avocados and cucumbers. Only, standing in the middle of the produce section, all of a sudden, I saw the blur of a brown winter coat, as two arms encircled me in a hug. I looked up startled to see the smiling face of Vicki, one my friends. Only she is not just a friend, she is a person who has helped me wrestle through [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:11:05+00:00February 5th, 2018|Categories: Mentoring, Routines|4 Comments

Love: Podcasts to Help Start 2018 Strong

One of my favorite things to do when I am doing the dishes, cleaning, or even running, is listening to podcasts. Over the past few years, they have opened up a whole other world of possibility to me. Through listening to people’s stories of success and even failures, I have been able to change my mindset regarding the future. And I have learned some incredible things from some pretty smart people. For this reason, today, I want to share with you a few of my favorite episodes from different podcasts—all shows that I think may help you as you think [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:19:54+00:00January 25th, 2018|Categories: Change, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, podcasts I love, Purpose, Routines|Comments Off

Learn: How I’m approaching change in 2018

On Monday, I shared that there are some years when making a strict New Year’s Resolution (NYR), just doesn’t work. When making a drastic change isn’t possible or perhaps, helpful. And when killing ourselves at the gym in January, isn’t the answer. For me, this year, is one of those times. If I am honest, part of the reason for this is because after the holidays, I didn’t have the mental energy to think up the best NYR for me. But also, I have a few dreams for 2018 that make it hard to set one “all in” goal, to [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:24:30+00:00January 18th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Change, discipline, Food, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines|Comments Off

Lead July 12, 2018

Why We Train

Love Learn Lead July 5, 2018

Why We Try

Learn: 5 Reasons Summer is a Great Time To Get Healthy

When Change is Slow

When Leaders Rest

Reaching Ahead, Reaching Behind

Love: Podcasts to Help Start 2018 Strong

Learn: How I’m approaching change in 2018

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