Success – Page 5 – Melissa Schlies

Step Back September

About a month ago, Tony and I went peach picking. We drove to a local farm, and bought a box big enough to fit a whole half a bushel of peaches. Then, we trudged through the wet and muddy orchard to where they were picking that day. It had rained hard the night before. Every time we’d reach up and pick a peach, all the trees’ leaves would shower water down our arms and onto our heads. But we weren’t deterred, and we came away with close to seventy beautiful peaches. What did we do with all of them, you [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-20T15:52:46+00:00September 3rd, 2018|Categories: Balance, Change, Courage, discipline, Health, Making Decisions, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|3 Comments

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Before experiencing the insecurities and doubts that seem to plague us as teens, I wanted to be a writer. At nine-years-old, my nose was always in a book reading and I thought, someday I want to write books. But as things do, this dream got pushed to the back burner. Saved for later. Paired with the little voice that asked “do I really have what it takes? Would I be any good?” Not surprisingly, years passed. I experienced a call to ministry and found myself working at a church in my early twenties. But I still loved books, and I [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-14T14:27:48+00:00August 20th, 2018|Categories: Courage, discipline, perseverance, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|7 Comments

Lead August 16, 2018

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. —Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Tip #18: Never Stop Learning Do you remember the feeling you had in high school or college, when you couldn’t wait to graduate? When the thought of no more tests, papers, or projects brought you so much joy? Even those of us who had a decent educational experience know this feeling. Going to school in many ways makes the learning process stressful, anxiety-inducing, and even boring. But then, there are those teachers. The ones that help us understand algebra (mostly). The [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-08T14:03:06+00:00August 16th, 2018|Categories: Character, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Life Coaching, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Learn: Why You Might Want a Life Coach

Honestly? I hate titles. Not the titles of books, but the ones we give each other, the ones we give ourselves, and the ones we long to have written under our names. Mostly, I feel this way because none of us can fully be summed up in one or two words. Also, the position a title gives us plays into a social hierarchy that seems to decide who matters and who doesn’t. However, titles do help people understand our professions and how we can help them. In other words, they are necessary. I share all of this because this week, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-08T14:03:58+00:00August 9th, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Lead, Learn, Life Coaching, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Finding Your Sweet Spot

Do you know what you’re good at? I mean, how you’re really and truly gifted? When I was a kid learning basketball, I found a place on the court where I could make basket after basket. My coach called it my “sweet spot.” Do you know what your sweet spot is? That place in life where you shine? Chances are, you have more than one. In high school, I remember searching for my sweet spots in hopes that they’d give me a better understanding of who I was. I watched as others found recognition on the field, stage, and even [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-05T20:40:18+00:00August 6th, 2018|Categories: Change, Life Coaching, Mentoring, Purpose, Success, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Why We Have Time

“Hey, how have you been?” My friend who I hadn’t seen in weeks, asked me. I popped up from behind the counter in the youth area of the church where I worked, to see her smiling face. “Good, just really busy.” I answered quickly. It was a Sunday. I was coming off of leading the second Jr. High service of the day, and was gearing up for a meeting with students. My friend was passing through the youth area on her way to her car after service. “How are you?” I asked, hoping she knew I really wanted to know, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:24:15+00:00July 16th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Courage, discipline, perseverance, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

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

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

If Our Lives Were Like a Good Beach Read

When I left full-time church ministry, I wasn’t sure what I would do next. So I taught myself how to bake bread. Already loving to bake cookies, brownies, and pumpkin bread, it wasn’t surprising that I fell in love with this new endeavor. With a bread baker’s cookbook Tony had given me for my birthday, I experimented with all kinds of recipes. I tried making Challah, Potato Rosemary, and Ciabatta—in addition to sandwich bread. And found, I love every part of baking bread. I love the feel of the dough in my hands as I knead it. I feel a [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:31:52+00:00June 25th, 2018|Categories: Acceptance, Good Books, perseverance, Purpose, Story, Success|Comments Off

Step Back September

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Lead August 16, 2018

Learn: Why You Might Want a Life Coach

Finding Your Sweet Spot

Why We Have Time

Lead July 12, 2018

Why We Train

Why We Try

If Our Lives Were Like a Good Beach Read

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