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Perspective

Cathy Mahady on Dec 29th 2009

Welcome Back! If You Enjoy My Posts, Be Sure to Join My Free Newsletter To Get Even More Coaching on Your Home Business!Perspective is defined as “the state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one.” So you can imagine that different people have different perspectives.  Because of one’s background, experiences, and mind conditioning, the [...]

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Don’t Let Others Limit You

Cathy Mahady on Dec 1st 2009

Today, I was volunteering at the elementary school that my daughter attends. And I noticed something. Really it was less about the situation, as I always knew that school was orderly, systematic, and framed. But I learned something about myself and the development that I have achieved over the years of doing [...]

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Seven Things About Cathy Mahady

Cathy Mahady on Sep 10th 2009

1. Why I Get Out of Bed Everyday … My children. My son is 21 years old and still my lil’ guy. (But don’t tell him I said that). And my daughter is 6 years old and she is my big girl. I am parenting a young adult (and don’t fool [...]

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Childhood Programming Limits Networking Skills

Cathy Mahady on Aug 26th 2009

Today I was made aware how parents’ good intentions to keep their children safe, physically and emotionally, can really limit the development of their childrens’ networking skills.
As a home business coach, I train my business associates to keep asking until they are specifically told no, be persistence, follow up, don’t give up after the first [...]

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Power of Facing Your Fears

Cathy Mahady on Jul 6th 2009

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Today was a great day … on two accounts. I was once again reminded of the blessings that I have in my life as a result of having a successful business from home and that I saw my six year [...]

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Happy Easter

Cathy Mahady on Apr 12th 2009

“For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born.” ~Alice Freeman Palmer

Possibly Related Posts:

Power of Song
Leader’s Liability
Happy New Year
Perspective
Merry Christmas!

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Hip Hop Harry Becomes Mandatory Training

Cathy Mahady on Feb 23rd 2009

There have been occasions that I have felt guilty for putting my young daughter in front of the TV so that I could conduct some important aspect of my home business. I worried that TV would harm her. Well, today I was reassured that all that TV is paying off. See, I [...]

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Hard to Come, Easy to Go

Cathy Mahady on Feb 18th 2009

Someone got the ole saying “Easy Come, Easy Go” wrong.
So what’s the universal law that states “It will be hard to come by, but easy to slip away?” Now THAT is the way I see it, especially when it comes to exercise. You may know that exercising is not my favorite [...]

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Wishing and Believing

Cathy Mahady on Nov 19th 2008

The impending Christmas Holiday and my 5 year old daughter’s enthusiasm for it are sure teaching me some lessons this week. She has begun her Wish List for Santa and boy, is the list growing every day.
It surprises me the things I need to routinely teach to business professionals are so innate for [...]

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Innocent Way to Distribute Business Cards

Cathy Mahady on Nov 17th 2008

My daughter is five years old and in Kindergarten. Well enough of the school year has now passed where the kids are making friends and wanting to establish play dates. Of course, we don’t have the phone numbers of the kids she wants to play with outside of school.
As they are just learning [...]

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Can the Little Guy Beat ‘Em?

Cathy Mahady on Nov 14th 2008

I witnessed an interesting situation this week while eating dinner in the food court of the mall. I saw the importance of location, name branding, and the power of samples in business.
I had already made our dinner purchase from Subway, then sat back and watched others make the same buying decision. [...]

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Until I Get It, Of Course!

Cathy Mahady on Nov 8th 2008

Here’s another lesson from the ‘mouths of babes.’ I think God put 5 year olds on this earth, not for us to teach them, but for them to teach us. Boy, the things I learn or are reminded of by my precious little one.
My 5 year old daughter is trying to blow a [...]

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Dream Killer

Cathy Mahady on Nov 7th 2008

I figured out this week why we don’t dream and dream big as adults. It’s our parents; they are dream killers.
As a parent myself, I had to take a big jump back this week when I realized what I was saying to my 5 year old daughter. She received a ‘Toys to [...]

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Election Day

Cathy Mahady on Nov 4th 2008

Well, it is finally here — Election Day.
A day of blessing
a day of right
a day of responsibility
a day of gratitude
a day of pride
As I approached my polling place and saw the American Flag standing outside, I felt all these emotions. I was proud to be an American. I was so grateful for the [...]

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National Boss’s Day

Cathy Mahady on Oct 16th 2008

Boss Day offers employees an opportunity to express their gratitude and appreciation towards their boss on October 16, a tradition now since 1962. Job satisfaction depends largely upon the positive relationship between the employee and the boss. So why not create a holiday to honor that relationship.
Well, okay. How many of you are thinking, [...]

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