The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • Alternatives to “I can’t”

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    I was reminded of Daniel Pink and his book A Whole New Mind—Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future when I saw a sign posted in the art room at Hamilton Park Elementary School in Dallas. Pink advises us to substitute “and” for “but.” For example, instead of telling yourself, “I would like to learn…

  • What are your personal metaphors?

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    Daniel Pink emphasizes the importance of metaphors. In his book A Whole New Mind—Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, Pink says that metaphors can help you understand the world and also can help you find meaning in your life. Ask yourself, Pink suggests: What are the metaphors you live by? Do you think of your…

  • But or and?

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    In his book A Whole New Mind—Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, Daniel Pink offers a number of simple exercises. The one we liked best is called “But Out.” If you have changes that you would like to make, but you think you’re blocked by obstacles, make a list of those changes and what’s keeping…

  • A valid nugget or two

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    I just finished reading Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind—Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. I liked it. I really liked Pink’s assessment of “peddlers of the savior theory” in the beginning of the book. Pink lists peddlers of “right-brain cooking and right-brain dieting, right-brain investing and right-brain accounting, right-brain jogging and right-brain horseback…

  • We’re thankful for family and friends

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    This Thanksgiving, Fayteen and I are thankful for many blessings. Most of all, we are thankful for our families and for friends who have become like family. Joy is especially thankful to have both of her college-student children home for the holiday. She’s thankful even though her son, Jay, a senior at the University of…

  • Count your blessings

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    Fayteen has spent many days recently worrying about her daughter, Ranna, who has been battling breast cancer, and Joy is feeling sad about the death of a very good friend. Many of you have had difficult days during this past year. However, during this Thanksgiving week, we are inspired by the story of Abraham Lincoln,…

  • Some questions to ask yourself

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    If you’re still searching and asking yourself that essential question—Who am I?, we offer some other questions to ponder. Consider your time thinking about these questions and your answers a way to begin the next lap in your journey, a guide to help you define yourself—or to redefine or fine-tune yourself. What makes me different?…

  • Who am I?

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    In our last blog post, we talked about how someone can become a Resolute Woman—and concluded that we don’t have any simple, easy answers . However, we both agree that the solution begins with self-knowledge.  An essential question is: Who am I? This information from our book—which we plan to publish next year—may be helpful. Who…

  • How do you become resolute?

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    A friend recently asked Fayteen: “How do you become a Resolute Woman?” That’s an important question. We wish we had a short, simple answer. We don’t. Remember that we believe that there are no simple answers. We’re frustrated with experts who think they can tell us how to lose weight, raise our children and be…

  • Another crazy diet

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    We were talking the other day to a friend who is losing weight on a new diet. We are happy that she is losing weight, but we are skeptical about her crazy diet. We’ve both learned from experience a sad truth. Diets don’t work. What works is a plan for eating healthy food now and…