Volume 7: Business Edition - How to Do an Effective Cost Reduction and Lay-off

lgautz — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:28:23 -0500

If you’re facing a lay-off or cost reduction, you are well aware of the pain. No doubt you are struggling with thoughts of fear, failure, self-doubt, hopelessness, and indecision. Most of us can’t imagine that we can dramatically improve our organization’s chance for survival and long-lasting success by changing the way we think. Yet we can—by powerfully thinking through and planning the process. This Forward Thinking™ Gentle Reminder – Business Edition offers some practical guidance on how to do an effective lay-off or cost reduction, move forward powerfully, and achieve long-lasting success.

Mary is interviewed on WNB Network West radio show Mind Your BIZness

admin — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:04:38 -0400

Danielle Hampson features Mary on her hour-long radio show Mind Your BIZness, which focuses on the nuts and bolts of starting and running your business. Mary talks about managing our thoughts for business prosperity in difficult times.

Articles and Press Releases

admin — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:38:54 -0500

Mary Lore is Interviewed on the Amazing Women: Brains, Beauty and Success Internet Radio Show

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:50:45 -0400

On her Amazing Women Radio Show on the Voice America network, Dr. Marlene Siersema talks with Mary Lore about how she went from drained and unhealthy to the successful full of life person today; and how managing thought works toward success.

Volume 8: Focus On What You Want, Not What You Don't Want

lgautz — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:37:38 -0400

You may have heard it said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” The results we achieve – bad, good, or significant – depend on what we focus on in each moment. Focusing our time, energy or money on the wrong things in these challenging times is something we can’t afford to do. Do you know what you are focused on in each moment? Are you focused on what you want? Or on what you don’t want? Do you even know what you want?

Volume 9: Powerful Thoughts VS. Positive Thoughts (and Why Affirmations Don't Work)

lgautz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:36:23 -0400

I often hear, I try thinking happy, positive thoughts, and it’s just not working. Many folks say, Positive affirmations don’t work. Remember the Stuart Smalley character on Saturday Night Live who made positive affirmations in the mirror? I do NOT want to be THAT guy! Then there are those who say that positive thinking does work and swear by the use of positive affirmations. Guess what – everyone’s right! A positive thought may or may not work. Powerful thoughts, on the other hand, do work. This Forward Thinking Gentle Reminder discusses the difference between a positive thought and a powerful thought, how to know if a thought is powerful, and some powerful thoughts we can choose to think.

Volume 10: Holiday Stress Management: How to Reduce Stress and Experience Peace of Mind During the Holidays

lgautz — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:54:28 -0500

With holiday plays and parties to attend, cards to mail, gifts to buy, baking to do, guests to prepare for, and a slashed budget to boot, you may find yourself tied up in ribbons. This Forward Thinking Reminder offers guidance on how to focus on the essence of what you want—one of the most powerful ways of thinking to reduce stress and bring about peace and happiness during the holidays.

Managing Thought: How Do Your Thoughts Rule Your World? (Digital Version)

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:34:47 -0500

Purchase and download to your computer or portable media player

Mary Appears on the Bottom Line

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:18:15 -0500

Mary spends a half hour with host, Cindy Kainz. Mary talks about how to
become aware of counter-productive thoughts and practice new ways of
thinking.

Mary Interviewed on Michigan Entrepreneur TV

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:34:40 -0500

Mary is featured on this 30-minute talk show and is interviewed by Tara Kachaturoff, Creator, Producer, and Host of Michigan Entrepreneur TV.

Mary is interviewed on the VoiceAmerica™ Network

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:40:16 -0500

Mary was interviewed live on Clarissa Burt Talks, a radio show on The VoiceAmerica™ Network, the world leader in internet talk radio. In this hour long interview, Mary and Clarissa talk about how to manage thoughts in difficult times and how to create resolutions that work.

Volume 1: Breaking Old Habits

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:34:41 -0500

Have you noticed that as you move into the holiday season, old, familiar patterns emerge? For example, when you get together with family and friends, do you revert to a certain dynamic? Perhaps you feel sad and alone at the holidays, or maybe you often get sick or worry about money. There’s a reason that we have the same experiences over and over again, and with a little self-awareness, a little self-mastery and a little being-on-purpose, we can break those patterns.

Volume 2: Choosing Our Intentions

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:35:10 -0500

As many of you may know, my husband died suddenly on January 5th of this year. This gentle reminder is dedicated to Gregg Simmons, the man of my infinite dreams.

The night of his death I was unable to get warm. I kept saying over and over to myself, “I can’t believe it.” In hindsight, I realize I was in shock.

Volume 3: Keeping Resolutions

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:35:39 -0500

It's about that time when we begin to break the resolutions we made at the beginning of the year. For many of us, this happens year after year and some of us have gotten to the point where we don't even bother to make resolutions. This gentle reminder offers some guidance to help you reformulate your resolutions in order to keep them and achieve long-lasting success.

Volume 4: Thinking Powerfully

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:30:35 -0400

I have received a number of questions on how to resolve a conflict between positive thinking and thinking about what could go wrong. As one president of a company put it, “On the one hand, I want to be a visionary leader and talk about abundance and accomplishment. On the other hand, during difficult economic times, I feel it is my responsibility to worry about what can go wrong and make sure we take protective measures. So, I see this part of what I do as a necessary evil, and it concerns me for two reasons.

Volume 5: The Power of Thankfulness: How to be Thankful in Difficult Times

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:33:37 -0500

With record unemployment, soaring prices, home foreclosures, and a financial market meltdown, it may feel like a tough time to be thankful. Yet practicing thankfulness is one of the most powerful ways of thinking to bring about a change in our circumstances. This Gentle Reminder offers guidance on how to turn thoughts of fear, worry and hopelessness to thoughts of thankfulness.

Volume 6: Business Edition - Why Worry? Using Thoughts to Your Advantage

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:13:20 -0500

The economic slowdown has many CEOs worrying about the fate of product launches, growth plans, even the survival of their companies. CEOs ask me, “If I worry, or focus too much on what could go wrong, is that the reality I create?”

What’s wrong with worrying?

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