Monthly Archives: June 2010

Lightness and Faith On Your Path to Success

By Paula Shoup | Published: June 27, 2010
There has been a lot of press about Apple’s big milestone in May of becoming the largest technology company in the world at $50 billion plus (and only second in size to ExxonMobil in the U.S.).  Recently a friend sent me Steve Job’s commencement speech from 2005 (linked).  His messages are timeless; I am focusing [...]
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Navigating to Success Anniversary!

By Paula Shoup | Published: June 21, 2010
To celebrate this year of blogging I reflected back on some of the obstacles I faced in writing it and hope that sharing these lessons will help you navigate to success (toward your dreams). Daunting This is the best word to describe how I felt as I looked at my new site with zero blog [...]
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Curiosity Cured the Cat: Navigating to Success with Curiosity

By Paula Shoup | Published: June 13, 2010
It is unfortunate that one of our American idioms- curiosity killed the cat- is fear-based and encourages us to stay put.  There is so much power and enjoyment in shifting to an inquisitive attitude that encourages new discoveries and an open mind. It is possible to grow your inquisitive skills through practice and shifting of [...]
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Keeping it Simple & Easy on the Path to Success

By Paula Shoup | Published: June 5, 2010
I read a couple posts this past week about keeping things simple and not grinding away at things (see links below).  It is such a powerful (and simple!) message.  I sometimes catch myself making something more complex that it needs to be or inviting struggle into a situation that does not need it or keeping [...]
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