Do you Need a Motivational Mama (or Papa)
Deborah Kimmett | Sep 20, 2012 | Comments 0
We all need someone who knows what to say to keep us motivated.![]()
Someone who will be kind when kindness is required and honest when we need a slap on the hind end.
( I say “slap” because “kicking me in the butt” never turns me on.)
For 30 years, I have always had a couple of go-to people who do that for me. Some spiritual Taekwondo kind of motivational mamas who don’t even necessarily work in my field. They have this innate ability to stop me from sabotaging the project right before I launch — sisters (and a couple of brothers) who love me enough to untangle the knot of perfectionism I always have tied myself up in.
Without these people, I would have never…[click here to read more]
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