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Country Cooking Makes You Good Looking – May

Deb — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:45:32 +0000

Check out this months delicious recipe – this is one of my favorites – enjoy May Puddin’ Dessert

Don’t Settle

Deb — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:44:12 +0000

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”
-Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech

Deb’s Podcast – please listen

Deb — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:25:06 +0000

I am being featured in the 2012 Woman’s Advantage Shared Wisdom Calendar. I am honored to be a part of this program, which receives great reviews from women around the world about how their “daily dose of wisdom” impacts their lives and their businesses.
In addition to the calendar they are hosting a online podcast of my quote in audio form – If you want to listen – please click the link and you’ll hear me talk about, “Powerful People Take Up Physical Space™”

Deb Sofield's Podcast

Optimism Rules…(or at least it should)

Deb — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:30:30 +0000

I thank the editors of Reasons for Optimism www.reasonsforoptimism.com for their wonderful little corner they’ve created on the web. And I fully agree, with their statement: “It’s easy to forget that in today’s not-so-optimistic world real progress continues, beauty appears, brave new worlds are explored, and creativity flows. We keep seeing–and occasionally finding–our best selves. There are, in fact, reason for optimism everywhere we look.”
Check them out and subscribe…

Shining out of Darkness – a poem by William Cowper

Deb — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:37:52 +0000

Sometimes the words of others speak to me and I thought this was beautiful…

Writer and poet William Cowper (1732-1800) discovered comfort in God’s providence, and protective custody when backward-looking on the difficult times in his life, which led him to write the following poem

Shining out of Darkness

God moves in mysterious way,

His wonders to perform;

He plants his footsteps in the sea

And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines

Of never failing skill,

He treasures up his bright designs,

And works his sovereign will.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,

But trust him for his grace;

Behind a frowning providence,

He hides a smiling face.

County Cooking Makes You Good Looking – March

Deb — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:10:47 +0000

One of my favorites….Wilted Lettuce Salad – Amazingly Good

Because I believe it needs to be said…..

Deb — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:11:55 +0000

I know I should not weigh-in on politics, but the hypocrisy on both sides of the aisle is astounding.

I vividly remember the hate-filled vitriol that was hurled at George Bush by the left with no regard for the Office of President or the person. And now the same bitter attacks are aimed at Barak Obama (again, with no regard for the Office of President or the person) by the right.

The unwillingness from both sides to tap down the vocal violence concerns me greatly. What is the future of civility?

If you’re going to allow or encourage your followers to demean someone because you’re in power and you can, don’t cry foul when the other side hits back twice as hard.

I understand the game – but I don’t like it. When the fabric of our society is so shredded that the threads can no longer hold, we’ll then realize we’ve accomplished nothing but the destruction of what was built to last a lifetime.

Don’t Major in the Minor…

Deb — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:07:49 +0000

Don’t Major on the Minor – otherwise you will wind up with a below average life…As I travel and speak to all types of groups, I see that many people have come to a stop in their life (at any age) because they are worried. They’re worried about life, death, kids, parents, money, health, wrinkles… worried about things that happen and things that don’t.

STOP – Stop worrying about everything. Do not worry about making mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes and it is not the end of the world. Too many people won’t take simple steps to do something (big or small) because they live in fear. They accomplish nothing because they are worried and stopped by fear.

I have a friend who wears an over-sized button every day that says, “Life is not a dress rehearsal.” Friends, if you continue to live little, tiny, forgettable lives you have given your best life away.
I love this quote: “We have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour.” Friends now is the time, this is the place and starting today you need to commit to living your best life ever. You can do so much more than what you think you can-so much more than you currently are. And this is not work-wise (you do plenty of that) but this is life-wise.

There is so much more to you than what you realize. You have many more capabilities than what you are now utilizing. But you have got to turn off the small voice in your head that says, “You can’t…” and hear the voice that says, “You Can…” Start viewing the world from the rightful place you have been given. Don’t Major on the Minor – life is too short to waste in fear.

Country Cooking Makes You Good Looking – February

Deb — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:23:46 +0000

You’ve got to try Amazing Deb’s Quick Peach Cobbler that anyone can make in a jiffy.

(*with thanks to Lenna Neill)

Making Lasting First Impressions

Deb — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:36 +0000

Recently, I was interviewed about how to make a lasting 1st impression – here is the link to the article

First Impressions - by Deb Sofield