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Flying High

“Look Dad, you’re flying!” Those wonderful words spoken by my three-year-old son, Christian, while I struggled to regain my balance, inspired the theme of my speaking business: “Who needs legs, when you have wings?” Flights of fancy, I believe, are as important as real flight. Of course I will never really fly. That is impossible.

Aug 22, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Blame Game

To regret the experience is to regret the lesson – because the lesson is inextricably contained in the experience. Too often when changes occur and our circumstances are not as we planned, we tend to focus on what we lost, what we’ve missed, what’s gone wrong, who is to blame, and “why me.” We are

Jul 22, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Leader-Less

Ants are some of the most diligent creatures on earth. Aspiring leaders can learn a thing or two from ants – how to work hard for what they want and how best to lead their followers in simple ways. We as humans are obsessed with leadership. Ants don’t have any leaders. We build huge inefficient

Mar 19, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Soar On Your Own Wings By Receiving Change

On that day when my life changed, I had a choice. I could resist what was happening, or I could receive change into my life and move forward with it. Those two words, “resist” or “receive” make the difference in our life experience. Life happens. While we wish it wasn’t so, tragedy happens. Change is

Jun 15, 2012 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Deadlines Can Be a Good Thing

Napoleon Hill said: “A goal is a dream without a deadline.” A deadline gives you structure and a sense of accomplishment. Everyone has to deal with deadlines, whether it is at school, at work or home. Without a time limit, we might never finish our work. Writers without deadlines have been known to tweak the

Mar 02, 2012 / by Alisa Hafen / 1 Comment

Changing your perspective

We are all aware that having a positive attitude in life will serve us much better than a negative one. For some reason, however, we can easily be drawn into the negative side. So how do we establish a positive attitude on a daily basis? I think, speak and write about this almost every day;

Feb 14, 2012 / by Alisa Hafen / 1 Comment