http://www.bouncebackcafe.com Dedicated to finding useful, resilient solutions to life's adversities. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:03:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2012/gen/together-we-can-do-more-3129 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2012/gen/together-we-can-do-more-3129#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:01:10 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=3129 It’s only the middle of January and already it’s been a challenging year. Within my small group of friends and coworkers, there have been three deaths in our families and two major automobile accidents. Today, the Ladies of Literature had their annual meeting to toast the new year and pick our books for 2012. One of our members said that 2012 had to get better from here. Another member predicted that we just might look back on 2011 as a really good year once we saw what ...Continue reading » Together We Can Do More]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2012/gen/together-we-can-do-more-3129/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/be-good-to-yourself-walk-2985 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/be-good-to-yourself-walk-2985#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:01:28 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2985 I’m happy to report that the mañana I wrote about in my last post dawned COLD (!!) and sunny, but NOT wet and windy. And I made good on my resolve to, among other things, go for a looong walk around the block. And I very much ENJOYED the fact that I was indeed doing what I said I would. After letting my daily walk dwindle down to a maybe-once-a-week-walk, I’m back at it and getting my steps in every morning. So here I am – on the other side of failure. Yes, I have an entire 3 days under my belt — YAY. The question of the day is: How do I keep that “streak” going??? ...Continue reading » Be Good to Yourself – WALK!]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/be-good-to-yourself-walk-2985/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/slowing-down-for-effect-2921 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/slowing-down-for-effect-2921#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:01:30 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2921 Since I’ve started my new job (now 8 months old), one of the things that I’ve written about most often is the need for me to have time discipline. It seemed as if I spent each day running from deadline to deadline. Finally, after all this time, I’ve started to develop a rhythm to my life during the work week. Somehow, I’ve found a way to get through each day feeling less ...Continue reading » Slowing Down for Effect]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/slowing-down-for-effect-2921/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/a-dabba-whatta-2901 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/a-dabba-whatta-2901#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:01:35 +0000 Ellie http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2901 Do you have any local eateries that actually know your name, serve up your very own home-cooked meal, and do it right, every single day without fail? Yeah, I know – the real question is: Who’s eating out anymore? We often bemoan the “outsourcing” of jobs to second or third world countries and rarely do we look to them for effective operational models. But entrepreneur, Seth Godin, blog-commented on ...Continue reading » A Dabba-Whatta?]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/a-dabba-whatta-2901/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/building-a-happiness-habit-2636 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/building-a-happiness-habit-2636#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 07:01:04 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2636 Ellie and I face a common problem. We both have to come up with topics to write about. While neither of us could probably tell you exactly how we do it, it seems to be true, at least for me, that it has something to do with showing up. I’m sure you’ve heard that 80% of success in life is showing up. And so it is with writing. When Ellie and I are asked to present at business and community meetings, whether we’re conducting training or simply providing inspirational encouragement, we always include some ...Continue reading » Building a Happiness Habit]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/building-a-happiness-habit-2636/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/better-and-better-2622 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/better-and-better-2622#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 07:01:56 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2622 Do you believe that you are a learning and growing being? Back in the beginning of the self-esteem movement, many proponents recommended that you repeat an affirmation to help you improve your self-esteem. It went, “Everyday, in every way, I’m getting better and better.” To say that this became the basis of jokes about self-esteem is to understate how much of a ...Continue reading » Better and Better]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/better-and-better-2622/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/blooming-where-you-are-planted-2525 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/blooming-where-you-are-planted-2525#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:01:16 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2525 Sometimes, I send myself a “message in a bottle.” I go to the local bookstore and I browse what’s new. I grab a stack of books off the shelves, buy a cup of coffee at their café and rent the table while I go through the stack to see if there’s something I want. Usually, I find that I want most of what I’ve found, so I make a list to read over time. Then, sometime in the future, one at a time, I get the books I listed. By the time I get back to the book I often don’t remember why I ...Continue reading » Blooming Where You’re Planted]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/blooming-where-you-are-planted-2525/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/where-to-from-here-2049 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/where-to-from-here-2049#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:01:40 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2049 In a recent blog post, Terry Hershey, inspirational speaker, humorist and author, wrote, “Someone very wise once said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. This is all heart-warming and reassuring. Until you realize that no one ever tells you anything about the second step.” Lately that seems very true to me. Often as we are setting out for a new destination, we plan our journey; but like a battle, the plan doesn’t survive the first encounter with reality. When I first started working in Corporate America, I had two reactions: one – I couldn’t believe that I had actually set a goal and achieved it and; two – I couldn’t understand why I was so depressed. Sure, I expected that I would graduate from college – after all, I’d graduated from grammar school and high school. College wasn’t that different. What I never really believed would happen is ...Continue reading » Where To From Here??]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/where-to-from-here-2049/feed 1 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/stubborn-2032 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/stubborn-2032#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:01:10 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2032 The odds that any of us will be successful in achieving a goal are directly proportional to our commitment to figuring out our path to success. Often success is the result of us continuing in the face of small successes or no successes until we reach our goal. It’s not about how “smart” we are. It’s not about who we know. It’s about the ability to be flexibly stubborn in pursuit of our dream. Stubborn. You probably don’t think of stubbornness as being a positive quality. Certainly when your two year old is stomping her foot at you in an attempt to get what she wants, it isn’t. But stubborn is just another word for ...Continue reading » Stubborn]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/stubborn-2032/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/success-through-vision-2025 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/success-through-vision-2025#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:01:30 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2025 Instant gratification, it’s what we’re all about. Most of us want to be rich or skinny or talented or married or divorced… NOW! Human nature being what it is we don’t like to wait for anything. We know that to lose weight healthily, we need to do it over time, gradually increasing our level of fitness and increasing the healthiness of the foods we eat. But, HECK, now that we’ve made the decision, we want the effect to be as close to instantaneous as possible. When it isn’t, we quickly get discouraged. Some Things Take Time As Albert Einstein said, “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” The key to making time work for you is to have a vision that is so strong that it pulls you towards it every day. Think about it, we don’t have a problem planning for our ...Continue reading » Success Through Vision]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/success-through-vision-2025/feed 0