• keeping your priorities in place by Margo Woodward
    Family,  Work

    Keeping Your Priorities in Place

    One of the most difficult things to do in life is to keep your priorities in place. Often, the things that we pursue aren’t necessarily wrong, it’s just that we go at them the wrong way. You know, the ‘laser-focused’, ‘hustle-hustle’ mentality. This attitude causes us to lose perspective and lose sight of what’s most important. No matter what we’re aiming to achieve in life, we must focus on keeping our priorities in place. What are your priorities? We all may answer this question a little differently, but the 1 thing that must be the same is our #1 priority. No matter our season in life, as followers of Christ,…

  • adjusting to new seasons by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Work

    LIFE & WORK: Adjusting to New Seasons

    One of the top reasons that we find ourselves stressed in life is due to our inability to identify our current season. Life is seasonal and continually changing, therefore, we must be continually adjusting to new seasons. Adjusting to new seasons will require us to be able to discern the season we find ourselves in. Taking the time to identify our current season, will empower us to make any necessary adjustments that need to be made. This awareness requires reflection, prayer, and quiet time. There are some season changes that we can anticipate, such as becoming a newlywed, a new parent, or an entrepreneur. There are other seasons, however, that…

  • attack your week by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Work

    Attack Your Week: 5 TIPS

    I don’t think we fully realize the importance of a week. We tend to focus on either the big picture or the day-to-day, but I want you to look at your week a little differently. I encourage you to begin to attack your week. Attack Your Week I believe if we begin to really assess our progress in life, or lack of it, we must begin to focus in on the week. Often, our week is what will get us. I’m encouraging you to adjust your perspective on the week for various reasons: Our time at work is broken down by the week. We tend to reset each week, with…

  • hold yourself accountable by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Work

    Hold Yourself Accountable

    Do you hold yourself accountable? Most of us struggle with this, which is why we often fail to keep our word or achieve our goals. I’m definitely a proponent of support groups, coaching, and accountability partners; yet, I also advocate that we grow in the ability to hold ourselves accountable. Why are you unable to hold yourself accountable? This is the key question. Being honest about our current state is the only way to move forward in true growth, leading to real results. We often fail to ask ourselves these key questions because deep down we already know the answer, yet we’re not quite ready to face it. I get…

  • Stop Adding New Goals by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Work

    LIFE & WORK: Stop Adding New Goals

    Setting goals is not always the problem. A lot of the time, our follow through on goals is the problem. Out of frustration at our results, due to the lack of follow through, we often resort to adding new goals. This is not the answer, however. Stop adding new goals, and start focusing in on the follow through of your current goals. Stop adding new goals. I get it. Sometimes it’s hard to nail down the root of the issue. While scrolling on Pinterest today, the book title “The Mountain Is You”, caught my attention. What if the issue standing between us and accomplishing our goals is us? Not the…

  • Simplify your life & work by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Work

    SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE & WORK

    Would you say you live a simple life? I think most of us would laugh at that question. Nowadays, there is more to do than ever, while it seems that time is also moving faster than ever. What do you do when it feels that you’re going nowhere fast? I encourage you to simplify your life & work. Simplicity doesn’t necessarily relate to what you’re doing, but rather how you’re doing it. We mustn’t exchange simplicity for complex in the name of progress. We can, and should, aim to progress in life while keeping things simple. Simplicity breeds true progress, while chaos and overload breed stress. We live in a…

  • HOW TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN LIFE: 5 TIPS by Margo Woodward
    Life,  Work

    How To Keep Moving Forward in Life: 5 Tips

    One of the things that I think we all try to figure out is how to keep moving forward in life. We fight to figure out what we want, then we wrestle with figuring out how to make it happen. We know we want to move forward in life, but we just can’t crack the code on how to make it happen. How To Keep Moving Forward in Life: 5 Tips 1. Quiet Time. There is no way that I would’ve made the progress that I’ve made in life up to this point, without my quiet time. I truly, truly value quiet time. Most everything worth value has come to…

  • WORK: EXCEL IN ANY ENVIRONMENT BY MARGO WOODWARD
    Work

    WORK: Excel In Any Environment

    Do you know that you have the ability to excel in any work environment? So often, instead of rising to the occasion at work, we lay down and allow various work challenges & situations to dominate us. WORK: Excel In Any Environment The first key to excelling at work is to deal with you. Let me repeat: Deal with you. Challenges at work, just like challenges in any area of life, are simply revealing the true you. Challenges show us where we’re at. The key to excelling is to face what we’re shown, work on it, and get better at it. Lately, a saying that’s been on my heart is…

  • free to work by Margo Woodward
    Work

    Free to Work: 5 TIPS

    Are you free to work? One thing I recall realizing while still in my teens was that distractions limit effectiveness at work. I vividly remember working in a call center, unable to concentrate on work because of drama that was going on in my life. It was then that I remember beginning to focus on limiting distractions so I could be free to work. Work is a significant portion of our lives, and as we follow Christ and grow in understanding our life’s purpose, our work should align with our purpose. Not pursuing your life purpose is a sure way to live life working unfulfilled and unhappy. What kind of…

  • Margo I've been working 4 jobs
    Margo,  Work

    MARGO & WORK: I’ve been working 4 jobs

    Today is Dec. 23rd and my last post was on Aug. 9th. The reason for the gap? I’ve been working 4 jobs. So much has transpired in my life that it’s hard for me to grab a good starting point. The first thing I can say: It is so important to discover your purpose in life. If you don’t know why God placed you here, you will undoubtedly sell yourself short. You will live a life of uncertainty, confusion, unfulfillment, discontentment, and stress; just to name a few! So, let me tell you the 4 jobs I’ve been working: Principal’s Secretary at our daughters’ elementary school. Adjunct Professor at our…