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Get a new ’tude
Yep, you need a new attitude if you are walking around with stinking thinking and expecting other people to cover up the funk. Please change your attitude towards your situation so that you can see the goodness and greatness in what you already possess. In order to maximize and leverage your personal or professional life, you have to be grateful for what you have and who you are becoming.
Why should your business increase if your attidue is the same? Why should your marriage improve if your attitude is still the same? Why should you be called and chosen if your attitude is the same ole stinky thinking? Get over yourself and move on.
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home.” Charles Swindoll
I had a conversation with someone who often times goes into a complaining spree. She complains that things are not working out, that she can’t find a job, that she hates where she lives, that she is tired of “making do” and needs some real money.
Now I am completely sympathetic to her needs and her cry. But the pity party is where I draw the line. Let’s do a little compare and contrast.
Compared to someone sleeping on a concrete floor or wooden bench, she has a warm bed and clean sheets.
Compared to the dirt under that pan-handlers nails and the hole in her sneakers, she has a $45 french gel tips and $18 pedicure.
Compared to the bedbugs, this child lost everything from being in shelter after shelter, she has $75 hair extensions and a perm, including the extra $$$ to get conditioner.
Compared to her Victoria Secret bra and the lady who just got the news that she has to have a mastectomy.
Oh here is one more….
Compared to the fact that she graduated school and has skills she can build on, compared to the child who doesn’t know how to read because she was told to quit school and work.
I think most people need to have a gratitude check. When you look at the comparison above who has the advantage? Who needs a new attitude of gratitude?
We do need to realize that God does not give us more than we can bare, and this too shall pass.
What are you grateful for? Go ahead and take 2 seconds to post it…take time to do a gratitude check right here, right now.
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Personal Improvement starts with Personal Declarations
Okay so we just finished celebrating The 4th of July here in the states. One of the challenges that I had given my clients is to make their Personal Declaration of Independence. I asked them to take a stand and be free…
I invite you to take time this week before the month is out to take a stand and be in your own life. First, make a declaration
to yourself that you WILL take your vision, life and goals to the next level. Make your vision for your life real! Make a declaration that you WILL make happen. Decide with certainty that this is what you WILL create.
Then…
Write out your Personal Declaration of Independence! It might look something like this:
‘I, __________, declare that I shall live a life that operates like _______________. I will have a vision that touches the lives
of _____________people, and gives my life the fun, fulfillment, and the freedom I desire!
I declare that I WILL do WHATEVER it takes to make it happen, and give myself permission to receive all the support necessary!’
After writing your Personal Declaration of Independence, send it to 5 (or more) people you respect. Sending to other people makes it more realistic and it holds you accountable.
Written word has power. I know most people will never actually write a declaration (or type it) and send it to anyone. Why? Because most people are too busy. But, there are a few of you who will. These are the people that usually make things happen in the world.
And…
If you want to be the kind of person that gets results, start today by declaring what you WILL do in order to go to the next level in your life, career, business, etc…
Looking for a coach to push your onward and upward connect with me for my Summer Special at http://lucindacross.com/services/worktogether/.
New York’s own Lucinda Cross to be Recognized at the United Nations
ACTIVATE! New York’s Lucinda Cross to be Recognized at the United Nations-BMORENEWS Global Forum on Women’s Empowerment
Lucinda Cross is an award-winning business leader and one of today’s most dynamic voices on the subject of personal and business success. She’s a popular speaker and the founder of several successful and interesting businesses. She also counsels and coaches growing entrepreneurs to flourish.
ACTIVATE! Lucinda Cross: Cross was recently featured on the Tom Joyner Morning Show and announced to be a featured author at The Congressional Black Caucus Author Pavilion in September.(NEW YORK – June 15, 2012) – BMORENEWS announced that Lucinda Cross will be recognized for her dynamic entrepreneurial spirit and determination to succeed. Cross will be recognized with honorees on Friday, June 15th at the United Nations during the BMORENEWS Global Forum on Women’s Empowerment.
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Lucinda Cross is an award-winning business leader and one of today’s most dynamic voices on the subject of personal and business success. She’s a popular speaker and the founder of several successful and interesting businesses. She also counsels and coaches growing entrepreneurs to flourish.
Lucinda started her career in Risk Management and Performance Improvement. Her journey into entrepreneurship began when she became a mom and she has been building businesses ever since as a mompreneur. She has defied the odds in life and in business and has mastered the ability to turn adversities into advantages. She travels the world sharing her message and inspiring women to Activate! in all areas of life.
She is the best selling author of Corporate Mom Drop Outs, and the Road to Redemption, founder of PrayingMoms.org and the co-owner of the Super Mom Entrepreneur Conference and Expo.
Today Lucinda runs Activate! offering products and services in personal development, and organizational leadership. She’s committed to helping individuals, entrepreneurs, and those seeking greater achievement to benefit from the personal and business lessons she’s learned in creating and building high value ventures from scratch.
Lucinda writes and lectures extensively and her clients include many prestigious organizations. She’s been featured in a wide range of national media.
For media or bookings please contact Jeny Murillo at assistant@lucindacross.com. Cross is available for in person and virtual media appearances as well as conferences, seminars and symposiums.
Light Your Fireworks: Personal Declaration of Independence
Personal Declaration of Independence
My new book The Road to Redemption was launched on May 21st. In addition to the success the book has landed for my speaking career so far, it has also started a movement. A movement that fosters living a lifestyle of freedom and abundance. I realized just how apropos this is for the Fourth of July weekend, which celebrates courage, freedom, boldness and new beginning.
I would like for you to declare your independence on July 4th. This is the true meaning of redemption.
What is the excuse you are using that is preventing you from being, doing and having more in life?
What’s the tyrant that is holding you back from being a woman of truth and integrity?
Is it that toxic relationship? Not letting go of the past? That stifling job? Just pure procrastination? Is it your hidden fears of success or failure? Is it the debilitating habit of saying yes to people please? Or are you just toooooooooo busy to do what needs to be done?
What will you personal declaration of independence state? This is an extremely important question that can turn your life around. This is not a New Year’s resolution to lose 30 pounds or to quit smoking, lying or overspending. This deserves deep contemplation and, even better, a written commitment where you sign on the dotted line. I am asking you to create your own personal declaration of Independence and prepare to make this declaration on July 4th along with other warriors who are ready to be liberated. This is the day that you will declare your liberation from whatever or whomever and however in order to be redeemed.
Here is the challenge and helpful tips for writing your Personal Declaration of Independence:
- Be honest with yourself: Name something (or someone) that is holding you back from fully being yourself.
- Write out your Personal Declaration of Independence with a firm commitment and passion.
- In your declaration, state exactly what you are committing to be liberated from and why this is important to you. What will you be able to accomplish by liberating yourself from this yoke?
- Write that you are inviting and welcoming into your life all the support (physical, financial, emotional, and spiritual) that you need to stick to your pledge of freedom.
- Then write down the specific actions you will commit to in order to see this through to the finish.
- Date and sign your declaration.
This will be the start of a new thrust for you, especially when you see this declaration as a pledge—a promise to yourself that you will choose to cut yourself free from the negative habit or toxic tie because it is dragging you down—maybe even smothering you—rather than raising you up.
Keep in mind this will take some work. It requires you to be committed and writing the pledge down is the first step.
Resources:
—Moving forward against all odds is so important to me that in my book The Road to Redemption I devoted three chapters to the subject of freeing yourself and overcoming.
Let the fireworks begin!
Comment below and let me know you are in for the challenge and we will send you more information. Please share with your network. You can say something like this: I am taking the Personal Declaration of Independence challenge. Join me as I light the fireworks in my life!
Are you bolder than a 2nd grader?
On my way to pick my kids up from school we run into a talent scout who was waiting to meet another parent and her child. The talent scout hands me her card and I instantly thought of my daughter and her desire to be on Disney. Although this was not a Disney talent scout, we don’t despise small beginnings. I walk to my car and challenge my daughter to meet the scout (sometimes you have to test yourself and others to see if what they/you want, is really what they/you want). I tell my daughter to come meet this nice lady who is looking for young girls for a few upcoming talent shows.
I walk away and watch from the distance……my daughter is singing…..my daughter is cat walking on the sidewalk……and now my daughter is giving her best Whitney Houston performance.
Talk about being bold. The lady was shocked at her impromptu performance.
She asked Kayla “Are you ready to audition in front of a large crowd?”
My daughter replies, “I was born ready, my mother is my activator”.
The lady said “you mean your motivator”
My daughter replied “no, she is my activator, she tells me to be prepared at all times and to do my best.”
Side bar: What seeds are you planting in your children’s mind? Do they believe in limitless opportunitunities?
Do they believe that they can be and do whatever they set their minds to?
Are you taking bold steps? Are you showing up in the world ready to do your best and be your best when the opportunity presents itself?
Life is unscripted. Be bold.
(by the way in less than 15 minutes my daughter is the star of the show and will be doing a tribute in memory of Whitney Houston)
For Immediate Release: The Road to Redemption Book
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 21, 2012
New York, New York
THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION
A Road Map of Overcoming and Finding Your Essence by Lucinda Cross
For every success story there is a story of overcoming and a high level of endurance. For author Lucinda Cross, her path to success is about facing life’s adversity with faith and courage.
Author and speaker Lucinda Cross plans to keep using her voice as a vessel to uplift, encourage, educate and empower women and young teens to become the best version of themselves. In a world where chaos and confusion is the norm, Lucinda Cross reaches out and touches her audience in the most vulnerable places- their hearts, souls and minds.
The Road to Redemption is an honest examination of how Lucinda Cross does it- how she relates so effectively to her community and her network. In such a simplistic but insightful and meaningful way Lucinda Cross compares her past struggles to the challenges we face every day. Her past has been felt or experienced by all of us. The lessons she learned during her intense hardships are lessons we all can benefit from. At the age of 19yrs in college being sent away for 5 years to Federal Prison; struggles of being a single mother with a dream, leaving corporate America to start her business. But through it all, Lucinda Cross has moved forward encouraging in every setback, mentoring, connecting, and teaching. Her book is an inspirational story and guide of hard-won triumph and optimism over episodes of tragedy and hardships.
Publisher website: www.lucindacross.com/redemption
ISBN-13: 978-0615566061
About the Author: Lucinda Cross is a dynamic speaker with an inspiring story and an incredible ability to touch people’s hearts and souls. She is a master at turning her past into a purpose driven life and teaching others to do the same in their own lives.
Lucinda Cross has transformed and transitioned her life, and has dedicated her life to teaching others how to do the same for personal and professional success.
For media inquires, bookings, or other publicity- please contact:
Jenny Murillo- assistant@lucindacross.com 347-634-5564
Super Woman Activate:Balance is a super power
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle.
To change your life, you must transform yourself and to do that, you must change your habits. Balance is defined on an individual basis just like success. My balancing act is different from your balancing act.
What we are all seeking if I can just speak for you here is energy management not time management. We can not manage time, but we can manage where and how we use our energy (super powers).
I get asked this question all day- maybe 5 times a day. Lucinda, how do you manage it all? I say I don’t. I don’t manage IT? I manage ME, my priorities, my conversations, my undivided attention and my resources.
We are going to do something cool for the next 21 days. Research states that it takes 21 days to break or make a habit. Starting Friday May 11, 2012 we are going on a Super Woman Fast. No capes, no super powers, no kryptonite. We are going to focus on ONE goal for the next 21days, it can be your health, your relationship, balancing your check book, whatever you feel is a priority and we are going to put that long standing obstacle on the DONE list. Are you with me?
Every day you will get an email to push you towards doing less and having more. We will do this together. In my new book The Road to Redemption I have a chapter dedicated to Taking Your Time. We will talk about how you can get a copy later.
As a bonus for signing up you will get my F’ing Up: How to Balance your faith, family, finances, friends and fitness E-product with workbook and Mp3 to match. How cool is that?
Simply sign up by putting in you name, email, one priority you want to work on for the Super Woman Fast.
3 Ways To Set Your Next Presentation On FIRE
Presentations require energy and effort. This will give you the edge you need in order to rock your audience and give them more than what they expect.
Here are 3 ways to set your next presentation on FIRE that I personally use:
- Try your best to find out about your audience and the state of mind they are in. This will help you to craft the right message and have the right amount of energy. Think of what your audience is expecting and then surprise them by doing more.
- Give your audience more than two reasons to invite you back for a repeat performance. Show them that you are an expert in your field. Show your personality, be open and down to earth. Use humor gracefully and graciously.
- Connect with your audience. Intellectual involvement will ignite your them. Get them involved- intellectually, emotionally and maybe physically without over doing it. This allows them to become a part of the performance. (This is what most concert performers do, they get people to sing along, rock and sway, jump and shout. The people feel like they attended one of the best concerts ever because they were a part of the performance.)
* Have a signature opening and closing. You can play music or a movie clip before you start or you can close with an exercise or poem for example. Be creative
After you set your presentation on FIRE and the audience is well fed. Think about what you want to happen next. What action steps do you want your audience to take away after your presentation? Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People stated ” begin with the end in mind.” You should know what you want your audience to come away with and this will help you with delivering a power house, on FIRE presentation.
Check out some presentations on TEDx http://www.ted.com/
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The Silent Killer Is Keeping It A Secret
How many people do you think were freed by Magic Johnson’s story? or Les Brown’s Story? What about Tony Robbins?
What about S. Monique Smith-Person, Advocate for missing and exploited children and author of I Am The Ancestor?
or Christine Carter Founder of The Against All Odds Organization, Geneva Farrow Founder of A Young Mothers D.R.E.A.M and Joan Wilson author of The Corner Woman and Advocate for The National Kidney Foundation to name a few?
From survivors of terminal illness, domestic violence, homelessness, child abuse, exploitation and other test and trails that life dished out. These trail blazers are now living testimonies that are healing a nation and saving communities.
Your mission must be bigger than your scars and wounds from life. You were chosen, you are chosen. You have been through obstacles and challenges and maybe still going and growing through it, but the breakthrough, the comeback, the fact that you are being set up to do something greater is part of the remarkable process.
I applaud you, standing ovation and encore for being unique. Your story is unique, your trials and tribulations are unique and so is the outcome. I have learned to be free, totally. Refusing to allow my past to dictate and predict my future. I refuse to allow my scars and wounds to be the source of my pride but humbled by the fact that I was chosen to go through and grow through the process of strength, tenacity and endurance to prove that I am cut out for my mission. I am not going to allow a “boo boo” or “life hiccup” to keep me in bondage and fear and neither should you.
The silent killer is keeping it a secret. If you are wondering why YOU, look at the benefits of what you can do to heal, save, inspire and uplift OTHERS with your story of victory, overcoming and simply thriving and surviving against all odds.
I challenge you to join the #BeRedeemed movement. Life starts the moment you breath life into your situation. Join me as I am on my Road to Redemption. Read more by clicking here.
Lucinda Cross is available for bookings contact her at lucinda@lucindacross.com
Lucinda Cross is available for coaching and consulting send an email to her assistant Jeny Murillo to get set up assistant@lucindacross.com