In my previous post I introduced my new framework, The 7L’s for Living a Wonderful Life: L1-Love yourself more; L2-Listen more; L3 Learn more; L4-Laugh more; L5-Let go more; L6-Lounge more; and L7-Love others more, I spoke in some detail about the first L, Loving yourself more. Today, I want to talk about the power of Listening More. Listening well is not something I was gifted with. While my family finds it extremely humorous, I am embarrassed to share that in one of my repo

For most of my life, I have struggled with remembering words to songs, even ones I have sung thousands of times. And it has been a great source of merriment to my family and close friends. Even my 4-year old granddaughter, Estelle, pointed out my failing the other day when I was singing the second verse to “You Are My Sunshine” and she cried out, “Poppy you’re singing the wrong words!” What is amazing to me is that I can sometimes remember the most obscure facts about people’

Last night, after I checked into a hotel in the Bayou of Louisiana, I went to the hotel bar to have a drink, an Old Fashioned, to close the night before heading to my hotel room. The bartender was a kind, young woman who graciously served me. When I asked her, “How long have you worked here?”, she replied, “Oh, I will be coming up on three years very soon.”.  I then proceeded with a statement that was also intended as a question, “I hope that Marriott has treated you well?” W

(This piece is the ninth post in a series on the “The 6Ps for Profound and Positive Living". You can find all writings on the subject by searching 6Ps in the search bar.) There is a reason that my 6th and final P is focused on presence. Since I created the 6Ps as a means to help ground, center and focus me when starting my day, could there be anything more important than to make the most out of my day than being fully present, alive and open to each and every moment? While I