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Magnetizing Positivity: The Nuts and Bolts

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 6, 2019
3 min

Magnetizing Positivity: The Nuts and Bolts

Take a Break from the News. What’s reported is mostly negative. The truth? Good exists in this world and we can forget that when steeped...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 27, 2019
2 min

The London Life Expansion Pact

In 1998 I was on the way back to my hotel from London’s Piccadilly Circus when I met a charming woman on the Underground. She was a...

“You Are the Sum of the Five People You Spend the Most Time with.”

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 20, 2019
2 min

“You Are the Sum of the Five People You Spend the Most Time with.”

Motivational guru Jim Rohn’s observation is a game changer. The key variable in Rohn’s equation is exposure to clean energy: Thoughts....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 13, 2019
2 min

Sleep Your Way to the Top

If you think “sleep is a waste of time” as a colleague once told me during my corporate years, then you are missing out on one of most...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 6, 2019
2 min

The Art of Sloth

In 2017, after deeply focusing on my 12th book, The Writer’s Toy Chest, I seriously needed a break. I spent much of the following day...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 30, 2019
2 min

Bore Into Boredom

If you are bored with something after two minutes, keep doing it for four minutes. If you stay bored, do it for eight, then sixteen...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 23, 2019
2 min

Don’t Set a Clock Be a Clock

During the 24 hours we are allotted daily, each of us is more productive at certain times than others. To set ourselves up for peak...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 16, 2019
3 min

Don’t Force a Schedule, Honor a Rhythm

A big part of managing energy for peak performance is letting go of workhorse mentality: you must take breaks. Otherwise you flame out....

Stand Up For Yourself (By Not Standing Yourself Up)

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 9, 2019
1 min

Stand Up For Yourself (By Not Standing Yourself Up)

What one does is what counts, not what one had the intention of doing. Pablo Picasso Show Up Scenario: you think about setting out for...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 3, 2019
1 min

Be Ruthless

Grant yourself permission. To not wash dishes, do laundry, answer every email, take the call every time the phone rings, text back every...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 26, 2018
1 min

The Voices Inside Your Head

Trust them. Make nice. Don’t denigrate, suppress or spend too much time analyzing them. Rather, befriend and use them to advantage....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 19, 2018
5 min

The Muse, the Posse and Keeping it Hot

When you make music or write or create, it’s really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is...

Purse Prompts: Getting Carried Away with Writing

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 5, 2018
2 min

Purse Prompts: Getting Carried Away with Writing

The purse. Women love to buy them, talk about them, and brag about their attributes. We compliment each other on them, ask if we can...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Nov 21, 2018
1 min

Do It For Love

Get Excited Often, when we set out to “WRITE” we stumble because we are removed from the writing itself. We approach it like a 10th grade...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Nov 14, 2018
3 min

Golf, Bob Dylan, and How to Lead

Fortune Magazine, December 2016 issue; How to Lead Like Zuck by Adam Lashinsky: “Ideas typically do not just come to you,” said Mark...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Nov 7, 2018
2 min

Perfume, Street Gangs and Vampires

So what if your idea isn’t “new.” Don’t be afraid to take a new swing at an old ball. The 1937 Hungarian play, Parfumerie by Miklos...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 31, 2018
4 min

“Perfection Isn’t that Interesting…”

It is more interesting to do things with sincerity and a certain quirkiness,” said late, renowned chef Charlie Trotter. “With perfection,...

Cookin’ the Books: Sizzling Recipes to Spice Up Your Writing

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 24, 2018
5 min

Cookin’ the Books: Sizzling Recipes to Spice Up Your Writing

There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 10, 2018
5 min

Do You Feel Prolific? Well, Do Ya?

Prolific without Pain: Chillax Into Your Best Writing Ever Joyful writing doesn’t come from sitting erect at a computer for hours or in a...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 3, 2018
1 min

To Serve Her Man

A simple woman. A simple plan: Set a trap. Catch a man. Catch a man reel him in. Scrape his gills, crack his fin. Chop his head off rut...