My journey to a healthy lifestyle has been one of my greatest challenges. How could I find the right INFORMATION for me? Prior to finding TOPS, trust me when I say that I tried almost everything to lose weight. Since there seems to be so much INFORMATION available on any topic I wish to refract on, how do I know…
I am resisting the mindset to call this next sign, or any sign in this Follow The Signs series, as the most important. One might say I will not give in to the temptation to do so. The YIELD sign is indeed another sign that I have come across on my journey to a healthy lifestyle. Its importance stems from…
Before I get too far into the list of signs, I must post the SAFETY FIRST sign. The message that the journey to a healthier lifestyle needs to be done sensibly has been ingrained in my brain since I joined TOPS over twenty years ago. Understanding that it was for SAFETY FIRST seemed very smart. I will admit, prior to…
Here is the second sign of my new series and you all must be wondering: Is it the last one? No, but I do need to STOP. Many times during my journey to a better and healthier life, I needed to STOP. I needed this time to assess where I was and whether I should make a course correction. It…
I am excited to announce my next blog series for Refracted Fridays. I have shared my thoughts and opinions while I took “Aim for the Stars” and looked for “SENSE-ble Healthy Living” just by using the basic elements of life from the “Periodical Table of TOPS.” This new series called, TOPS Healthy Lifestyle: Follow the Signs will share my refracted…
How do you measure your success? Management consultant Peter Drucker once said, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Some aspects of success are easy to manage and measure. Wealth, a good job and social status are a few that quickly come to mind. Business owners seek to stay in the black and not in the red. Repeat customers and…
I hope you have enjoyed my Refracted Friday blog series over the past few years as much as I have enjoyed putting them together. Finding a theme to write about helps convey a message. Whether it’s Aim for the Stars, A SENSE-ble Look at Healthy Living or the recent Periodical Table of TOPS, each blog had a different theme (that…