What Does Success Look Like?

I recently read an article on success and what it means to different people. How many times have we seen graphics with the word success on it with an arrow pointing straight up in the air? Or, what about the steps that go straight up in the air that are often associated with the word success? To me, those aren't true depictions of the word at all. Success to me isn't a straight line. It is a series of squiggly lines eventually pointing in an upward direction. The circle of success, to me, is pretty much summed up as the graphic on the left side of this page.

Each of us has our own belief of what success looks like. That is because we are thinking about OUR success! Your success will not be that of any other person. Just because your neighbor Harry has done this and this to be successful, doesn't mean that will work for you! We each need to establish our own BELIEFS about what it is that will make us successful. We must determine the feelings we will have when we achieve this challenge and why these feelings are important for our success. All this is followed by understanding the POTENTIAL available in all of us to achieve this. What can you do today that will trigger the feelings you want when you're feeling "successful". Take the ACTION to work towards doing things that will give you joy, or whatever feeling it is you are seeking. It won't be easy, but after a few twists and turns, you will see RESULTS!

Cynhumphrey Is Holding An Awesome Sale

I came across a quote from Bill Gates today that certainly hit home. Here it is:

"Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things."

Even though Bill was referring to authors and musicians, I do think it also applies to small business owners. I have been on a mission to get more organized in my Etsy shop and soon realized I should rotate some inventory as a means to make room for new designs. The best way I could figure out how to do that was to have an awesome sale, and that I have done!  Does this mean I am giving up on similiar designs as those being on sale now? Not at all! I just have a lot of different ideas and this special sale will just give me a chance to do new things.

As you can see in the above announcement, I have implemented a SPECIAL COUPON code that will be good until July 31st. By using this code, you will receive a 40% discount on any total purchase of $20 or more. This is an AWESOME sale on some truly one-of-a-kind designs! Hurry on over to the shop of Cynhumphrey by clicking here!

It Started Out As What?

I love to take something ordinary and turn it something completely different! Many terms for this obsession of mine would include recycling, upcycling, or even perhaps the phrase repurposing comes to mind. A lot of my jewelry designs started out, or were, inspired by something of this nature. 

Today, this cute picture was resting in my FaceBook feed and I thought that I'd share this concept with you! Sometimes you can take the simple things and turn them into the most useful items. Our little feathered friends would feel so special when they see you've made something for them! 

Can you guess what this bird feeder was made out of? If you guessed a slinky, you're right! It looks like they bent a wire coat hanger for the base, slid the slinky over the hanger, and added peanuts! How simple!  I bet you could find the materials to make this rather inexpensively too! It's definitely going on my list of things to do!

National Scrabble Week

It's National Scrabble Week! Did you know that the original Scrabble game was just played with tiles and no board? It's also been said that somewhere in the world there are over a million missing Scrabble tiles! Guess what?! I have some of them turned into necklaces! You can check them out here: www.etsy.com/shop/cynhumphrey

           

A resident in an UK senior citizen home was thrown out when she admitted she didn't play Scrabble. Maybe she could have stayed if she had one of these necklaces!