I love getting email. My inbox is always full of cool and interesting stuff… like this:

V is for Victory. So is IX. from Womens Sports on Vimeo.

Message: Dear GCW bloggers,

Thanks for doing all that you do to inspire young women to be strong
and confident!  I love the site, and I think that you’re doing
wonderful work.  I wanted to share some info about a girls sports
initiative that I thought might be of interest to your readers:

Have you ever noticed that there’s less equipment, fewer teams,
inferior facilities or less time dedicated to girls sports? The simple
fact is girls have the same rights as boys when it comes to sports at
school. If you don’t think girls are getting fair opportunities,
there’s something you can do about it because it might be against
the law.

Visit: http://www.Vis4Victory.org to learn about Title IX, watch a
video and take a quiz!

Thanks again for your great work!

Sincerely,
Dorothee

Seriously - check this site out!

This is post #6 in the Goal Setting Series. Next: Keeping it all “In Check”

In order to stay motivated to reach your goals, you must review them often.  My summary list is a useful reminder of what I have committed to achieving, but it doesn’t do anything for me if I see the same thing over and over again.  On the first day of each month (or as close to that date as possible) I update my goal sheet with the current statistics.  Once I have that ready, I can immediately see where am with each of my challenges.  The review time allows me to determine which areas may need more attention and which ones I can cut back on temporarily.  As I make progress towards a goal and I can visually see that gap closing between where I am and where I want to be, it pushes me to work harder to make it to the finish line. Read more

I’m going to make this one short and sweet.  Surely by now, most people know who Sarah Palin is.  If you don’t, browse through wikipedia or Google for a sec and come back.  Sarah is making history and she could very well be the first female vice president in America.  Being that she is the subject of much controversy (what female politician hasn’t been?), I thought she might be a good candidate for the Courageous or Crazy section.

Now here is the challenge.  I’m asking you to put aside your political beliefs and party associations.  Let’s look at what Sarah is doing as an individual and as a woman and vote on that aspect rather than her political views.

Sarah is a mother of five and soon to be grandmother.  Not only is she running for vice president, which in itself is a huge undertaking, she is also under the microscope because she is female.  I don’t think anyone would argue that she is more scrutinized than any of her peers.  The media doesn’t just discuss her opinions and voting records, they talk about her hair, her glasses, her legs and heaven forbid she won a few beauty pageants.   I don’t see anyone reporting about the men’s choice of tie or suit color for any events.

Palin seems to be taking it all in stride, but it looks pretty intense to me.  She’s under a lot of pressure and she’s taking a lot of heat and unnecessary criticism as a woman.  So what do you think?  Is she courageous or crazy for running for vice president?  Would any woman running for such a high office be considered courageous or crazy?  Comments are welcome. 

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This is post #5 in the Goal Setting Series. Next:  When To Review

Here’s where it gets tricky.  If you are like me and already have a full schedule with a job, kids and all sorts of other activities, the last thing you want to do is add more stuff to your calendar.  However, if you really want to reach your goals, they have to be in your face on a daily basis.  What do most people look at every day?  Their calendar.  So in order to make our goals “in-your-face-can’t-help-but-make-them-happen”, we’re gonna need to integrate some sort of calendar.

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Meet Tammy from Fort Worth, TX, who took her her passion of creating an anti-bug world and turned it into a full-time career.  Tammy jumped straight into the pest control industry right out of high school and currently, at age 34, owns her own exterminator company.  Yup, she puts on a craw suit (coveralls) and gets under houses to kill creepy crawly things. And she loves it:

I am a girl who can. I’m not afraid of bugs. I just don’t like ‘em.

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