Being Great With People
Sometimes we are not nearly as kind with the people we love as we want to be.
We might be tired. Worried. Distracted.
And we might snap.
We really don’t mean to. It is just a reaction.
And it is human.
Being able to be great with people is important.
Doing this all the time may not quite be realistic, but imagine if this was your usual way.
It only takes a moment to pause; to course correct, and to let off steam before responding.
In fact it starts with being great with ourselves. We are people too.
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
Confidence Is King
Have you ever seen someone succeed and wonder “how could they possibly have made this happen?”
Confidence.
Confidence is everything.
Confidence will help you:
– feel good
– be clear
– take action
Confidence gets you in the door and up to the table in the ‘room where it happens.’
Of course, you need skills and ability and a level of competence.
But being sure of yourself and who you are is so incredibly attractive it draws opportunity in a flash.
Practice – right now just pretend you are confident.
BE confident.
How would a confident person stand? Breathe? Talk? Listen?
Yes. You. Can.
#confidenceisking
#magnetizeyourself
#yesyoucan
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
Fully In Your Power
Are you fully in your power?
And what does that even mean?
Strong. Free. Centered. Focused. Energized. Completely on track.
What might be between you and this ‘fully in your power’ experience?
Reasons. Worry. Pretending. Lethargy. Embarrassment. Ho hum. Being perpetually resigned.
It is time to give it up.
One excuse at a time.
What would you do first?
Yes.
The thought you just had.
Do that.
A whole world of possibilities is waiting for you.
#gogogo
#itisnevertoolatetorecalculate
#onestepatatimeonedirectionatatime
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
Just When You Least Expect It
We can think we have it all figured out.
The routine.
The schedule.
The cast of characters.
And quietly, without any fuss, a shift so big happens in the most natural way you almost can’t believe it just occurred.
Where was the fanfare?
The drama?
The trumpets?
Just when you least expect it, a new realm has arrived.
And the next moment continues as if nothing changed. Except you know everything has.
#doyourbestanditwillshowup
#trust
#justwhenyouleastexpectit
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
You Never Know
You never know when the phone is going to ring.
When your heart is going to start pounding.
When your eyes will be opened.
You never know how the answer will arise.
How the things you want most desperately will appear.
How life is going to show you your power.
Being in the state of wonder is a gift.
Dig deep and live fully, and languish in the not knowing how, when or where it is all coming together.
We might think we know.
But you never really know.
#youneverknowisagoodthing
#itisnevertoolatetogoforwhatyouwant
#youjustmightgetit
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
Love – The Only Frontier
When things are great – give more love.
When things are rocky – give more love.
When things are unthinkable – give more love.
More love to your nearest and dearest.
More love to your enemies.
More love to yourself.
Love is always the answer.
It is the only game in town worth playing. The only frontier.
How can you give just a little more love in every moment?
In every minute?
All day long?
Breathe it in. Breathe it out. Bask in its “wrapped in a warm blanket-ness”
You may not always see it but it is always there.
You can trust me on this one.
#givealittlemorelove
#allyouneedisloveandamilliondollars
#theonlygameworthplaying
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
Make Plans
When you are thinking you are creating.
When you are worrying you are creating.
When you are dreaming you are creating.
Make plans.
Plans that make your heart sing.
Write them down.
If all goes to plan you will enjoy reaching your destination.
If there are detours you will see new scenery.
If it all turns upside down you can always #recalculate, course correct, start again.
You can choose to make plans for your glorious future, or life will make them for you.
From your heart to your hand to the page you are the person in the driver’s seat of your experience.
Pick up a pen and start writing.
#itisnevertoolatetorecalculate
#youcanreachyourdestination
#moveintothedriversseatandgogogo
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
Magnificent Surprises
Are you open to amazing things happening today?
Having great opportunities just show up?
Being ready to receive the good stuff?
Our mindset is extremely powerful. If we are focused on how tired we are, how much we need to do and how we might be able to just survive through our next deadline, there is very little room for magnificent surprises to arise.
Stop the action.
Close your eyes.
Take a breath.
Make a deal with yourself to be on the lookout for amazingness.
It might be right there.
#beingopen
#ifyoucanthinkityoucancreateit
#itisnevertoolatetorecalculate
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
Trying To Be Something You’re Not
Wanting to be loved.
Wanting to fit in.
Wanting to feel a part of it.
Many, many days and years of my life were spent this way.
It is exhausting.
Confusing.
A game that cannot be won.
The journey to being our true selves is a life’s work, and one worth taking.
Vow to:
…say only what you mean.
…be with the people who welcome you with love.
…trust yourself to know exactly how to be in every moment.
#befree
#beyou
#beloved
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com
Making It Better
We are only ever lifting things up or dragging them down.
Every thought.
Every action.
Every single moment.
Changing the world is a big job. But it all starts with the tiny, consistent steps.
We can all do our part.
Ask yourself the question:
“Am I making it better?”
…before just about any decision you make.
What a way to live.
#makingitbetterisagreatgametoplay
#recalculateyourwaytosuccess
@thegpsgirl
Karen Jacobsen is The GPS Girl®, giving directions as the speaking voice of “Australian Karen” in over 400 million GPS and smartphone devices around the world. A professional speaker, singer and voice-over artist, Karen travels the world speaking and performing concert-style keynotes to groups who want to be able to Recalculate and give their best in business and life. Karen has enjoyed wide media coverage, but she was told she had really made it when she was a clue in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Sharing the bill with Norah Jones, Neil Sedaka and Christopher Cross, she has performed national anthems at many major sporting events including the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. Karen Jacobsen is the Immediate Past President of the National Speakers Association-New York City, and with an eight year old son has plenty of opportunity to Recalculate on a daily basis. Her new book RECALCULATE – Directions for Driving Performance Success is now available.
Connect with her @thegpsgirl on Twitter and Facebook.com/thegpsgirl and for more info visit thegpsgirl.com