It’s Sunday evening. I’m looking back on the past week and planning for the next one. I’m feeling really good about last week from the perspective of living my values and the values of our family. And it’s good to reflect on this, since I don’t always feel that way at the end of the week! My top five core values are Family Happiness, Personal Development, Spirituality, Passion and Helpfulness. Each of them was honored this week in ways I am proud of.

Our trip to the Texas coast and the time Roger and I both spent in play and conversation with the kids were great ways to live the Family Happiness value. Personal Development earned lots of points for me this week because I attended the eWomen Conference here in Dallas. Amazing experience, and absolutely phenomenal speakers, including Lisa Nichols, Marcia Weider, and Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos. I made lots of new friends and business contacts, and I have dozens of ideas I would like to implement that I picked up through the experience. I’m organizing a couple of group calls with some of the women who also attended so we can  hold each other accountable to the action steps from the conference. Spirituality felt good this week, too, because of meditation and church and a lovely solo I got to sing this morning, and gazing at the ocean for two days. My Passion was honored this week through my interactions with others at the eWomen conference. I spoke passionately about my work, my book, and my Reasons Why YOU ROCK! workshop coming up on Saturday. Without even trying, I sold several books to women who, through informal conversation, were drawn to the story I shared about how the book was created and my vision for the book and its message. My Helpfulness value was pretty well aligned, too, through time scheduled to provide feedback to others, books purchased as gifts that I know will help others, and offering to help hold other women accountable to our conference follow-up through scheduling the group calls I mentioned.

All in all, a great week, and one I’ll want to remember the next time I have a tough one. Like I say in Reasons Why YOU ROCK!, it’s really important to remind ourselves of all the good we do, because we all have a tendency to beat ourselves up for our perceived mistakes and failings. I’m glad I’ve recorded the successes of this week here in my blog because it will be easier for me to review them and get back into this positive feeling when I read about them later.

How about you? What can you feel proud about this week? In what ways did you live your core values?

Speaking of living your values, check out this YouTube video clip from a recent webinar presentation I led called “Live Your Values, Live Your Dreams.”  The webinar was part of series called Reaping Professional Success. Other speakers included best-selling authors Dan Ariely and Susan Fowler, and five other very impressive experts. It was an honor to be part of this expert panel. Let me know what you think of the clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow8RLnHC73c

Here’s wishing you a week of living your values!