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Melissa Venable

Rockin' a FabYOUlous life as an author, speaker, blogger, coach and consumer of way too much caffeine. Let me help you to ditch the drab and find your FAB--it's possible and it's FUN!

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Don’t be Derailed by these Five Motivation Myths

846f76_1fe45588ea7c40d2854c1741f8c19cd1Ah January–what a tease you are. You start off so fresh and full of hope as you tempt us with the promise of a new year, new hopes, new dreams and new determination. But then you turn on us. Your nights are long and dark and your days are cold. The promises that we wanted to so much to believe in turned out to be lies and the goals that we were so fired up about now seem like nothing more than wishful thinking…and it’s only January 10th.
What happened? Where did all of our commitment to a new and improved version of ourselves go? How can all of the motivation that we had in abundance on January 1st now be so, so…gone?
I’ll tell you what happened…we bought into the lies. We were sold a bill of goods and banked our improved futures on these Five Motivational Myths. Fortunately for those of us who were duped, there is a way to counter each of these damaging myths and rebound in a way that can take us even higher than we had originally hoped…keep reading.
Five Motivational Myths and How to Counter Them

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Nail that Interview

Diverse Attractive Business TeamGood for you! You followed these steps and found your dream job, you perfected your resume after implementing these tips and now you’ve been called in for an interview. Don’t let your positive momentum get bogged down by interview stress. You’ve made it this far in the process so you obviously possess many of the traits that the employer is looking for–now it is your time to shine and show them just exactly why you are the perfect candidate for the job.

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Top 10 Secrets of Fab-YOU-lously Motivated People

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It’s January 6th as I’m typing this and the talk at the office today centered around how many of my co-workers had already broken their New Year’s resolutions. I personally don’t make resolutions (click here to read why) but I do understand the frustration of setting a goal only to run out of steam before it is realized.

Motivation is a key element when it comes to reaching any goal and yet, despite its critical importance, motivation can be so difficult to understand and even harder to maintain.

People who have learned to master motivation are able to consistently accomplish significant feats such as running marathons, writing books, losing weight, building businesses, getting out of debt etc. In fact, with the right motivation, anyone can accomplish just about anything–but what exactly is motivation and how do we hang on to it when the going gets tough? 

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31 Questions for 31 Days

January 2016

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If you’ve studied any philosophy in high school or college, you’ve no doubt heard of The Socratic Method. It is a form of inquiry (named after the classical Greek philosopher, Socrates) that is based upon asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been one to ask a lot of questions. I’m sure that this sometimes annoyed my parents and exasperated my teachers, but asking questions is how I learned to satisfy my curiosity about the many interesting things in the world around me. Once I was in college however; my academic advisor taught me the value of asking questions in order to gain understanding not just of the world around me, but also of the things that were going on inside of me. Not only did this help me to finally decide upon a major–it also helped me to become more connected to my inner being and more sure of the direction that I wanted my life to take.

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Year End Round-Up of our Most Fab-YOU-lous Posts

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Can you believe that it is the LAST day of 2015?!? What a year it has been! As we look forward to all of the excitement and promise of a brand spankin’ new year, we thought that it would also be fun to take a look back at some of the most popular FabYOUlous Life posts from 2015. These posts are ones that received the most feedback, shares, comments and likes from our FabYOUlous Life readers in 2015. We hope that you enjoy this recap of past favorites and look forward to all of the FabYOUlousness that we will be bringing your way in 2016. Have a safe and festive New Year’s celebration and be sure to check in tomorrow as we bring you 31 Questions for 31 Days: A Quick Start Guide to Launching Your FabYOUlous New Year.