6 Solutions for Women with Much to Do

How to Counter the Urge to Assume Responsibility for Everything.

I'd like to share Mary LoVerde's message in her book, i used to have a handle on life but it BROKE.  It is the six power solutions for women with too much to do...  LoVerde is a motivational speaker and author of other books including the humorous Stop Screaming at the Microwave!   

Often, we work until the wee hours and STILL can't get it all done.

According to LoVerde, "Then don't!"  From this age of time management and Stephen Covey's first things first, and all that,  we've heard and read them all - we've been so brainwashed to think that the only way to manage the mounting chaos in out lives is to take control and organize.


No wonder we have overwhelming to-do lists that leave us feeling exhausted.  *I don't know about you, but my to-do notebook is filling up quite fast these days.*


In this book in front of me now, I Used to Have a Handle on Life but It Broke, LoVerde has a better idea.  She shows us that the opposite of control is not chaos but contentment, and how to counter the natural urge to assume responsibility for everything, as we women often do.

Okay, instead of frustrating and controlling strategies, she gives straightforward techniques for maintaining energy and keeping balance no matter what life throws our way. By recognizing that we often confuse control with power, Mary LoVerde delineates 6 solutions that will help women (sorry, men!) change from striving for control to thriving with true power:

1.  POSE GOOD QUESTIONS - Ask Rightly!

Ask the right questions and reap the rewards.

2. PAY ATTENTION - Listen Up!

Listen with your eyes, give from your heart, and stage a sit-in.

3. PREDICT YOUR ACHILLES' HEEL - Shore Up!

You will turn your weakness into your strength and your failure to success.

4. PARTNER WITH WOMEN - Pair Up for Help!

Together we make a difference. Strength is in unity.

5. PAUSE BEFORE JUDGING - Slow Up!

You'll save yourself and others untold misery.

6. POSITION YOURSELF - Wise Up!

Place your mind, body, and soul in the best possible position to receive all the abundance the universe has to offer.

Sometimes, a result of letting go isn't necessarily a black hole of laundry waiting and unpaid bills, it just might be a life that is light and joyful.