#Practice

Four Steps for Redirecting Negative Self-Talk

Apr 18, 2017
2 min

Four Steps for Redirecting Negative Self-Talk

I learned the hard way that even after you experience success, you still have to deal with rejection and feelings of self-doubt. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, rejection hurts. Even very accomplished individuals experience imposter syndrome. The only difference is, the truly successful professional has routines and rituals for rebounding! Here are four steps for redirecting your negative self-talk so you can maintain forward momentum on your efforts. Step 1: What T

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Try This One Simple Trick to Transform Your List Making Efforts

Ariana Friedlander

Apr 10, 2017
2 min

Try This One Simple Trick to Transform Your List Making Efforts

I’m a list maker. There’s just something really satisfying about sitting down and writing out everything that you have to get done…then crossing things off! A lot of productivity perfectionists bemoan list making. It’s not that writing a list is a bad thing. It’s that there’s no prioritization. So most people either start at the top of their list, or with the easiest thing on their list, regardless of its importance in the grand scheme of things. As a result, the important th

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My Journaling Habit Turned 21 Last Week! Here’s What I Learned Looking at My First Journal

Ariana Friedlander

Apr 3, 2017
2 min

My Journaling Habit Turned 21 Last Week! Here’s What I Learned Looking at My First Journal

Last week my journaling habit turned 21 years old…its hard to believe that this habit has persisted for the vast majority of my life. There were many times over those 21 years where I didn’t write for months. And yet here I am, journaling up a storm – writing regularly, using my journal to keep myself organized, well planned and sane. It’s not perfect, my journal doesn’t resemble the meticulously groomed images of bullet journals adorning many Pinterest boards! My handwriting

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Reflection Questions for Time Management

Ariana Friedlander

Mar 28, 2017
3 min

Reflection Questions for Time Management

I rarely feel that way anymore, thanks to the expert guidance of my coaches Jason and Jodi Womack with Get Momentum! And here’s the kicker, I actually get more done now too… It turns out, there is not one simple time management hack that makes these problems disappear. Getting a grip on your time management is more nuanced and personal then a top 10 list of what the most successful people do before 10am. We all have our own work habits, styles, needs and preferences. Managing

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Four Reflection Questions for Being Vulnerable Without Being Self-Effacing

Ariana Friedlander

Mar 13, 2017
2 min

Four Reflection Questions for Being Vulnerable Without Being Self-Effacing

Ariana facilitated a panel on Self-Publishing Without Losing Your Shirt or Your Soul I’ve been speaking a lot at various events in the last few weeks, sharing the Misfit Entrepreneur’s story and encouraging others to be the master of their own entrepreneurial journeys. It’s been thrilling, rewarding and scary (as is always the case when you’re putting yourself out there)! Standing in front of a group of strangers and telling your stories of failure is not typically how peopl

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Four Reflection Questions to Fix a Bad Day

Ariana Friedlander

Mar 6, 2017
2 min

Four Reflection Questions to Fix a Bad Day

Sometimes I just don’t feel on my game. The weather is dreary, it’s cold outside and there’s a fierce wind whipping around. Then there’s a mixup, a no-show for an appointment I re-arranged my entire schedule to accommodate. Things continue to pile-on, car troubles, computer issues, the rude waiter. After a while, I’m ready to pack my bag, crawl into a hole and wait to come out until it’s spring…if only! Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way. As much as I would love to hib

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4 Reflection Questions to Help You Get Started with Your Startup

Ariana Friedlander

Feb 28, 2017
2 min

4 Reflection Questions to Help You Get Started with Your Startup

Ariana presenting on the Business Model Canvas at Fort Collins Startup Week! For the first time since I started publishing weekly journaling prompts on my blog, I’m late! My apologies, this is Fort Collins Startup Week, so naturally I have scheduled all my speaking engagements for Q1 this week…and only two of them are at Startup Week! Anyway, in the spirit of Startup Week, I wanted to share 4 reflection questions to help you get started with your startup. Although, these are

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Try This One Simple Journaling Prompt & Improve Your Mindfulness

Ariana Friedlander

Feb 20, 2017
2 min

Try This One Simple Journaling Prompt & Improve Your Mindfulness

One of the things that I have noticed about how my stream of consciousness journaling has changed over the last few years is that I’ve taken on a new habit. I’ve been writing two words almost daily: “Deep Breath.” Only it’s not just the words, as I write I will inhale deeply and exhale slowly. Sometimes I will breathe in and out deeply and slowly multiple times as I write, “Breathe Deep. Deep Breath. Deep Breath. Deep Breath.” I do this whenever I feel tension rising in my bo

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Four Reflection Questions to Get Moving with Intention When You’re Feeling Stuck

Ariana Friedlander

Feb 6, 2017
2 min

Four Reflection Questions to Get Moving with Intention When You’re Feeling Stuck

For the last month, I’ve been making good progress on my three goals for 2017. I’ve been working out, I deleted the Facebook app from my phone and I’ve been writing weekly blog posts with journaling prompts…that’s right, these posts are actually a part of a bigger goal I have set for myself this year and it has been a STRETCH for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love to write in my journal and I jump at the chance to ask thought provoking questions. But when it comes to writing some

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Three Reflection Questions for Deepening Your Self-Awareness

Ariana Friedlander

Jan 23, 2017
2 min

Three Reflection Questions for Deepening Your Self-Awareness

I’m so fascinated by the correlation between journaling and success that I’ve started interviewing people about their journaling practices. One of the reasons I love journaling is that it deepens my self-awareness. And everyone I have interviewed so far expressed that deeper self-awareness has been one of the benefits of their practice as well. It’s amazing how such a simple act, writing in a journal, can have such a profound impact on how you see yourself and the world. But

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Ariana Friedlander

Jan 18, 2017
3 min

Ariana Friedlander Receives Certification in Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ)

A program that primes the brain for trust, partnership and mutual success Fort Collins, CO (January 17, 2017) Ariana Friedlander, founder of Rosabella Consulting, LLC has earned the prestigious designation of Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) Certified Coach. Ariana is one of 240 coaches world-wide who has earned C-IQ Certified Coach in the inaugural program. She is one of the only Millennials to be Certified in the world and one of four coaches Certified in Colorado. Conver

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Get Started Reviewing Your 2016 Before Planning for 2017

Ariana Friedlander

Dec 27, 2016
2 min

Get Started Reviewing Your 2016 Before Planning for 2017

I know many people are looking forward to ringing in the New Year and leaving 2016 behind! Before you get too excited for 2017 I am going to urge you to look back over this year first, and then look forward to the next one. Giving yourself the time and space to review and reflect on your past struggles and accomplishments, is an important step for making 2017 a breakthrough year. Most of us are likely to over-emphasize the negative and under-emphasize the positive. There’s a

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Putting Yourself Out There Is Hard, Try These Five Things to Ease the Pain

Ariana Friedlander

Nov 16, 2016
3 min

Putting Yourself Out There Is Hard, Try These Five Things to Ease the Pain

I know how hard it is to put yourself out there. It’s a big part of why I wrote A Misfit Entrepreneur’s Guide to Building a Business Your Way. And with the release of the book still minty fresh, I am living these challenges as we speak! You see, I sometimes have a strong physical reaction to putting myself out there, as in I physically become ill. It happened right after I first started publishing a draft of A Misfit Entrepreneur’s Guide on my blog. And it happened again

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Ariana Friedlander

Sep 19, 2016
3 min

4 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs are Readers

That skill is literacy. Henry Truman once said, “every leader is a reader.” The corollaries between leadership and entrepreneurship are strong, which suggests that entrepreneurs are readers too. In case you’re still questioning the association, let me give you four reasons why entrepreneurs are readers: A Journey of Mastery Entrepreneurship is a journey of mastery. One never arrives at being an all knowing entrepreneur. It is a continuous process of living and learning. Th

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7 Tips for Getting Along Better with Millennials, Gen Xers and Boomers In the Workplace

Ariana Friedlander

Jun 30, 2016
2 min

7 Tips for Getting Along Better with Millennials, Gen Xers and Boomers In the Workplace

I recently led a workshop at the Larimer County Workforce Center called, Love Millennials, Hate Millennials: We All Just Need to Get Along! In it we did an activity from, Conversational Intelligence, called “Double Clicking,” where we discussed what it means to get along. While the notion of getting along is elementary, the reality is that we all have a different understanding of what it means to do it. These 7 tips for getting along better with Millennials, Gen Xers and Boom

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5 Tips for Being More Present in Conversations and Meetings

Ariana Friedlander

May 26, 2016
3 min

5 Tips for Being More Present in Conversations and Meetings

Giving into the constant distractions becomes a nasty habit. It’s even a crutch for some. The buzz of your phone with news, the urgency of your co-workers request, it can be invigorating. Learning how to ignore nearly everything so that you are focusing your attention solely on being in the moment of an important conversation is hard. Being present may not feel as energizing as being the go to person in an “emergency” but over the long-term it is more sustainable for your

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Why the Bike? Misfits Want Freedom Thru Entrepreneurship

Ariana Friedlander

Jan 28, 2016
2 min

Why the Bike? Misfits Want Freedom Thru Entrepreneurship

For me a bike represents the ultimate freedom. You have mobility without being cash strapped because of excessive car payments. Or being victim to the ebb and flow of gas prices. And you can enjoy a deeper connection to your surroundings. Ah, yes, riding a bike is the best. Which, is why I decided to use biking as a visual for A Misfit Entrepreneurs Guide to Building a Business Your Way. For myself and many others, entrepreneurship is a choice we make to exercise and enjoy ou

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Starting 2014 with Your Best Self Yet: Improving Productivity and Enhancing Performance

Ariana Friedlander

Jan 8, 2014
3 min

Starting 2014 with Your Best Self Yet: Improving Productivity and Enhancing Performance

Last May I wrote about my journey creating good workflow habits. I joked that the challenge for me was in creating good habits for the un-habitualized (did I really make that word up?). Of course, the reality was, it’s not that I didn’t have habits, I just happened to have some bad habits…and we all grapple with such demons. With the New Year here, I feel inspired by the notion of starting off 2014 with “Your Best Self Yet.” And so I reflect on my own journey improving produc

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A Birth Story: The Participatory Facilitator (Part 3)

Ariana Friedlander

Sep 25, 2013
2 min

A Birth Story: The Participatory Facilitator (Part 3)

We had two ½ day retreats scheduled. The purpose: strategic planning for a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal). Suffice it to say, 8 hours wasn’t going to cut it. But even if we scheduled 8 days for these discussions, we still would not have made much progress; not with the facilitator that was running the show, not without discussing the elephant in the room. by Leo Cullum She was a nice enough lady, with over 30 years of experience facilitating, yet her approach felt quite mech

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Ariana Friedlander

May 24, 2012
3 min

Admirables: George Ira Carroll (Part 1)

“You know you’re a little bit crazy.” Those were the first 6 words I heard George Ira Carroll say to my colleague in a quiet room in front of everyone at Conscious Business Connection (CBC)! My jaw dropped, but luckily my colleague agreed with a big sh*t eating grin on her face, “Yeah….?” George Ira Carroll I think it is safe to say that George Ira Carroll has perfected the art of shock and awe. For the 30 minutes following that he proceeded to delve into the depths of an ent

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