Big Rocks of Life Blog

  • The Giddiness of Giving

    Happy New Year! What a wild ride last year was ("2020" is now the new cuss word that we'll have to whisper).  I seriously love New Years. I love n...
  • Getting Unstuck - 5 Motivation Musts

    "I just don't feel like doing anything." I've heard that many times lately from even the most goal driven women. These have been trying time...
  • If tomorrow was the first day (of your new life)…would you be ready?

    Right now it feels like this is never going to end. In fact, days blend into one another, weekends and weekdays blur, and happy hour is no longer r...
  • Work The Problem

    50 years ago this month, the Apollo 13 crew was in a devastating situation and had to use a lot of problem solving to get home, which they did succ...
  • This is our year!....Wait, what just happened??

    Well this is not how we thought this year would go at ALL. We had such big plans, lots of goals, and we were off to a great start. Almost overnight...
  • 6 Steps to be a Networking Rock Star

    You're at an event and you meet some new people. You have 5 or so meaningful conversations and have a handful of business cards or notes in your jo...
  • Take a (Ferris Bueller's) Day Off

    I have only two speeds. Go go go, or full stop. There are (most) days when I start early, and keep going until I fall into bed (too late) at night....
  • Pick Me, Pick Me

    Had an amazing time at Dayton Business Journal's annual Mentoring Monday event! It was an honor to be among such great company with all my fellow m...
  • Yes, you've still got this!

    Well we're a few days in to the new year and the storm of motivational posts is slowing. In fact, I'm noticing some of us are thinking of giving up...
  • The BHP - Big Hairy Project

    That feeling when you get that BIG HAIRY PROJECT done!

    This was me at 11pm last night after being glued to the laptop all. damn. day! It was due and I wanted the monkey off my back. I kept at it and hit send! WOOHOO!

    Here are three tips to tackle that BHP:

  • Brace for it - the milestone birthday is coming!

    July 29, 2019 I’m going to remember this day. It’s a day when it all came together. I talk a lot about striving for your goals, practicing gratitu...
  • Welcome!

    I’m Lissa, welcome to the Big Rocks of Life®, my new blog! 

    Like a lot of you, I’m trying to do it all – a million things going on, never satisfied, and not stopping to smell the roses (as my mother always tells me).

    I plan to squeeze every ounce out of this life I have, to make the most of time with my family, my career, my personal life. I want it all. Don’t we all?!