Top Inspirational Quotes

1. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill
2. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs
3. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein
4. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost
5. If you can dream it, you can do it. –Walt Disney
6. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky
7. I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan
8. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth
9. Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone
10. Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon
11. We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale
12. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain
13. Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –John Maxwell
14. If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins
15. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar
    

Truliving: Miso-Honey Glazed Salmon

Truliving: Miso-Honey Glazed Salmon:  

Miso-Honey Glazed Salmon

 

Recipe: Miso-Honey Glazed Salmon

This healthy, decadent salmon dish containing one of chef and author Candice Kumai's signature pantry must-haves, honey.


Miso-Honey Glazed Salmon
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons organic miso paste
2 tablespoons rice or red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 teaspoons roasted sesame oil
4 6-ounce, 1-inch thick salmon filets
1 tablespoon black sesame seeds (optional)
2 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
Nonstick cooking spray

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Whisk miso with vinegar, soy sauce, honey, and oil to make a smooth glaze.

2. Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place the salmon filets skin-side down in the pan and brush with about half of the glaze. Refrigerate to marinate for 15 to 30 minutes.

3. Brush the salmon with any additional glaze and bake about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and scallion.

Seven Must have's for your Pantry

Here's the seven items you should have in your pantry and why, courtesy Candice Kumai for Shape.com. "Not only will they add deep, rich flavors to your meals, but each ingredient also provides tons of amazing health benefits," she says.

1. Extra Virgin Olive Oil

The ultimate pantry must-have, extra virgin olive oil benefits both your cooking and your health. Research shows that a diet rich in extra virgin olive oil (approximately four tablespoons per day) can reduce your risk of heart disease. Plus, it's high in monounsaturated fats, the "good fats" that can help lower cholesterol and insulin levels in your body.

This versatile oil can be used in dressings, marinades, soups, sauces, and to sauté fish, poultry, and vegetable dishes. It can also be used as a butter substitute when baking to enhance the taste of baked goods.

2. Balsamic Vinegar

Balsamic vinegar is the perfect low-calorie (just about 14 per tablespoon!) pantry staple to add a touch of acidity to salads, marinades, pasta sauces, and more. Vinegar contains polyphenols, antioxidants that can help lower cholesterol levels and improve your body's immune system. Your digestive system can also benefit from a dash or two of balsamic: Vinegar has been shown to boost the activity of pepsin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, regulates metabolism, and controls your blood sugar, which can increase the satiety of a meal.

3. Dijon Mustard

With only five calories per teaspoon, this pantry staple helps keep dressings, sauces, and sandwiches low-calorie yet still flavorful. Made from mustard seed and white wine, Dijon has a strong acidic flavor. It also works as an excellent binding ingredient, meaning it can help to hold and emulsify dressings, marinades, and sauces.

Not only is Dijon mustard the perfect topper for burgers, bratwurst, hot dogs, and sandwiches, but it also makes a delicious salad dressing.

4. Honey

You already know honey is an excellent natural sweetener for your cup of tea, but did you know it also packs a ton of health benefits into each tablespoon? It's chock full of antioxidants and boasts topical antibiotic properties, thanks to its ability to produce small amounts of hydrogen peroxide. So this pantry staple can even be used to treat cuts and scrapes!

Drizzle honey in coffee, tea, and granola, use it when baking, or mix it into dressings and marinades.

5. Tamari Soy Sauce

Used for centuries by the Japanese to enhance flavor, tamari is a variety of soy sauce made from fermented soybeans that's wheat-free. It's a great alternative to standard soy sauce for anyone with a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease. Even if you're not affected by these health issues, try using tamari in place of regular soy sauce in Asian dishes-it's higher in protein, smoother, and more flavorful than regular soy sauce. Tamari also contains tryptophan, an amino acid that helps your body produce niacin and serotonin, which can improve your sleep and mood.

Tamari is great in marinades, dressings, sauces, and soups, or to drizzle on some roasted vegetables.

6. Sriracha

Declared the best tasting hot sauce in the market by Cooks Illustrated, Srirachra hot sauce is gaining popularity with its simple blend of jalapeños, vinegar, sugar, salt, and garlic. This authentic Vietnamese sauce adds a hot and spicy flavor that seriously boosts the taste of any dish with just a few drops. Plus, the capsaicin from the hot peppers can help boost your metabolism and rev your fat-burning engine!

From soups to tacos to eggs, you name it-you can put Srirachi on it!

7. Flaxseed

Full of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, flaxseeds also contain fiber for better digestion. What's more, the anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3s help your skin look radiant. To ensure your body absorbs all these amazing benefits, consume flaxseed in ground or "meal" form.

Flax can be used in so many ways: Toss them in cereal, granola, or eggs, add them to recipes for baked goods, sprinkle them on yogurt or ice cream, or used them to coat fish or chicken. Here's my favorite recipe for flaxseed-crusted salmon.

Thinking Outside the Box

Thinking outside the box is more than just a business cliché. It means approaching problems in new, innovative ways; conceptualizing problems differently; and understanding your position in relation to any particular situation in a way you’d never thought of before. Ironically, its a cliché that means to think of clichéd situations in ways that aren’t clichéd.
We’re told to “think outside the box” all the time, but how exactly do we do that? How do we develop the ability to confront problems in ways other than the ways we normally confront problems? How do we cultivate the ability to look at things differently from the way we typically look at things?
Thinking outside the box starts well before we’re “boxed in” – that is, well before we confront a unique situation and start forcing it into a familiar “box” that we already know how to deal with. Or at least think we know how to deal with.
Here are a few ways to beef up your out-of-the-box thinking skills. Make an effort to push your thinking up to and beyond its limit every now and again – the talents you develop may come in handy the next time you face a situation that “everybody knows” how to solve.

1. Study another industry.

I’ve learned as much about teaching from learning about marketing as I have from studying pedagogy – maybe more. Go to the library and pick up a trade magazine in an industry other than your own, or grab a few books from the library, and learn about how things are done in other industries. You might find that many of the problems people in other industries face are similar to the problems in your own, but that they’ve developed really quite different ways of dealing with them. Or you might well find new linkages between your own industry and the new one, linkages that might well be the basis of innovative partnerships in the future.

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2.Take a class.

Learning a new topic will not only teach you a new set of facts and figures, it will teach you a new way of looking at and making sense of aspects of your everyday life or of the society or natural world you live in. This in turn will help expand both how you look at problems and the breadth of possible solutions you can come up with.

3. Read a novel in an unfamiliar genre.

Reading is one of the great mental stimulator's in our society, but it’s easy to get into a rut. Try reading something you’d never have touched otherwise – if you read literary fiction, try a mystery or science fiction novel; if you read a lot of hard-boiled detective novels, try a romance; and so on. Pay attention not only to the story but to the particular problems the author has to deal with. For instance, how does the fantasy author bypass your normal skepticism about magic and pull you into their story? Try to connect those problems to problems you face in your own field. For example, how might your marketing team overcome your audiences normal reticence about a new “miracle” product?

4. Write a poem.

While most problem-solving leans heavily on our brain’s logical centers, poetry neatly bridges our more rational left-brain though processes and our more creative right-brain processes. Though it may feel foolish (and getting comfortable with feeling foolish might be another way to think outside the box), try writing a poem about the problem you’re working on. Your poem doesn’t necessarily have to propose a solution – the idea is to shift your thinking away from your brain’s logic centers and into a more creative part of the brain, where it can be mulled over in a non-rational way. Remember, nobody has to ever see your poem…

Just a little walk

Did you know that, that just a little walk goes a long way? We can't always get out to take a walk
in the neighborhood, or at the local mall, so take a walk at home!  You don't have time???Just 15 minutes can really help a lot!
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Meatless Mondays Recipe

Roasted Mushroom Medley

Roasting mushrooms brings out their natural earthiness, enhancing their flavor.

• Serves	Cook Time	Prep Time
  Serves 4 - 6	40 minutes	15 minutes

   Ingredients 
• • 2 Pounds Mixed Fresh Mushrooms
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, Chopped
  • 1/2 Cup Olive Oil
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1 Teaspoon Chopped Fresh Rosemary
  • 1 Teaspoon Chopped Fresh Sage
  • 1/4 Cup Chopped Fresh Parsley
  • 1 Teaspoon Balsamic Vinegar

• Directions:

  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  Wipe the mushrooms with a clean, damp cloth and trim stems.
  Slice the mushrooms into pieces no larger than 2 inches in size.
  Mix the olive oil with the garlic, herbs and seasonings in an ovenproof casserole dish large enough to fit all of the mushrooms.
  Add the mushrooms, and mix well, coating the mushrooms with the flavored oil.
  Bake for about 30 to 40 minutes, or until cooked through.
  Remove from the heat, and drizzle with the balsamic vinegar.