Karen Salmansohn Quotes

At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person.

View your life with KINDSIGHT. Stop beating yourself up about things from your past. Instead of slapping your forehead and asking, “What was I thinking,” breathe and ask yourself the kinder question, “What was I learning?

What if I told you 10 years from now your life would be exactly the same? Doubt you'd be happy. So, why are you afraid of change?

It's essential you create a fiery will from within--harness that power of decisiveness--and choose to be your strongest self.

God is even in a single parent household.

Sometimes it's better to end something & try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible.

life is too short for fake butter or fake people.

I try to fill the emptiness deep inside me with Cheetos, but I am still depressed. Only now my fingers are stained orange. I am blue. And I am orange.

Sometimes you don't get closure, you just move on.

I'd rather have an enemy who admits that they hate me, than a friend who secretly puts me down.

The hardest thing about "everything happens for a reason" is waiting for that reason to show up.

All things which greatly hurt me greatly teach me

Your mission: Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate,regret or fear.

It's very possible and very okay to forgive someone and still not want to spend time with them

I realize nobody's coming to save me. I must save myself. I must be my own super hero. Although I am open to a sidekick.

Happiness is not about what happens to you, but how you choose to respond to what happens.

Remember: If someone's trying to pull you down that means they're already beneath you.

You know you're in a good place when you no longer are interested in looking back. You prefer to enjoy the journey.

A lot of the pain you are dealing with right now is really just your thoughts.

Your mission: May you continue to shine no matter the storms you have been through.

If someone keeps bringing you down, perhaps it's time to get up and leave

I'm not angry anymore. I'm just really disappointed about who you turned out to be.

Do not worry, my sweet one. Just as night is followed by day, so too your dark times will be followed by brighter days ahead.

When you realize how much you're worth, You'll stop giving people discounts.

Don't focus on who let you down. Appreciate who lifted you up. Don't focus on who darkened your days. Appreciate who brightened them.

Some people only hate you because of the way other people love you.

Seek out the good in the bad, the happy in your sad, the gain in your pain, what make you grateful, not hateful.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life, you don’t need to be gorgeous, rich, famous, brilliant, or perfect. You just have to care.” – Karen Salmansohn

Just as physical wounds heal at different rates in different people, so do emotional wounds. Everyone has different needs and speeds.

It's easy to become married. Millions of people do it every year. If you want to pressure me to become something, hey, why not pick something a little more challenging—like an astrophysicist.

If you don't love yourself it's tough to love anything about your life. Appreciating who you are is essential to your happiness.

Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be.

Don't just write a "To Do" list. Write a "To Be" list.

True love is not a wish list but a “wish feeling.” And the number one feeling—even before the feeling of love—is the feeling of safety. Without feeling safe, you will never feel true love. You must have trust in your partner’s character and prioritize finding a partner who is honest, communicative, and empathic—someone who values growing—so you can feel safe to vulnerably be your truest core self with him—and then together the two of you can support one another to grow into your best possible selves.

We've all loved someone way too freakin' much.

At some point you are going to want to give up. Consider this a reminder: Don't you dare.

Often what feels like the end of the world is really a challenging pathway to a far better place.

You know what's sexy? A person who's been through a life challenge, and comes out with insights, more depth, and a fiery passion to face forward, forward, forward!

If you don't listen to your animal instincts, you are placing too much importance on knowledge thereby not being wise.

You are stronger than your challenges and your challenges are making you stronger.

Water is the most essential element of life, because without water, you can´t make coffee.

When in a negatively charged state, be careful about the decisions you make.

With enough coffee anything is possible

Forgiveness is not an event. It is a series of decisions made over and over again.

Let go of your worries. Hold on to this moment.

Better days are coming! They're called Saturday and Sunday.

If someone doesn't like what you bring to the table in a relationship, let them eat alone.

Collect moments not things.

Who you truly are as a person is best revealed by who you are during times of conflict and crisis.

It's not only the event itself, but the way we explain it to ourselves that causes depression.

You know what's just as powerful as a good cup of coffee in the morning? Starting your day with some good, loving thoughts. It can change how your whole day unfolds.

Sometimes you have to go through the worst, to get to the best. Keep moving forward. Be patient.

Please do not become so hurt by life that when someone loving comes along, or something good happens, you resist allowing the love and joy in.

I wish that people would stop destroying other people just because they were once destroyed.

If you want to make a difference in someone's life, you don't need to be gorgeous, rich, famous, brilliant or perfect. you just have to care.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

I need a time out. Send me to the beach and don't let me come back until my attitude changes.

Don't let your loyalty become your slavery.

Look for the exceptions to the rule--and let these rule your spirit.

For best results, apply regularly.

Examine what you tolerate. What you put up with you end up with. What you allow continues. Reevaluate the costs and your worth.

Please never stop wanting to collect seashells, taste snowflakes. blow bubbles, smell beautiful flowers, smile at dogs, be amazed by rainbows...okay?

Beauty is nothing without brains & heart.

Remember. It's called a soulmate. Not an egomate. Not a walletmate. Not a lustmate.

Write a complaint letter. Then answer it.

Throw out old clothes and shoes, and train your brain to get rid of old thoughts and ideas.

Give yourself a break to avoid a breakdown.

Life is short. Be silly. Have fun. Love the people who treat you right, forget the ones who don't. Regret nothing. Believe everything happens for a purpose… and seek that purpose!

My life got happier when I trusted my gut to tell me when to open the door or close the door. There is joy to be found in keeping away from people & situations which could harm my self-respect my peace my worth.

It's time to embrace what is...and let go of what you wanted to happen

Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to someone you love. Shush your inner bully. Be your own bestie.

One of my favorite things: good conversation with good friends.

Water is the most essential element in life, because without it you can't make coffee.

Do what you can to avoid or neutralize conversations which put people down. Think with your heart.

Not everyone has to like you. Not everyone has taste.

I don't do hurry I don't do worry.

Love people for who they are and not for who you want them to be. That's where the disconnection starts.

feeling means your dealing means your healing

Time not only heals, time reveals

Anger is a boomerang.

Life is short. So do the things which make you happy. And be with people who make you happy. Look for the good in every day - even if some days you have to look harder.

You gotta faith it to make it! Looking for a miracle to happen? Consider that perhaps something not happening was your miracle.

Never go shopping for kiwis in a shoe store.

Love the people who treat you right pray or the people who don't

Stop worrying about what tomorrow may bring. Focus on what you can control. Stay positive. Enjoy today. Expect good things to come.

Your mission: feel good about who you are, what you do, how you think, and how you look--without needing anybody's approval!

Step into my shoes follow my journey my mountains my valleys my surprise potholes and if you can keep going the way I keep going perhaps you'll understand my choices & strength.

You are a fine piece of china. Don't let anyone treat you like a paper plate.

Breathe more. Bitch less.

Why feel blue when there's sooooo many other colors you can feel.

Smile. Be happy. Whatever's happening...nothing sucks forever.

Everything in life comes with a pooper scooper factor

Sometimes you're taken into troubled waters not to drown but to be cleansed

A good friend is someone who is there for me when i'm glad or sad...who I can laugh madly with or cry badly with.

don't let the pursuit of happiness stop you from being happy right here, right now.

Do you ever feel like you're not even friends with sme of your friends?

You're allowed to be sad and angry. You're not allowed to give up.

Don't let the darkness of your past block the light of joy in your present. What happened is done. Stop giving time to things that no longer exist when there is so much joy to be found in the here and now.

Just because life is full of craziness doesn't mean you must go crazy. You can experience outer chaos and still find inner peace. Nothing even needs to change outside of you for you to find calm inside of you. This inner calm is available at all times. Just breathe.

One way to get a life and keep it is to put energy into being an S&M (success and money) queen. I first heard this term in Karen Salmansohn’s fabulous book The 30-Day Plan to Whip Your Career Into Submission. Here’s how to do it: be a star at work. I don’t care if you flip burgers at McDonald’s or run a Fortune 500 company. Do everything with totality and excellence. Show up on time, all the time. Do what you say you will do. Contribute ideas. Take care of the people around you. Solve problems. Be an agent for change. Invest in being the best in your industry or the best in the world! If you’ve been thinking about changing professions, that’s even more reason to be a star at your current job. Operating with excellence now will get you back up to speed mentally and energetically so you can hit the ground running in your new position. It will also create good karma. When and if you finally do leave, your current employers will be happy to support you with a great reference and often leave an open door for additional work in the future. If you’re an entrepreneur, look at ways to enhance your business. Is there a new product or service you’ve wanted to offer? How can you create raving fans by making your customer service sparkle? How can you reach more people with your product or service? Can you impact thousands or even millions more? Let’s not forget the M in S&M. Getting a life and keeping it includes having strong financial health as well. This area is crucial because many women delay taking charge of their financial lives as they believe (or have been culturally conditioned to believe) that a man will come along and take care of it for them. This is a setup for disaster. You are an intelligent and capable woman. If you want to fully unleash your irresistibility, invest in your financial health now and don’t stop once you get involved in a relationship. If money management is a challenge for you, I highly recommend my favorite financial coach: David Bach. He is the bestselling author of many books, including The Automatic Millionaire, Smart Women Finish Rich, and Smart Couples Finish Rich. His advice is clear-cut and straightforward, and, most important, it works.