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Use your problem as a solution. A common issue I

Use your problem as a solution.

A common issue I see in businesses and organizations is how quickly leadership declares someone or something a “problem”. And once the label is affixed, stories, not facts, drive the conversation.

This applies not only in the workplace or in the world of athletics, but also in our homes and personal lives.

While the concept of “the story I tell myself” may seem like a modern addition to the world of personal growth, it can be found in the teachings of one of my favorite Stoic philosophers, Epictetus. Two thousand years ago, he explained the importance of keeping judgment removed from facts and how easily we insert our bias and stories into the actions of others. Clouding factual reality with our own scripted reality show.

We label something/someone as bad. And subsequently cut off any chance of seeing it/their value in another role.

More often than we realize, something that previously was viewed as a problem, is a solution for another situation.

The clay heavy soil around our home continues to cause us very expensive foundation and retaining wall issues. The very same clay is what I have used to secure the thousands of pounds of stone over the last week.

The very properties of clay that created the foundation mess, are what makes it ideal for my uses in this project.

A mindful leader is able to recognize the properties that makes someone unfit for a current position but sees how those traits are needed in another.

A mindful parent understands that the very thing that makes their child “difficult” can also be the thing that makes them great.

A hammer will never be great at screwing something in, but it’s not a bad tool, and you’ll really regret throwing it out when you find yourself with a nail.

Free Mindful Leadership Workshops, plus BMK consulting information can be found at beckysmindfulkitchen.com

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I refuse to take these days, these moments, the st

I refuse to take these days, these moments, the strength of my body for granted.

The hours of physical hard work put into building BMK into the place it is today and will continue to grow into being, are gifts I store away in my memory treasure box. Gifts to unwrap when the day comes that I cannot stay into the night moving heavy stones.

Some might say that I should spend my time elsewhere in the business- spend it making money.

I don’t play by the rules created by others when it comes to business.

I don’t put my name on anything I don’t create. I know each step you walk out here, because I built the trails. I believe in doing the work. I grow more from spending a week building a hillside of stone than I would marketing or trying to book new clients.

It is in the dark of the night, the silence of the moon, that I get to let my mind wander, and my dreams touch reality.

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How am I going to move 15 tons of stone? The sa

How am I going to move 15 tons of stone?

The same way I would move 1 ton.

1 wheel barrow load at a time.

We waste so much time trying to find hacks, short cuts, and clever ways to tackle daunting obstacles, avoiding action at all costs. We allow ourselves to overthink a problem, to make it bigger and more intimidating than it actually is.

I can move a wheelbarrow of stone down my driveway, down the path to BMK and hoist the rocks over the fence and then go inside the fence and dig them into the hillside.

Rinse and repeat.

I’m not calculating how many loads or how much time it will take. In this situation, it wouldn’t make sense. There are too many unknowns. All I know is what my task is. And while I am doing the same steps, the process is not linear.

No good process worth your while should ever be linear- but more on that another time- my efficiency and skill within the simple steps compounds.

I find where along the fence is easiest to lift and drop the stones, I determine which tool is best, what my max weight is/load, which type of clay is stronger to hold the wall, I come up with micro systems within my simple larger one.

But it still happens one wheel barrow at a time.

Break down whatever you are avoiding into the smallest step and start there. You won’t solve the problem with that single action but the momentum will have started and that’s often all we need.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems. — Epictetus

** follow my stories to watch the project unfold with the help of my goat and chicken coworkers!**

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Today is our Thanksgiving celebration but I had to

Today is our Thanksgiving celebration but I had to take an hour to spend time with you all as well made English Muffins!

Thanks you all who share your photos with me- it’s been such a pleasure getting to grow BMK beyond my small Iowa town, and I have you to thank for that!

I’m off to finish cooking our feast and count my many blessings, including having 4 ovens in my home.

Only a few free classes remain but private virtual and on-site events do continue!

Register at beckysmindfulkitchen.com

Earrings by @charlideandesigns

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English muffins as big as your face? Yes please!

English muffins as big as your face?

Yes please!

Bake your own tomorrow with me online, register to join on zoom or follow/like my FB page to watch it live or on demand there.

Upcoming Free Classes:

Nov. 28th- English Muffins
Dec. 4th- Holiday cookies (sugar, gingerbread, Mexican wedding cookies)
Dec. 5th- Cookie Decorating
Dec. 11th- Mindfulness Girls Group
Dec. 28th- Mindful Teen Leader Workshop
Dec. 30th- Mindful Parenting Workshop

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I refuse to take for granted what it means to have

I refuse to take for granted what it means to have a successful business, especially these last few years during Covid.

Yes, I work incredible hard and never stop grinding it out, but the result is something I am not only proud of, but grateful for.

I don’t want you to spend money at BMK on this Small Business Saturday, I want instead for you to help me give back. While small businesses can’t donate to the extent that large corporations can, we still can make an impact in the lives of individuals, simply by paying forward kindness.

Nominate people and organizations below that you feel deserve some extra kindness this month- both local and nationally. You are welcome to share it as well and invite others to nominate. I don’t know how many people I will be able to gift to- but I’ll get to as many as I can! A reminder that organizations/businesses can still enter my mindful leadership workshop giveaway too! https://beckysmindfulkitchen.com/free-mindful-leader-workshop-for-adults/

Plus weekly free online classes continue through December!

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”- Seneca

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English muffins (GF optional) debut this Sunday fr

English muffins (GF optional) debut this Sunday from 11:30-12:30CT. Register to join on zoom or watch live on FB!

All the info you need can be found at beckysmindfulkitchen.com.

Why bake more after Thanksgiving? Because you can.

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The Goat Cottage Lights Story ***After the electr

The Goat Cottage Lights Story

***After the electrician drove off today, I got to work on a draft of a new story for the Free Mindful Leadership Workshop for teens next month. And decided to share it with you all as well. Sign up for the workshop on my website beckysmindfulkitchen.com- it won’t be recorded so your teen must attend live.***

Dear Teens,

Never stop being delighted by curiosity. You have no idea what role these people who are in your life now, will play in your life in the future. Never, ever, discount the value you can bring or another can add to your life. Your story isn’t done, so stop trying to write the ending. The person you were an ass to this morning may end up operating on your child, your teacher may be your colleague, and your best friend someone you never see after graduation.

If you were me, and I, you, and you said to 16 year old Becky:

“hey- see that kid whose locker has been by yours since 7th grade, who is and will continue to be in most of your honors classes (nerds unite), the guy who seems to be annoyed by you most of the time… in 18 years you will be reaching out and asking him to help you out with the electrical work on a goat cottage (yes- you have goats- no joke, your life is not as you expect). This same kid who you have never hugged once in high school, you will be embracing at his father’s visitation, all within the same month.”

If I had that knowledge back then, I would have first of all, had many more follow up questions, secondly, I would have started to go through my day seeing people not just for who they are now, but staying open to who they may become.

It’s not about being kind because you may need lights in your goat cottage someday. It’s about looking beyond the identity assigned in high school and seeing others and yourself as an individual.

Stay curious, always open to being delighted by what the future has to bring.

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This is how I do Black Friday… I never like the

This is how I do Black Friday…

I never like the idea that those who signed up right away for a paid event at BMK get screwed over by any deal that pops up between then and the start of the event.

So….

Not only do those who sign up between now and Sunday get a bonus gift, those who have already signed up do as well!

Enjoy a kid free afternoon for shopping or, dare I say, relaxation?, while your kids learn new skills and make their own gifts for you and loved ones.

Big thanks to @charlideandesigns and @sugarkubedcookies for their help in making this event possible!

Free online classes continue- click link in bio for this weekend’s English Muffin class or next weekend’s cookie baking and decorating class!

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Thanksgiving for us isn’t until Sunday- so today

Thanksgiving for us isn’t until Sunday- so today is simply a prep and normal work day but I wanted to post this reminder as many of you hustle to get dinner done and escape onto social media during bathroom breaks.

Your gorgeous and perfect looking dishes that you stressed and fretted over will look the same the moment they hit the inside of the mouth as the ones that had the help of little hands that do not share your desire for garnish perfection.

Stress doesn’t make food taste better.

And it all looks the same the next day.

So every time you feel anxiety or stress swirl around you and whisper insidious nothings in your ear- smile- because you know it’s in your control to simply wave it away.

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