As many of you know, I love dogs! I have two dogs, Max and Rosie, and they live the life of a king and queen. They eat, sleep, go on runs, and the highlight of their day is waiting for the UPS man (who comes daily to remind me that I have a shopaholic problem with Amazon.com.) Monday is an especially busy day for them, because we have garbage pick-up, recycling collection, UPS, Mail, and Deb’s Cleaning Service. By the end of Monday, Max and Rosie are spent…exhausted from the stress of the day, so Tuesday is spent in hangover recovery…napping and drinking water.

Max and Rosie are two of the loves of my home, and they are not Westminster material. They are a wonderful Heinz 57 mix, and they are healthy and add so much fun to the lives of my family. So, today…a little humor from the folks over at the Latenight Show with David Letterman.

Top Ten Perks Of Winning The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

10. Winning makes you forget how much you smell like dog

9. He’s been invited to the White House to drink out of the toilet

8. The past 24 hours I’ve eaten so much free dog food it’s silly

7. Mayor Bloomberg has given him special permission to smoke indoors

6. That old slipper Josh chewed on? I just sold it on eBay for $500

5. It’s down to us and that Taco Bell dog for the next “Beethoven” movie

4. We both get $2 off our next flea bath

3. Fun to call the Red Sox and ask, “So have you ever won anything?”

2. If we’re lucky, a chance to appear on “The Tonight Show”

1. A whole lot of tail

Max, Rosie, and Katie

When was the last time you really dreamed and allowed your creativity to soar to levels that actually made you feel goosebumps?

Go back to the time and visualize what you were doing, how you were feeling, the way your body moved, how you breathed, and what you were thinking. Recapture this time. What images pass through your imagination. What did you say to yourself? How did you feel about yourself and your ideas?

Many people do not see themselves as creative, because they don’t have a big audience. They think that a big creative act is composing a symphony or painting the ceiling of the Systine Chapel. All humans have areas of their lives which boldly express creativity, and they have an uncanny ability to display flair and imagination in areas not considered as creative. This could be the writing of an amazing business plan, engaging in a provocative conversation, delivering a presentation or sales pitch, planting a cutting garden which inspires, or throwing a fabulous dinner party that people talk about for years. Maintaining a narrow view of creativity leads people to conclude that creativity is a rare trait belonging to poets, artists, and geniuses, and I am going to throw a stick of dynamite into this belief right now! WE ARE ALL CREATIVE, AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE HAVE SHUT DOWN OUR CREATIVITY DUE TO FEAR OF REJECTION AND CRITICISM! IT IS TIME TO TURN ON YOUR CREATIVITY FOR FUN AND PROFIT!

I love visiting New York…it is my favorite city, and I go to get juiced and jazzed. About 3 years ago, I went to New York, and I had the most amazing trip, because it was a very mixed bag of activities. I was with my sister and my son, and we just went with our guts…we saw Lion King, visited the New York City Police Department, saw the Yankees and Red Sox play (that was amazing to watch two groups of Americans ready to choke each other over a baseball game) and the last day of our trip, we visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I had never been, and I have to say…I was totally blown away. I felt every emotion possible…and I was in complete awe. It was after this visit that I knew that I would be enrolling in Coach University, because there was something huge for me to do in the world. It inspired me to take action and to make something incredible happen in the world and in my life. Our environment can inspire us to amazing levels of greatness and call us to take action that we never thought was possible.

What are you doing to stimulate your creativity? Don’t know? Spend a little bit of time today on the website for The Metropolitan Museum of Art or even better…go there! Your creative spirit is the core of your being…use it, and share it with the world starting now.