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I'm a professional speaker/comedian who talks about staying on the funny side of life. My website (www.kellyswanson.net) will tell you more.

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Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization How to find your true passion: 4 of 108
PASSION CAN'T BE BOUGHT, GIVEN, ACHIEVED,OR FAKED. BUT PASSION CAN BE FOUND.I quit my job to follow my passion - professional storytelling a career path that offered no money, no ladder to climb, and no books telling me how to do it. But I was lucky because I had something more important than talent. I had passion something t... More..
Relationships & Family > Ancestry & Genealogy Genealogy: The importance of writing down your grandparents' stories: 3 of 49
The track to the mind is through the heart. The track to the heart is through a story.I have spent ten years as a professional storyteller on stages from coast to coast and I have learned from experience the value that stories have to influence others. It can safely be said that we all have truths to share. Our information al... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: My wedding disaster: 1 of 16
Happily-Ever-After - I was over-the-hill, overweight, and overdue for marriage, according to my mother who had taken it as a personal failure that her oldest daughter had not found a mate despite her valiant efforts. And, bless her heart, she had tried everything. When I was eighteen and had good child-bearing hips, she was l... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization This too shall pass: How every obstacle hindering your way to success is subject to change: 6 of 94
Many times the very obstacle standing in the way of your success is YOU. Even when the obstacle is one that you didn't see coming, didn't create, can't move, and can't fix - you can control your reaction to that obstacle. What power! And in that sense, every obstacle is subject to change as long as you are willing to change y... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Life: 26 of 343
Staying on the funny side...of Jury DutyThere are three things I never like to find in my mailbox - an insurance bill, a jury summons, and another invitation to my cousin Fern's Scrapbooking for Jesus party. Last month I received all three. I paid the bill, called Fern and regretfully declined because my neighbor's Jewelry fo... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Motherhood: 7 of 88
They call me Junior, tell me I'm two, and, according to my bib, consider me a precious little gift from heaven, which may no longer apply after the seven-hour car ride today where I threw three temper tantrums, stuck a jelly bean up my nose, choked on a plastic frog, and timed each poopy to occur after we passed the rest stop... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Potential parents: Lifestyle changes of parenthood: 8 of 35
Please I'll Do Anything...How I Lost My House To A Two-Year OldI hate those other mothers. The ones who always do the right thing who live and quote from the good book of mothering who turn their noses down at the rest of us as if to say You know better than to put cheese on his vegetables. You know better than to let him sle... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Reflections: Living every day with passion: 56 of 226
HOW DO THE PASSIONATE LIVE?What does it mean to live with passion? Does it mean you are always happy? Does it mean you are always content? Many people say it's about living in the moment. But what does that look like? And how could you accuse anyone with a pulse of not living in the moment? I am a motivational speaker and a c... More..
Jobs & Careers > Professionalism The importance of self-image in the business world: 12 of 40
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Changing Your ReflectionBecause often the number one obstacle standing in the way of your success is YOUIn business it's not really about what you know, but how much they think you know. Your self-image is a crucial asset in the marketplace and serves both an inward and an outward purpose. The Ref... More..
Business > Starting a Business The value of networking when starting a business: 2 of 5
It's Still Who You Know...It plays like a worn out record: It's not what you know, it's who you know. Connections, connections, connections. There's a reason we hear that same tune over and over in business - because it's true. The key to success in business is having access to people who can make you successful - to cultivat... More..