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Go the Distance
Challenges, especially of the larger variety help us build resilience. In the spirit of helping you (and me, I'm not going to lie) do that, I've created four challenges for you to try. I've done each one, and have already started a new one --...
Stars Can Change
In the movie "A Knight's Tale," young William queries, "Can a man change his stars?" Of course this has nothing to do with being male, female, black, white, or all the shades in between. It's a question about agency, control, and volition. Do we...
Make a Decision
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.Buddy Hackett Here's the golden ticket from my perspective: Life comes down to a series of choices, some seemingly insignificant, but do we really ever know which ones? Take...
Impressionable Minds Learn
We’re not lost; we just don’t have a clear map. It starts with owning the power inside ourselves.
Humor Can Cure What Ails you
Humor can help us in many situations. Norman Cousins, famous for using belly laughter to cure his illness in 1964, believed this. He'd watch episodes of Candid Camera and other comedic performances. In his book, Anatomy of an illness as perceived...
Flow: A state of mind
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. Bruce Lee When do you...
Happiness isn’t the point
Brian chemicals are Happiness is fleeting. Many researchers believe we have a set-point for happiness that, of course, varies person-to-person. If that's true -- if all we can hope for are momentary moments of happiness, then why bother being...
Keepin’ It Real
How are your values helping you navigate your life in an authentic way?
Radical Ownership
“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” ~ Oprah Winfrey Life isn't about what others have done to us, and not even what they've done for...