All You Need

I expose myself to all sorts of emails, articles and books having to do with living well and effectively. Why? Because it allows me me to check in with my thoughts and actions, and how they compare with what I am reading. Am I perfect? Certainly not, but the more attention I pay, the better…

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain. – Maya Angelou Complaining is a prayer for what you don’t want. Whatever we focus on expands; so if you’re complaining, you’re expanding what you don’t want (or what you say you don’t want . . . ). So,…

When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you. – Walter Payton What are you great at? What have you put the time in to be masterful at? If it’s something great, or even just pretty good, quite likely people are talking to you about it – about your talents,…

It’s “interesting” how some people just don’t understand how mortgage rates work. There’s a train of thought that says: “as the Fed lowers interest rates mortgage rates will come down.” That’s just not so. The Fed only controls the Fed Funds Rate, which does impact floating rate instruments, like, say, credit cards and high-yield savings…

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain I’m pretty sure I’ve riffed on this before, but it’s…

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. – Arthur Rubinstein But you must go first. An amazing life will not come find you. It won’t yank you off the couch and give you the interest, skills and energy to do great, fun, amazing, important things. It will meet you…