There’s a difference between pain (and discomfort and effort) and injury. When we’re in “pain” we often give up. Now, I’m not talking about doing things that create injuries, more the things that we say: “oh what a pain that is” about. Injuries are when things get damaged and need to heal. Pain, discomfort, and the…

This week is the week of unwitting guest bloggers (i.e. where I blatantly rip off other people’s content because I’m too lazy to write my own stuff). Today I steal from one of the greats, Seth Godin: Turning passion on its head Instead of, “do what you love,” perhaps the more effective mantra for the…

I subscribe to Steve Chandler’s e-mails (you should too). Because I’m not feeling terribly inspired, but unwilling to not write a blog post, I am just going to pass along something recent from Steve: Selling myself on “the way I am” keeps me locked in my own fearful childhood. I become heavy with a false claim…

Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want. – Jim Rohn There’s no point in pursuing anything if you can’t enjoy everything.* Be where you are and enjoy everything – even the “bad” stuff (it’s there for a reason, and it’ll keep showing up until you figure out why . . . ). ***** *…

You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards. – Brian Tracy The best person you can compete with is yourself. Strive to better each and every day. *  *  * Did you make a…

Sometimes someone else says it better than you ever can; with that in mind here’s a post from Seth Godin: Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most successful, the cutest or the one with the fastest time. Forgive…

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…