Choose Joy

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from. – Seth Godin There’s really not much to add to this. Why do so many of us live lives that we regularly ponder escaping from? Of course it’s natural – and healthy – to desire…

Below is an e-mail message I received from a mentor of mine, Steve Chandler. I was inspired to add my take on his inspiring – and useful – message. *  *  * Rather than being fearless, which as Steve outlines below, is a bit of an impossibility, why not be love-ful? Sure, being “courageous” or “bold” or…

All you need is to know what you want, and to want it badly enough so that it will stay in your thoughts. – Wallace Wattles Your thoughts create your emotions. Your emotions create your actions. Your actions create your life. *  *  * Whatever it is you have been thinking about is your life….

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more. – Jonas Salk We are made to love, to create, to work and toil and then recover, recharge and appreciate and begin again. The only way we get to begin again is to finish what we start. So, work hard, finish,…

If you start to think the problem is ‘out there,’ stop yourself.  That thought is the problem. – Stephen Covey Whatever is bothering you out there is something you need to fix inside yourself. You can come to the understanding that there are things outside of yourself that you can either control and make better,…

Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax. – David Allen Something most people don’t know about high performance motorcycles, or really any high performance vehicle, is that the brakes are as important as the engine. Because races, besides drag races* I suppose, don’t happen purely in a straight line,…