Look No Further Than The Mirror

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. – Calvin Coolidge Christmas, unfortunately has become about presents and retailers “making their numbers.” It’s really about so much more.

I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties. – J.C. Penney To the extent that you reject, or separate yourself from, your challenges you will fail to experience real growth….

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson You are responsible for what you think, what you feel and what you do. What you think, what you feel and what you do determines what you create, who you become and the legacy you leave. Just as important: your…

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Seth Godin Pretty self-explanatory, but I’ll buttress the sentiment with what is arguably my personal motto* (borrowed from Viv Savage, the keyboard player in This Is Spinal Tap): “Have a good time, all…

Do not count the days; make the days count. – Muhammad Ali Counting the days is splitting your time between the past and the future. Usually it’s wishing the days gone by were different and hoping the days to come are better. Living well and achieving is all about being-in-the-moment and making each moment – each…

We have a biological imperative to be safe, whole and injury-free. All stimuli is evaluated through the filter of past experience against this imperative. We have a similar mental imperative. Our biological imperative is known as the Survival Instinct, the mental equivalent is our Identity. Any change, or disruption, in our sense of who we are – our…