The Truth About Stress

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…

I recently read a (nother) brilliant post by Seth Godin, one piece of which was about resilience. It got me to thinking: is better to have ultra smooth roads and cars with no suspension, no shock absorbers, or to build cars with resilience? Which would be a more intelligent use of resources? Living in the…

Sometimes, when you add things up, they really add up. This is my 1,000th blog post. It’s been quite a journey. Ever since I noticed that the #1,000 was getting close (a couple weeks now), I’ve been wondering what sort of post it should be and what, if any, significance I might ascribe to #1,000….

Some people have to do things. They “have to go to work.” They “have to  pick their kids up.” They “have to [insert the onerous, terrible task].” There’s two levels of dysfunction here: 1) What about people who don’t have jobs? What about people that would love to have kids? Does anyone think they would say…

We can have more than we’ve got because we can become more than we are. – Jim Rohn What do you think of this? Your belief on this idea is one of the most important determinants to your level of peace, happiness, fulfillment and achievement.

If the unexamined life is not worth living, . . . it’s equally true that the unlived life is not worth examining. – Parker Palmer This quote pretty much speaks for itself. Yes, we must examine our lives, and ourselves, continually throughout our lives, but that’s only half of what’s necessary. We must have a…