What Is It About You, That I Don’t Like About Me?

“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” – Henry David Thoreau I love this quote because it reminds us that there is no such thing as something-for-nothing. Whether it be money, time or character, we trade something precious for every result we create in our lives. When we embrace…

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. – Thomas Jefferson Yes, the past is a good teacher . . . just don’t spend all your time in that classroom.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. – Khalil Gibran Today is Christmas here in the United States and I’d like to remind you what real giving is. It’s when you are truly present with someone and you give of yourself….

Besides the ‘fact’ that only 8% of people fulfill their New Year’s Resolutions (NYRs), NYRs are a terrible idea. Why? 1) They are a silly social construct that serves little productive purpose and 2) they take you out of the Present. Let’s focus on #2. If you want to be productive and successful you must…

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,…

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. – Cicero Putting aside whether life is a “race, and what sort of race it is if we see as such, we must believe in ourselves. There’s really not much…