Wisdom and Virtue

Imagine I offered to give you $5 each day, for a year, beginning on January 1. The 1st comes and I give you five dollars, and the next day, and the next and I was consistent in giving you the five dollars for say, three weeks. But ’round the 20th of the month I miss…

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. – Babe Ruth It’s hard to hit the ball, let alone a home run, if you’re unwilling to strike out. Because, to hit the ball you need to be willing to swing, and swinging means you’re going to miss sometimes, and sometimes you miss…

Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. – Chuck Close If you wait to “be inspired,” you will likely end up waiting a good long while. Instead, get to work, get in motion and make your own inspiration. Create it. Do you need to choose carefully, doing…

I was recently asked “What does coaching have to say about dealing with emotional responses when trying to transition away from old habits?” Below (while I realize now it doesn’t really answer the question fully/directly) is what I wrote in response. Whether or not it’s a complete or elegant answer to the original question, I…

When you’re going somewhere you’ve never been to, what do you do? Do you just wing it? Do you just start driving and figure it’ll all work out? Of course not, but that’s what so many people do with their lives. Sure, they might have a vague plan, likely a mash-up of family and social…

People like to play with the letters of “fear” and make them into cute little acronyms. Some of them are actually useful, one comes to mind: False Evidence Appearing Real. Fear stops so many people from doing what they want to do that I feel compelled to introduce my own little riff on the four…