All too often I’m baffled at how we place people who are categorized as successful, in an untouchable category. It is as if the stories of their achievements closely mirror the heroics of Greek Mythology, and our own lives mirror that of a Greek tragedy. We tend to forget that the people we look Read More
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Be present for your own parade!
Some of us are always thinking ahead, calculating our next moves and agonizing over the details of our strategic plan. Then we carefully begin to execute on the critical success factors of the master plan we’ve designed. …and that’s great! But sometimes we are so given to executing with excellence, that this plan is all Read More
Control Your Mind, Control Your World
Recently a friend of mine was scanning through the music on my iPhone. As he perused my music he came across my ‘Morning’ playlist. After reviewing the songs in this playlist he asked, “Why do you have a ‘Morning’ playlist?”I smiled and responded, “Let’s listen to a few of the songs then you tell me.”He Read More
3 Inspirational Lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. King has been a source of inspiration for me, since I was a child. It was Dr. King (by way of my elementary school teachers) who first introduced me to the idea of dreaming and standing steadfast in a dream. To honor Dr. King, on the day that has been set aside to celebrate his Read More
2019 – New Beginnings
Here we are…2019! Another year has started and it’s hard to believe that 2018 has come and gone so quickly. The start of a new year is exhilarating because it presents new possibilities. For at least a week most of us believe wholeheartedly in ourselves and our ability to seize new opportunity. A new year Read More
What Did You Get? – (A day after Christmas Poem)
Many of us celebrated Christmas yesterday and followed the tradition of giving and receiving gifts. If you live in the United States, even if you don’t celebrate Christmas you’ll typically end up with a gift bag to dig in or box to unwrap, from a family member, colleague or friend. This Christmas, some of Read More
Tug!
When a baby elephant is born in captivity and the trainer wants to ensure he can control the elephant, he places a rope on one of the calf’s legs and the rope is attached to a sturdy wooden post. This is the first and most important step the trainer will take to keep the elephant within Read More
Get better…be better!
I had a very enlightening experience this past week. A long time friend and I went jogging Wednesday morning. We took my normal 3 mile route to burn some pre-Thanksgiving calories while enjoying each other’s company. By mile one I had settled into my normal pace, but my friend kept urging me to speed up. Read More
16 Things You May Not Know About Thanksgiving
391 years ago (1620) a group of 102 English settlers, who later became known as Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts aboard the Mayflower. Their leader was William Bradford (1590-1657) who governed the colony for most of the next 30 years. Bradford’s wife, Dorothy, drowned a few days before reaching Plymouth in Provincetown Harbor. The first Read More
What side of change are you on?
Change is constant… For some of us…change is good! For others…it’s become the necessary evil we endure. Either we adapt or we agonize… Change comes…and then goes…opening the door for new change! So the question becomes…on which side of change are you? Here are a few examples of change we’ve all experienced or are Read More