A complaint I hear often and have found myself saying is, “Where did the time go?” I’ve asked myself this question many times, upon looking at the clock after falling into the black hole of cyberspace, vegetating in front of the television for way to long or hanging up from a long phone call that was Read More
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Inspired?
I have two questions. How do you get inspired? How do you stay inspired? Do you know? If so share it with me. (Leave a comment…I can never know enough about receiving inspiration.) If you don’t know, have you thought about the implications that a lack of inspiration can have on your will to get things Read More
Capable and average, is capable of more than average!
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
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