It’s a great disguise! It is one no one can argue with. “My kids are in sports, I’m selling the house, I’m overloaded with work.” The list goes on and on. “I’ll get to you and everything else another time.” The thing is, we…
Could change be your ticket to a full and rewarding life? I am listening to Julia Child’s audiobook “My Life In France,” and am finding it intriguing to say the least. When Julia was 36 she had the opportunity to move to Paris with her husband…
It was a typical day in high school when I took up the notion to change my life. I can remember stopping in the hallway as a tall, gangly, and very shy freshman and saying to myself, “No one knows me here. I can…
The real question is simple. “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” The answer to this question pinpoints something in each of us which makes us squirm inside. As we face this question and mull it over in our minds, we feel jumpy.…
Sometimes one word can change our lives. Today that word is POSSIBILITY. Possibility is an eager leap into what lies ahead. It is unabashed, plucky, and animated. Possibility rings with hope and shiny newness. It stands out from the crowd with a bold smile…
Something changes when we wake up every morning and look at our lives through the lens of contribution. As a contributor, my life matters because it affects thousands, even millions, of other lives. As a contributor, success and failure fade into the background. Neither one holds much…
It may be the most important set of seconds in our life. It is the moment between whatever happens to us and our response. This is called the space. The space is where we choose the course our life will take. Small as it…
So, the question is why? Why would you take all the time and effort to do all those things you do? Why take all the effort to write a book, or keep a blog, or travel, or start your own business? Why do you read so…
It can’t be for other people. It won’t stick. It can’t be for a response. Sometimes the greatest work goes unnoticed. It has to be for your own fulfillment. It has to be for the feeling of knowing you poured your very best out,…
For months now, people have been asking Michael and me these three questions: 1. How do you get everything done? 2. How did you go about setting goals together? 3. How did you start figuring out what to do with your life? The answer…
