Didn’t you find it comforting when the evening news included a headline about the White House organic vegetable garden? If that was one of the major happenings on Friday, it was a fine contrast to the other stories of the day that weren’t nearly so positive. If you’re a gardening enthusiast, check out Growing a [...]
Every so often I am asked some variation of the question, “Do you ever worry about money?” The truthful answer to that is, “Not anymore,” but getting free of the Money Dragon had little to do with earning more money and everything to do with challenging my belief system about money. Without realizing it, I [...]
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, has this advice:
Remember back when sending SMS text messages on your cell phone was a new thing, and it seemed kind of strange to use your cell phone to do that? And today, you probably wonder how you ever lived without text messaging.
Well, Twitter is the same way. It’s going [...]
Knowing that information exists that can answer almost any question is an enormous confidence builder— but that fact is frequently overlooked. While the helpless loser goes around whining, “But I don’t know how to do that,” the successful among us are busy seeking information that will show them how. Then they get busy putting what [...]
In her delightful book Educating Alice, author Alice Steinbach writes that as a child her family remembers her pestering them with questions. She explains it this way: “Given my insatiable curiosity and intense admiration for Nancy Drew, my future plans hinged on entering the detective profession. I saw myself as Nancy Drew aging into Miss [...]
Of all the Christmas gifts that Jack has received, there’s one that he remembers most fondly. When he was still dreaming about being a writer, his sister gave him a copy of Writer’s Market. It was the first time anyone had encouraged his writing aspirations—and it made a big difference. Jack’s gone on to author [...]
As you know, fear is a powerful emotion. When it’s doing its job, it helps us avoid danger and harm. (Don’t get in the elevator with that scary man.) On the other hand, fear can take over and keep us from ever discovering our purpose, passion and possibility.
Fear doesn’t have to run our lives–no matter [...]
Been wondering if you should take time to attend Compelling Storytelling
or some other Special Event? Here are a few signs that the time is right.
√ You’ve reached all of your goals.
√ You’ve reached none of your goals.
√ You are in need of some fresh ideas.
√ You’d like to get a new [...]
My brother Jim lives in California and is an avid surfer. He’s also 62 years old. One day we were talking on the phone and he said, “I was driving to the beach yesterday morning and it was still dark. I was thinking, ‘Why am I doing this?’”
“You’re doing it so you can have a [...]
