Ideas and research on living a great life and having a huge impact
Is it your idea or the highway? I hope not, because soon you’ll be walking the highway by yourself — alone and ineffectual I find myself in deep and passionate discussions fairly often. I prefer these in fact to the blasé discussions about weather and non-impactful topics. Personally I think we all prefer to have real conversations Continue Reading
What is your desire and how does the pressure to seek it create hesitation and conflict? There is so much in life to compare ourselves against. Every direction we look we see what WE KNOW we can do. What in our hearts of hearts we would love to experience. Personally … But then perhaps, in many Continue Reading
You hear it all the time — I am busy; I am working hard…. and yet, these people (ourselves definitely in some moments), find themselves in the same spot. They are not achieving the creative success — making and releasing the art they love. We are not achieving the financial success, or simple project success of our charity and Continue Reading
Have you ever found yourself wishing you asked a question? Walked away with regret that you didn’t ask a mentor, girl, boy, boss/leader, etc a question? WE ALL DO — it is a fear protection primal mechanism, and frankly it is the one thing you must change. If you want a better life — ask the question on your Continue Reading
How often do you find yourself writing down a goal only to feel like you aren’t making progress, or worse see if fade away as life continues on its merry way. Personally I used to struggle with this and created routines that have helped me go from forgetting my goals, to seeing them achieved. How Continue Reading
I was once told to do what you are good at. Other advisors early in life said ‘pick one thing’. I was confused and honestly couldn’t hang on to one thing. I was curious! Yes I wanted to learn about scouting, camping, fires, and nature. I equally wanted to create an online social site (BBS) with Continue Reading
Have we emerged to a point in life and culture where any story is recognized as worth telling and we have the technology means to deliver to those who would enjoy / benefit from it? I believe so. Is the filming now the new book publishing medium? Given that there are more phones and eyeballs Continue Reading
Joy Surprise Excitement These are the emotional triggers that connect us to anticipatory moments and events. Powerful, raw, and such a good emotion that we seek these out. In a world where there are plenty of surprises that are not fun (that letter we received was actually a bill instead of a birthday card… or Continue Reading
The weather is nice and your kids are finally free from the shackles of basic schooling. Camps are being planned and trips are set, but how will you leave your work projects for so many days. Let’s be real, you are pinging your team multiple times a day and have status calls, planning calls for Continue Reading
Persevering in the face of struggle, challenge, and physical demands. Training to be healthier, fitter, and to compete puts us in tough moments. We call these the dark places when training — those hard moments where your mind is screaming nothing but negativity and pessimism. Equally challenging are those moments on long workouts and or endurance efforts. Deep Continue Reading