You Gotta Believe in Yourself Before Anyone Else Will!
"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe." ~Gail Devers The power of thought affects us and those around us. ...
Getting to Fullness From the Despair of Emptiness…
"Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference." ~Virginia Satir Years ago I read Virginia Satir's book, The New Peoplemaking. In one of the early chapters she talks about self-worth. Her description is...
Three Things You Can Do to Create a Mindset of Resilience…
"In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life." ~Albert Bandura Many people throughout the world are going through trying times. As of this writing, the people...
The Majesty of the Wolf and What We Can Learn From Them
A member of the canine family, wolves have been an adversary of man for eons. Though, they have been depicted in stories and on film as mean, nasty creatures, it is rare that they have attacked humans. In fact, it's probably because we have intruded into their...
The Journey Into Lifelong Fitness
"If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health." ~Hippocrates My personal journey into fitness began long ago as a child. Though, it was kinda on and off...
Practice, Conditioning and Success…
As I watched CBS's 60 Minutes on the University of Alabama's Football program under head coach Nick Saban, there is a reason it is the best in the country. Having won the national championship 3 out of the last 4 years, it is obvious they put a lot of practice and...
5 Ways to Cultivate Happiness
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." ~Dalai Lama I had a conversation with a friend recently and she seems to be stuck in a depressed mode for some time now. She is always looking for some external situation in which to bring her...
How to Create a Vision That Pulls You Forward…
"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." ~Helen Keller Behind every mission is a vision of the possibilities. It's not necessarily in the future either. Events occur in each moment, not in the future. Yes, being able to see the future...
Creating a Cycle of Success
After recently completing the Google Analytics Academy course called Digital Analytics Fundamentals, there was one section in it that could be applied in just about any area of life. I won't go into the details of it and it is something I've talked about before (as...
The ‘Attitude No Attitude’
One of my favorite books on fighting strategy is A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi. Many people in the martial arts, the military and in business have read this classic book. It is a short read and yet, very powerful. Musashi was known for his fighting skills...