Are you enjoying life? Do you take time to notice all the wonder and beauty of the simple things around you? How often do you just play and have fun? Doing these things are the mark of a successful life. Little kids and puppies are experts at this. They marvel and wonder and enjoy the … Continue reading Enjoy
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Your Path
A friend recently shared a post that hit home for me. It helped describe the greatest lesson I've learned for how to live my life. It basically said to not feel bad if someone plays dirty to outrun me in the rat race. Because check it: I am not a rat, and I am not … Continue reading Your Path
Living
I was a volunteer for a hospice for a while, visiting with the patients and keeping them company whenever their family couldn't be there, so they wouldn't be alone. What struck me the most about those experiences, were that these people, who were in the last weeks and days of their lives, all seemed to … Continue reading Living
Consistency
Success doesn't require a miracle. It just takes consistency. Losing weight. Getting in shape. Paying off debt. Earning a degree. Whatever it is, it just takes showing up, and consistently putting in the work towards achieving that goal, bit by bit until it happens. You don't have to become obsessed. You don't have to be … Continue reading Consistency
Self-Talk
Pay attention to your self-talk. I was struggling with an issue recently. Deep down, I knew I didn't want to do something, but for some reason I was having a hard time making a final decision about it. So I meditated on the subject, and asked to gain clarity on the issue. That's when a … Continue reading Self-Talk
Success
Success happens from having a life filled with successful days. A successful day is one where you were fully present, and experienced joy. I often refer back to a quote I copied from Abraham-Hicks, that says to: "See your 'career' as one of creating a joyful life experience." We are all creators, just not of … Continue reading Success
Success
Success can only happen if you begin. You begin by starting where you are with what you have. You can't wait until you get over there to start. You have to start where you are in order to get over there. And then once you begin, it's just one step at a time until you … Continue reading Success
Compassion
Being frozen with fear and anxiety, left immobilized and numb, is not the same as simply loafing around, doing nothing with your life because you have no ambition. In that regard, you're not lazy, you're overwhelmed. So, the last thing you need is to beat up on yourself further for being incapacitated from doing anything … Continue reading Compassion
Knowledge
It's important to study and train to develop skills for success. But studying can easily turn into a way to hide from actually becoming a success. Seth Godin asks: What have you done with what you’ve learned? You can pick any subject and gain all of the knowledge there is to find on it, but … Continue reading Knowledge
