Could You Have Been An Olympic Athlete?
If you are like millions of people around the world, you have at least peeked at the Olympic games in Rio this week – whether it be the astonishing Americans Katy Ledecky and Michael Phelps in [...]
The Simple Phrase that Leads to Stress-Free Living
How many times have you been told that it’s a waste of time to talk about what you could have, would have or should have done? Using these phrases keeps us focused on the past. We use them to [...]
How Creative Are You?
Have you caught yourself saying something like: I’m not as creative, smart, talented (or some other positive trait) like my brother, sister, wife, friend, parent? You may insist that this true [...]
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Posted Are Assumptions Ruining Your Chances for Success?
Ten days ago I sent the manuscript for my upcoming book, Live Large – An Achiever’s Guide to What’s Next, to a publisher along with all the submission paper work they had requested. I was sure [...]
How to Make Loss Work For You
For the many fans of A Prairie Home Companion, the live radio show hosted by Garrison Keillor, it was a week of saying good-bye. Keillor, the forever inventive host decided to “hang it up,” [...]
Your New Year Starts Today
New Year’s Day, beginning of the quarter, your birthday, even Independence Day. What day do you “start over”? What day do you draw a line under what has been, turn the page and move on with the [...]
What’s on Your List?
When I got home from vacation last week, I decided to do a purge of my office, clearing off my desk and going through my papers. In the process I discovered handouts from a great conference I [...]
Remembering What You Already Know
The first time I went to Europe I was a teenager. Arriving in Madrid, smelling garlic simmering in olive oil, I knew I wasn’t in Kansas (or in Jackson, Tennessee in my case) anymore. The [...]
Are You Repelling What You Want Most?
Have you ever wanted to fit in? Be recognized? Included? If you are like most of us, the answer is: Of course! Some years ago, I joined a professional association. All the members had [...]
What Makes You Glow?
I spent a full weekend helping The Barbershop Harmony Society – a seventy-eight year old organization that has promoted, taught and celebrated harmony singing—to plan and strategize about where [...]