What is holding you back? Fear can be one of those things that can stop us from moving forward in life and in business. WHAT IS STOPPING YOU? From Taking action? From being your Best? What controls and determines the quality of our lives? Why do we do what we do? Answers: Fear stops us from moving forward. It is hard-wired into us. There is nothing that we can do to completely remove it from our thinking, but the key is learning to use fear instead of it using you. Example: I fear leaving my current job or situation because I do not know what the future will … [Read more...]
An Epic Trip
As you remember, last year I took a trip to Macchu Piccu and Galapagos Islands. While this trip will be hard to beat as far as nature goes, my recent trip will be difficult to rival for history, the food, culture, and sport. My usually travel mates, Stan and Mike, were on hand and my friend, Kay, joined us for a trip to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague and Lisbon. While the World Cup gave us the excuse and means to travel to Russia, that was only a small part of the trip. The incredible cathedrals, museums, and stadiums were awe inspiring, the people friendly, the cities pristine. To the … [Read more...]
10 Things Happy People Do Differently
People usually think that if they achieve something big, they will be happy... If I only get that raise, then I will be a happy person. If I only meet the right person, then I will be happy. When I finally get my business up and rolling, then I will be happy. Sorry, but it’s the other way around. When you are a happy, positive person, those things will find you. Here are 10 things happy people do: Express Gratitude Develop and achieve goals Perform random acts of kindness Savor life's joys Forgive Take care of their body Learn how to get over things … [Read more...]
The Gratitude Turkey
While in Bed Bath and Beyond this past November, I came upon an incredible project. It is called the “Turkey on the Table.” In short, it was a “gratitude turkey.” The goal of the project was to write down, for the 26 days leading up to and ending on Thanksgiving, a specific thing that you were grateful for. This was to be written on one of the “feathers” and placed into the turkey as its tail. This was an incredibly fun thing, I included my kids and my friend, Kay, in on it via text each day. I also sent a turkey to Rascal Ron (formerly Coach Ron, also known as Dr. Ron Arndt, my Business … [Read more...]
Depressing Sports
Last month I wrote about getting rid of the stinking news that surrounds us and fills our lives with negativity. Well, now I will write about another subject that I am ready to purge for a couple of reasons. Throughout my life, I have been a huge sports fan. If you see the things I did when I was a kid, keeping score of baseball games on the radio, stats, trading cards of all sports, posters, watching day and night, you might say I was an addict. It didn’t taper much into my adult life, until now. Aside from the protests, political rants and controversies, I just can’t take the strain … [Read more...]