#0656 Father Time
Capture them all. We are quick to take photos of the good times yet rarely do we think to capture the everyday. I have thousands of photos of the kids, holidays and time spent with…
Category: You
#0653 Bank Them
You learn nothing when it works first go. The sum total of our experience is overwhelmingly banked from our mishaps. Little by little theses accumulate like a blue chip stock you have been sitting on…
#0652 Give It A Crack
There is a peace of mind that comes from knowing you are giving it your best shot. Regret stems from the notion you could have done more, tried a little harder, said yes instead of…
#0649 Breakthrough
It is too hard, so we stop. We reach our limit of patience, expertise, will, desire. It is no longer enjoyable so why continue. When you persist through the urges to give up is often…
#0648 Contemplating
There is a runway. You do not care in your twenties, distracted by maturity in your thirties and far too busy in your forties to even notice. Then it hits you, how much longer do…
#0647 The Merry Go Round
Round and round we go. If you find yourself in a loop, chances are you have reached the end of your expertise. Repeating the same things over in loop will not make them work any…
#0636 Keep Calm
Taste is subjective, food, entertainment, partners, art, the list goes on. For the most part, your opinion is also. Your proclivity is neither right nor wrong but to assume superiority over another is. Being open…
#0618 Self Pride
You will know, and that should be enough. The extra hours you put in, the attention to detail only you notice, the alignment of the thing till it is just right, the rearrangement over and…
#0617 It Is Not About You
Communication requires empathy. An intense and genuine understanding of where your audience is, what they may have been through and what their future might look like. The deeper the empathy, the stronger the impact you…
#0615 Avoid Draining Your Soul
Neutral to positive is the key to longevity in this entrepreneurial game. Guaranteed there will be tough times so to ensure you do not throw in the towel you must find balance. Pay close attention…
#0611 Reaching Out
Ignoring it will not work. The result is an accumulation of stress. The more you ignore, the longer the list of unresolved, the worse the anxiety. Rather than stick your head deeper into the sand,…
#0609 The Answer
Often we know the answer yet we continue to avoid the work to get it done. Sometimes it is the effort, sometimes the discomfort. If only there was someone incharge of the choices we make.
#0608 Acceptance
If you are stuck, more of the same rarely works. Automating a flawed system does not make it better. Smiling through your teeth will not make the pain go away. Acceptance, accountability and change…you got…
#0605 Stuck In The Mud
Have you ever avoided something for a long time then tried it and surprised yourself. The story we build in our heads can focus on worst case scenario when the reality is often not even…
#0603 Snap Out Of It
I heard a stat that posited by age thirty five, 95% of our day is unconscious routine. If this is true, only 5% therefore is conscious thought, a scary thought in itself. Are we so…
#0602 Listen Up
When was the last time you truly listened to the conversation. I mean, truly listen. Not allowing your mind to wonder, thinking about what to say next, waiting for your turn to speak. Had my…
#0601 Compare and Contrast
No good comparing their after to your before or emulating what they do now rather than what they did. You cannot run their race and they cannot run yours. Their insta profile is not the…
#0600 Well Done
No matter how small, celebrate each milestone. You deserve that pat on the back no matter the size of the achievement. An acknowledgment of the effort to get to this point. Every milestone is a…
#0598 Out of Your Control
What if you smiled at the things out of your control no matter what. The weather, the traffic, global events, the economy, interest rates. We’d probably all be happy ninety percent of the time.
#0594 Why Not
Why do you do what you do? Can you answer this seemingly innocuous question. How does it make you feel. Does it drive you to do better. What impact are you making. What does it…