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Middle Age

Feb

27

2019

Do you ever feel like your just breaking down? Well, I definitely do! I’m going through a bump of it right now, always trying to assume “this too shall pass” (at the same time worrying that it won’t) and in the thick of these physical struggles, I always a have ample time to overthink. For ...

Language and a 5 Band Puzzle Ring

May

13

2015

Stephen Covey identified 4 key areas of life as physical, spiritual, mental, and social/emotional. I talked about applying the fitness motif to them here. But I’ve recently been exploring the concept that we human beings live in language: as water is to the fish, as air is to the birds, language is to humans. “We ...

You Can’t Learn Your Way to a Great Business

Feb

7

2015

Alas, it seems that school has failed me. I was good at it. Learning, tests, etc. Unfortunately, those skills are not the skills required in business. Or, it seems, in life. Doing things, rather than studying them, seems to be the way to create success in the business world. Whenever I’m stuck, as I am ...

Coleman lamp conversion

Sep

10

2013

Converting my Coleman lamps to electric allowed me to use them in my office for a really cool effect.

Responsibility

Dec

16

2012

We are responsible for our own effectiveness, for our own happiness, and ultimately, I would say, for most of our circumstances. – Stephen Covey in “The seven habits of highly effective people” p. 93

Headspace

Sep

26

2012

Today I started a program called Headspace. 10 mins of quiet time all to myself…not that I don’t get time to myself, The reality is I need 10 mins of quiet time away from myself. I know that sounds strange BUT my own worst enemy is ME! And THIS, I want to get to the ...

Proactive people can carry their own weather with them

Sep

25

2012

This is such a challenging concept. Not that it’s challenging to understand, it’s challenging to do. Proactive people can carry their own weather with them. Whether rains or signs makes no difference to them. They are value driven; and if their value is to produce good quality work, it isn’t a function of whether the ...

Staying Fit in Four Dimensions

Sep

22

2012

Have you ever noticed those people whom you see jogging day after day? They are the ones who seem not to need to jog. But that’s why they are fit. Those who are wealthy work at staying financially fit – “The Millionaire Next Door” While reading this in “The Millionaire Next Door” I realized that ...