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Blog #728: Do You See Both?

"Where am I?""Where do I want to be?" Two questions honored with honest answers. ______ Do you know yours? When I sincerely assess my life with heart, mind, and time…I see two photos of myself as I look into myself. Photo #1: I see what I love about my life. It’s good...

Blog #727: The Ones That Haunt

Maybe…We screwed up big in life a couple of times. And maybe…Those moments still haunt our core. (If you relate, I wrote this blog for YOU.) ______ Brutally bad decisions come in many forms. Some majors? She totaled her car.She missed her insurance payment.She has...

Blog #726: An Email from “Dude”

Ready or not...Our 2026 adventure has begun! What will you create this year? Change?Consistency?Opportunity?Inspiration?Happiness?Harmony?Health? ______ Choose one. Or two.Or three. Or choose all seven. As you begin to ponder and plan 2026...Let me nudge your brain...

Blog #725: My 2026 Secret?

It goes by too fast. I graduated from college in 1985.It's 2026. That's 41 short years. ______ It seems... A new calendar gets tacked up more quickly the older I get. I often feel the quick movement of time. And life. That's why many of my blogs are extra direct. I...

Blog #724: My Letter to Santa

In this blog on Thursdays... I often share emails I writein response to emails I receive. But this week... I'm sharing an email I'm initiating.It's to a guy named Santa. ______ Me writing to Santa? Can we ever be too old to wish for a bit of magic in our lives? I...

Blog #723: One Last One

Over the years that I've written this blog… My heart has been pincheda few times by readers’ emails. But the email below pinchedharder than any I’ve ever received. ______ My friend Shawn, You are my friend, though we’ve never met. We’ve bonded over the years through...

Blog #722: My Race Against the Clock

Two nights ago…I was urgently racing the clock. I hadn't finished my book. ______ I had checked out an e-book from the library. It's perhaps uncommon knowledge that e-books CAN be borrowed from the public library. It's my #1 way to access books. For this book... I had...

Blog #721: The Greatest Balancing Act of All

"What do you want?" It's a seemingly easy question...Yet the answer rarely is. ______ There are two directions to go with this answer. 1. The head's answer. It whispers of the immediate, the pressing, the needed, and the crushing. "I want to get the shopping done. And...

Blog #720: This One Is For YOU

It's Thursday.It's Thanksgiving. Two reasons I'm grateful today. For YOU. ______ #1: You show up here. I'm hugely aware that in 2025's crazy information-overload climate, you have a billion ways to spend your online reading time. But you show up here on Thursdays....

Blog #719: Yelling Screaming Shouting

How do I keep going through disappointment? (Read on.) ______ A reader’s question… I have paid lots of money to attend too many failed motivational seminars and read too many books that were supposed to change my life. Most got me nowhere but more debt. Success is not...
Blog #668: My Perfect Flop

Blog #668: My Perfect Flop

What “My Perfect Flop” Means to You.My Perfect Flop isn’t just a story—it’s a perspective shift. In this motivational blog, Shawn Anderson reframes failure into strength and growth. Life teaches us through experience. However, not every experience feels like a...

Blog #667: I Do. I Don’t. I Don’t. I Do.

Blog #667: I Do. I Don’t. I Don’t. I Do.

Why “I Do I Don't I Don't I Do” Matters in Everyday Choices. I Do I Don't I Don't I Do is Shawn Anderson’s candid look at the contradictions in our commitments and how we can learn to choose with more clarity.In finding my most inspired and inspiring life...It's the...

Blog #666: Holding On to a Heavy Anchor

Blog #666: Holding On to a Heavy Anchor

What “Holding On to a Heavy Anchor” Says About Letting Go.Holding On to a Heavy Anchor is Shawn Anderson’s message on how clinging to the past can weigh us down more than help us grow.The idea behind Holding On to a Heavy Anchor is simple: if something no longer...

Blog #665: Two Words To Change Today

Blog #665: Two Words To Change Today

Two Words To Change Today. In Two Words To Change Today, Shawn Anderson reminds us that the smallest commitments can create the biggest transformations. Centered on the phrase “I will,” this post inspires us to take daily action toward becoming our best selves — no...

Blog #664: The Day My Bike Grew Wings

Blog #664: The Day My Bike Grew Wings

The Day My Bike Grew Wings: When Purpose Rises with the Climb.In The Day My Bike Grew Wings, Shawn Anderson recounts a defining moment during his 4,000-mile journey for Extra Mile America. Exhausted and unsure after climbing Monarch Pass, Shawn paused—questioning the...

Blog #663: The Question That Rescues Tomorrow

Blog #663: The Question That Rescues Tomorrow

Wherever you are on the planet. Whatever job.Whatever age.Whatever health.Whatever anything. There's one question that rescues future regret. ______ From this day forward... "What do I wish I'd do?" Our answers are maps to guide our calendar, weeks, days...and hours....

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