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Blog #747: Where Did You Stop Creating?

“Get creative!” That thought that never leaves me. The trail I walk.The travel I take.The conversations I have.The work I do. Stale living and I don’t get along. ______ Forty years ago… I introduced telemarketing to businesses. It wasn't common.I thought I was on to...

Blog #746: Why Does This Keep Happening?

Check my thoughts.Change my thoughts. ______ There are mornings when I wake up already ahead of myself. And there are mornings when I wake up already behind my thinking. Same life. Different direction before the day even starts. I’ve learned this the hard way… Nothing...

Blog #745: My Tighty-Whities Moment

Let’s talk about getting engaged. Not married.Engaged. To your life. ______ Most people aren’t disconnected from life. They’re just not engaged in it. A slightly perturbed email landed in my inbox: “It’s easy for you to have a life. You have money to do things.”...

Blog #744: What I See Every Thursday

I think my signature sign-off is sticking.Many emails coming back now close with: “Gratitude…" ______ I love the people who read this blog. Not because they see me. But because they are kind—even when the world isn’t.They are passionate—even when life drains them.They...

Blog #743: When Showing Up Starts Costing You

Some questions don’t need advice.They need clarity. Especially when your heartis pulled in two directions. Like this one. ______ “I keep showing up for someone who keeps taking from me. Am I right to keep hanging in there with this person?” ______ My answer: Dear...

Blog #742: What’s Heavier Than Luggage?

Some emails carry more than words.They carry crossroads. This one asked me: "Should I move to Spain for 60 days...and change everything?" ______ The email: "My partner wants to move to Spain. As a trial, he wants us to take LOA's from our jobs and move for 60 days as...

Blog #741: If Your Goals Keep Dying…Read This

When I consistently fail in going after a goal…My brain knows why. Not one reason. Three. ______ And every time... I pause long enough to stare in the mirror and be brutally honest with myself... The answers are there.Written in invisible ink. And once I stop making...

Blog #740: The Taste of Whine

When I hike...I carry a phone. It's not to call.It's not to text.It's to record my thinking. Here are thoughts from recent Walk Talks. ______ #1. Goals that fizzle out. I've learned... The goals that I’ve been the least passionate about were really not MY goals, but...

Blog #739: The Secret to Failing Less

Often…We give it everything we've got. But despite doing our best...Failure and rejection can still punch us hard. ______ I know failure well. As a lifelong entrepreneur and somebody who throws himself out there publicly... the number of rejections I've received in my...

Blog #738: Do You Have One Today?

Hopes rise.Moods change.Optimism soars. When we have something to look forward to. ______ What's your something? Do you have one today?Did you plan one for this week? What are you looking forward to this month?Is something on this year's calendar that excites you?...
Blog #634: A Story of Two Sleeping Giants

Blog #634: A Story of Two Sleeping Giants

Soon... Two slumbering giants will be waking.They've been asleep for five months. ______ The two giants are tortoises. When I say "giant," I don't know many people who could lift either of them. They live down the street, and for half-the-year, they live in a huge,...

Blog #633: Letting Stuck Stay

Blog #633: Letting Stuck Stay

Maybe...There's an area in your life you feel STUCK. If so...How long will you let STUCK stay? ______ STUCKSville. It's an ultra-lousy place to live. Hopeless.Helpless.Hapless. The project never finished.The habit never improved.The goal never started. Money keeps...

Blog #632: Did You See Where I Hid It?

Blog #632: Did You See Where I Hid It?

Walk with me. I'm dipping into my email. A reader asks how to see the positive...when the positive is hard to see. I'm sharing my thoughts with you. ______ The email: Shawn - Thank you for the consistency of your blog. I know on Thursdays I can count on you sending...

Blog #631: Moving Like a Zombie

Blog #631: Moving Like a Zombie

Walk with me. I'm talking about transitions.The ones that change our lives. ______ I see it clearly now. Life IS transitions. From graduating to the next grade to the next school to the next stage. From learning to re-learning to re-learning again. From being young to...

Blog #630: Did You Like Today?

Blog #630: Did You Like Today?

Walk with me. And as we walk this week...I have a question: "Did you like today?" ______ And if you did... Why? Did you listen to music that made you move?Did you eat a favorite food that brought out your "Mmm!"?Did you learn something that made you whisper "Wow!"?...

Blog #629: Brake Or Break

Blog #629: Brake Or Break

Timeouts.It's not lazy to take 'em. It's wise. ______ Timeouts. From work.From stress.From news.From people. From the hard.From the heavy.From the push.From the pull. Without timeouts, we can assuredly expect.... Higher stress.Faster burnout.Worsening health.Disrupted...

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