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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?...
#483: If I Only Knew One Thing

#483: If I Only Knew One Thing

From the moment we're born...we're learning lessons. As a baby... I learned to watch faces.I learned my feet can get me places.I learned the sounds I made had impact. As a child... I learned having a pet is having a best friend.I learned there is more to see outside...

#482: Loving the Getting There

#482: Loving the Getting There

Achieving a goal is not what I love the most.It's the trying to get there part. In writing today's blog... It's wasn't hitting "SEND" on the finished product I loved the most...it was chasing an idea and then searching my brain for the words as I wrote it. For each of...

#481: Sitting with Polar Bears

#481: Sitting with Polar Bears

I love a good story.This one's a He Said, I Said. And it's about white polar bears. He said: We live in an ocean of negative sewage! The lies, hate and selfishness... there's so much everywhere that it's hard to not feel bad, mad and sad all the time! I said: Then...

#480: Like Vickie T. Did

#480: Like Vickie T. Did

Last Thursday's blog "Not Dead. Not Done."...generated an email that nudged my heart. I've read it five times. Dear Shawn, It is thanks to you that I have not rolled over thinking I was dead. I started walking last year. I only could walk a little ways down the road...

#479: Not Dead. Not Done.

#479: Not Dead. Not Done.

I walk every day. But now...I'm getting ready to really get my walk on. For those who have opened Extra Mile Thursday for a while, you know I'm not one to shy away from adventures far bigger than me. And as soon as the coast is clear, I'm gonna' walk across country...

#478: Bumps, Bats…and Bras

#478: Bumps, Bats…and Bras

I've pedaled a bike acrossNevada on Interstate 80. Two times. The 411 miles across Nevada's I-80 is one of those rare places where a bicyclist can legally pedal on the big road because there is not a suitable alternative. On a bike, the route is not for the faint of...

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