A “Random” Action I slowed my car while swerving slightly out of my lane, crossing the double yellow line. At the same time, an oncoming car drove towards me more than a hundred yards away. Neither of us were in any danger of collision. I continued to slow down as I gently glided back into…
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Three Small Gifts in a Crisis
I’m sure you’ve heard that the optimist looks at the glass as half-full, the pessimist sees it as half-empty, and the pragmatist looks and asks, “What’s in it?” Even when the news seems to be full of half-empty reports these days about the COVID-19 crisis, and we are still preparing for the worst, I remain…
Taking Your Dream Vacation
3 TIPS to taking a dream vacation. And in case this doesn’t jump out at you, the same tips apply to building happiness the other 50 weeks of the year.
Leadership Success…from Rock-N-Roll? Yup!
Rock-n-roll has long been associated with sex, drugs, and more rock-n-roll. But did you know you can learn 4 valuable leadership lessons from the best…
Conducting Your Personal Year-End Review
A year-end review helps you determine the source of your greatest joy and pain! If you don’t like where this year took you, good news: you can CHANGE it! And if you like where this year took you, good news: you can REPEAT it!
Comparison Kills Contentment
This morning, I saw a fit-looking man as I headed into the barbell area at the gym, and I subtly checked out how much weight he was using for his workout. God help me, and I know what I’m about to say sounds stupid and superficial, but I felt a little superior when I saw that I was lifting much more than this fit-looking young man –That is until I saw the guy behind him, a guy who could not have weighed more than 130 pounds fully dressed and wet, and that skinny, scrawny kid, who appeared to be all hair and bones, was out-lifting me. Do you know what happened to my contentment level at that moment? PFFFFFT!
Dinner or Sex? You Pick…
NOTE: This post is not dirty! Last Fall, one of my apple trees looked sick. A neighbor clipped the roots with a backhoe, and blight attacked it with a vengeance. I had to act quickly if I hoped to save the tree so I cut off nearly every limb and branch, soaked it with pesticide,…