One Alarmingly Easy Way to Stop Believing in Yourself
To trust yourself, you must be trustworthy It’s a little embarrassing, really. Even though I’ve committed to publishing at least one blog post per week, this is my first post in a month. While I could make excuses – I’d probably call them reasons – why I haven’t published in 4 weeks, I won’t. Excusing […]
Live Like You Were Living: From Survivor to Thriver
Don’t wait until you’re dying to start living Although it seems everyone I know loves it, I can’t stand it. The popular Tim McGraw country song titled Live Like You Were Dying came out in 2004. The lyrics struck me as cheesy. The gist of the song is that the singer receives a life-threatening diagnosis […]
You Are Not Normal – Stop Acting Like You Are!
For the love of God, please stop fitting in Every day, you have a choice to make. Ok, you’re right, you have lots of choices to make every day. But one is of paramount importance, and most of us don’t even think about it. Each day when we wake up, we get to choose whether […]
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I Refuse to Tolerate These Risks to My Personal Growth Any Longer I was in my mid-thirties when I realized I had no clue who the hell I was. If you were to ask me – which no one ever does, by the way. Seriously, who walks up to someone and blurts out “Who are […]
Becoming Unbreakable: How To Keep Your Sanity When The Sky Is Falling
Become a master of the chaos We’ve all been there. It seems like life is coming undone. The sky is falling. Everyone around you is in panic mode. Action movies live for these moments. One of my favorite scenes is from the movie Pearl Harbor. The Japanese attack destroyed the US forces in the harbor. […]
Don’t Make These Mistakes: Surprising Reasons Today’s DIY Projects Could Cost You Tomorrow
Know the value of your time In my mid-30’s, I became obsessed with DIY projects. I loved figuring out how to build or repair anything I wanted to. My journey started with building a few cigar box guitars but quickly escalated into larger-scale woodworking projects. Within a couple of years, I built numerous projects, including […]
These Didn’t Help: 3 Unsupportive Things People Told Me During My Brain Cancer Battle
You may want to avoid these if you’re trying to support someone with cancer I remember standing at the computer trying to focus. Trying to breathe. Trying to find the strength to survive the next second. I was staring at a screen displaying two side-by-side MRI images, one showing the lesion from one month ago […]
Separation Day: Leveraging the Power of Discipline to Gain an Edge on the Competition
Advantages are created in the moments when you’re the only one to show up. Some weeks back, I strolled out of the office at the end of my workday. It has been a long, snowy, unusually cold winter here in the Midwest, and this day was one of the nastiest. There were a few inches […]
Zombie Feelings: Why You Must Experience the Full Range of Human Emotion
You can’t bury them unless you process them Have you ever felt like your life resembles a zombie movie? Not literally, I’m guessing. I sure hope not. But, what if I asked you if you feel like you’re dragging around a bunch of crap from the past? Crap like thoughts and feelings that pop up […]
Why Don’t You Mind Your Own Business?
Ways (other than violence) to handle unsolicited advice We all love to solve problems. Who doesn’t love to come up with the perfect solution to an issue? Some of us believe we are especially gifted at identifying the solutions to other people’s problems. Heck, I used to do it a lot. For the longest time, […]