Why Is Everything Screaming at Us? Harnessing the Power of Quiet in a Noisy World
There is power in turning down the volume There’s an epidemic threatening humanity. We have a volume problem. No, I’m not talking about loud music like the band Spinal Tap and the famous “all the knobs go to 11” bit. I’m not even talking about people yelling at each other, although there seems to be […]
Is it Really 90 Seconds to Midnight – Should We Care About the Doomsday Clock?
You will always find what you’re looking for Did you know there is a doomsday clock? The clock was created in 1947 as a way to convey the urgency of maintaining control of recently invented nuclear armaments. In more recent times, the clock has become a metaphor for the state of the world at large. […]
Startlingly Simple Ways to Improve Your Self-Talk and Your Life
These subtle changes made me a more positive person I used to be an incredibly negative person, with a keen ability to find the cloud behind every silver lining. My negativity cost me, sacrificing my peace, relationships, and even professional opportunities. The root of the problem, for me, was my internal dialogue. That still, small […]
Wanna Keep Missing Out on Life? Let Your Fears Stay in the Driver’s Seat
Strategies for overcoming life’s most difficult fears I felt mortified. I sat there, failing at my attempts to hide my fear. Spending the day at an amusement park on a family vacation, my (now ex) wife somehow convinced me to ride a roller coaster. I’m not even sure I understood how fearful of them I […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Discipline: The Only Way to Create Lasting Change
No “weird tricks” or “simple hacks” needed I spent a lot of my adulthood as a smoker. Taking up the habit at a young age was a way to rebel against authority. Nobody was going to tell me what I couldn’t do. That worked out…not so well. Another story, another day. As my nicotine dependency […]