Sometimes it takes an extreme event to wake us up and realize what we value most in life. The best thing, though, is to learn from someone else’s experience and not have to go through the extreme event ourself. My heart yearns for you to learn from my experience. I’d rather you not have a […]
Sometimes we say things like, “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.”, or “Just be committed and have a positive attitude, and it will happen.”, “Name it and claim it.” – as if by magic, our thoughts alone create what we want. My experiences don’t line up with this way of thinking. Self […]
This last week, I was at a conference to help me, John, be better at getting my message out. I learned a little about how to stand, how to move, how to hold a microphone, and most importantly how to be fully present and speak from the heart. On one of the days, the leaders […]
I just finished reading a book titled, Catalyst. You can download it free as a Kindle Book, Nook Book, iBook, Google Book, or PDF here: https://www.g5.tv/catalyst. It turns out there is an ‘I’ in Team. There’s a fine balance between ‘Me’ and ‘We’. If we’re focused only on ‘Me’, we come off as pretty self […]
For many years I played it safe. I took the stable job. I tried to fit in. I didn’t call attention to myself. I never volunteered to go first. I kept my emotions in check. I made sure that when people looked at me, they saw the person I thought they wanted to see. And […]
A friend of mine used to often say, “The right tool for the right job. You can use a screwdriver to pound in nails, but it’s a lot harder.” It’s true. When we apply the right tool, the job is a lot easier. But this article isn’t about tools. It’s about us. While many of […]
Rena and I are noticing a trend. A lot of us are too overwhelmed by our circumstances to escape our circumstances. The rat race holds us hostage so we can’t escape the rat race. The Rat Race Defined The term “rat race” has been used a lot. Many of us have an understanding of what […]
From Wikipedia: The term commodity is specifically used to describe a class of goods for which there is demand, but which is supplied without qualitative differentiation across a market. For example, on the market we buy and trade wheat without considering the quality of the wheat. There is no consideration of the soil in which […]
Sometimes we get pretty fuzzy with our intentions. We think our goal is to complete an activity. Then we complete the activity and finish without considering the reason behind the activity. We miss the end results we really wanted. Our Book As many of you know, Rena and I just released our first book. As […]
A couple weeks ago Rena made a commitment to walk with me every day for seven days. After she had already committed to this she learned that I was going to be out of town on a business trip. In the past, we would have done what most people do under these circumstances. We would […]
