December 4, 2014

Ten habits to create a lifestyle of gratitude [podcast]

Like many Americans, I got stuffed on Thanksgiving. And like many of you, for the week leading up to it, I received a ton of emails extolling the virtues of gratitude. I didn’t read one of them. You and ...

February 26, 2014

Why gratitude is the fast path to your productive best

Would you like to get more margin in your day? Would you like to be at your productive best? Then simply practice a little gratitude. In his TEDx talk, the happiness researcher Shawn Achor observes, “Your brain at positive is ...

July 17, 2013

I know what you did. And I like it!

Inspired by the Olympic games, I wrote a post last year about the Olympians in our midst (read post)—those people who demonstrate excellence by the consistent choices they make; especially when circumstances would make it so much easier to choose ...

May 8, 2013

How to discover your own mastery

We have a love affair with specialization. We place a premium on those who’ve honed their skills and expertise to a such a fine degree that they show themselves to be extraordinary. The pursuit of excellence, whether in art, ...

April 26, 2013

When anxiety flattens you

Here’s the 3-step formula for living: Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat. Forget any one of those and you’re pretty well sunk. Experience a job loss or health crisis and you feel pretty well sunk too. That punch in the ...

January 11, 2013

Embrace the Race

The race is on. As of this writing, the seventh Vendee Globe is in it’s 62nd day. The Vendee Globe is the extreme Olympics of sailing. Twenty captains set out from France in specially designed 60-foot yachts to circumnavigate ...

September 12, 2012

Be an intentional witness to the extraordinary

You’re a witness to the extraordinary and you may not even know it. It’s easy to escape notice because it’s right in front of you; veiled in the ordinary. Each day you encounter friends, family, co-workers and strangers. All ...

August 6, 2012

Install firewalls to protect your goals

Do you have a firewall to protect your goals? I recently discovered my need for one. Being self-critical by nature, I find I have a persistent thought that whatever I’ve done, I could have done better. Nowhere does that ...

July 28, 2012

Olympians in our midst

Over one billion people reportedly watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in London. Olympic organizers estimate that over four billion people will watch the games this year on television while tens of thousands will be there in-person. ...

July 6, 2012

Start here. Ideas for jumpstarting your journal entry.

So, you’ve decided to try journaling again. Perhaps my earlier post on the benefits I received from journaling inspired you to give the approach I use a try. But what do you journal about? If you follow the approach I ...

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