We all have little corners in our lives where the dust and the dirt and the stuff begin to gather. This is both literal and figurative. It may be the corner of your closet or your garage, or the corners of your mind or your…
This is the account of an unbelievable experience we had in Ecuador while preparing to climb a big mountain.
I had an opportunity to go back up and help someone who had fallen. She later died in my arms on the mountain.
Th…
While I was climbing a big peek in Ecuador with my wife we met a man who we quickly connected with. In just a few minutes he told us the short version of his life story and how he totally transformed his life.
His story is …
Wow! Do I have some stories for you today!
Are you willing and ready to help when the situation arises? And more importantly, are you actually prepared to help? Many of us will be offered many opportunities to make a differ…
Failure hurts. A lot. It’s not some thing any of us want to do, but I think it’s something we all need to do.
We attempted to Summit Orizaba and failed. Epic story. But in that failure were many successes—if we look for the…
If you’re on the right path and it’s the appropriate time for you, find a way to make it work or make a way to make it work!
Too many of us give up too often and too soon. We give a first attempt or maybe a feeble second an…
How would your life be different if you had all the inspiration and guidance you need and want? Well you can have it! You just have to be more strategic.
I remember vividly times in my life when I desperately needed to know…
Formidable
-very strong, especially in character; producing respect and a little fear in others:
-Worthy of respect
- tending to inspire awe or admiration because of great size, strength, excellence, etc.
-If you describ…
Serendipity: the Occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way
I believe that God and the universe are conspiring in your favor and are presenting wonderful opportunities to you all the time! B…
What is the greatest tragedy in life? If we look at the whole picture of life, it seems to me that the greatest tragedy is when an amazing human being fails to live a life that is meaningful, fulfilling and maximized. Each p…
“The second most deadly instrument of destruction is the dynamite gun; the first is the human tongue. The gun merely kills; the tongue kills reputations and, ofttimes, ruins characters. Each gun works alone; each loaded tong…
Every single day I condition myself to be at my best!
I recently asked a friend how often he hast to tune his musical instrument. “Every time I pick it up.“
The same is true for you and me. Your mind is your instrument. Yo…
It seems counterintuitive. Actually, it seems crazy, but you and I have to be strategically out of balance in order to master the most important things in life!
If you want to be truly successful, you have to become really …
Are you living an expanding life? Or perhaps a shrinking one? Are you growing, improving, progressing, and really living? Are you moving at a pace that makes you feel alive? Or do you feel like you’re just existing, or merel…
I know this sounds crazy. I realize that it’s hard to believe. But I have seen it too many times to not notice the pattern.
You and I can get trapped in trauma that we experienced in the past, and that trauma keeps us from…
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired…
There are levels of thinking. Most people think at first level thinking. Second, third, and fourth level thinking is extremely rare. But in order to learn to think like a genius, we must discipline ourselves to practice next…
Every person I have ever met wants more freedom! We were born to be free. We were created for freedom. Freedom from guilt, pain, poor health, debt, addiction. We want money freedom and time freedom. We long to be free enough…
The quality of your sleep is far more important than you probably realize! It can affect you physically, mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually. It affects your cognitive performance and the way you feel. It even affect…
There are two ways to experience life. You can let it happen to you or you can make it happen for you.
For most people, the only things that happen in their lives are the things that happened to them. They live like puppets…
Do we have to have trials in life? Do challenges make us stronger? What if we could choose our challenges and trials? Is that even possible?!
What if we told you that there is a way to avoid trials and embrace challenges th…
What do you do when life gets crazy? What will you do when life gets crazier? The answer is that we all fall back to our training! Archilochus said, “we do not rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of o…
Winning requires a different set of skills and a different mindset! Anyone can show up to play or to participate, but if you want to win you have to think and act differently. You have to be more strategic!
And so we must a…
Our society has become really good at using softeners, and at making others feel like they have to use them too, really guilt tripping the rest of us to use them so that we don’t make other people feel bad.
Big problem!
-we’…
