One of my clients has been blogging her way through the coaching experience. After years of holding all her thoughts inside, she’s discovered that writing helps her reveal herself to herself. Recently, we revisted an old topic — ♥ self love.♥ This client (who goes by the anonymous title of Spudsie, a childhood nickname) is … Read more
A reader sent me this story as a response my post on Saying Goodbye. I teared up as I read it, and now pass it along to you. My Aunt Corrine passed on last Friday evening — she’s now singing in a different place. I hope you enjoy it. THE OLD PHONE When I was … Read more
The party’s over, boys and girls. Now, the real work begins. You’ve got 77 days to come up with a plan to save the world. For real. Don’t try to make everybody happy. Just do the right thing. Please. Use your new powers for the greatest good. That will make me very happy.
A reflection for Election Day: When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as … Read more
There’s been very little happiness in the financial world. In order to keep from slipping into the black hole of depression about our financial situation, I’ve withdrawn a bit. Do I really need to know what is happening in the market on an hour to hour basis? No. Day to day? Hmm. One day it’s … Read more
I was delivering a talk on Happiness. When I asked people to consider, “what gets in the way of your happiness?” one man said, “Time. I am so stressed and have so much to do, I don’t have time to do any of the stuff that makes me happy.” OK, so let’s establish something: Happiness … Read more
At the YMCA this morning two guys sitting at weight machines were having a conversation that went like this: A: “Why do I do this? I come in here three days a week to beat myself up?” B: “I agree. This is crazy, to come in here and pull and push and sweat. Why DO … Read more
Wednesday I delivered two programs for employees at the Veterans Administration. This was the eve of the seventh anniversary of 9/11, and signs up and down the hallways at the center reminded people of a memorial service to be held the next morning. During lunch and after the program I got to mingle with a … Read more
As my wife and I were preparing dinner last evening she looked at me and asked, “when was the last time we ate dinner at the kitchen table?” Hmm. Great question. We traveled back on our calendar and realized that we started eating dinner on our deck when we returned from our vacation, which was … Read more
Sometimes the statistics on advertising make me sad. The other day I read an article that reminded me that the average kid, by the time they enter school, will have already viewed 30,000 commercials. A typical working adult who listens to the radio as they commute by car on a freeway and who watches a … Read more