Masters. 1st Place. 48. Still Got It. What about when I don’t? The questions we ask ourselves, after we’ve been through the grinder. Those are the most important ones to ask ourselves. Did we do that? Did we bring it? Or, did we not. Just hesitated, sided with our human side or anxiety or procrastination?... Continue Reading →
Idea #5 DO NOTHING
Where are you in this moment? Deep in work? I picked up my phone no less than 181 times today! That’s a lot. But, that’s a picture of how connected we are. We are terrible at doing nothing. But, it is one of the healthiest things we can do. Put the phone on silent. Turn... Continue Reading →
Idea #4: Write to Your Younger Self
Photo by Bess Hamiti on Pexels.com Can you go back in time to correct past mistakes? No. But, you can still learn from them. Today's idea, is simple. Sit for a 5-15 minutes and write a letter to your younger self. Only by looking backwards can we connect the dots. What is in that time... Continue Reading →
Idea 3: Examine Your Habits
The Path One of the things that elude us often are the ones right in front of our faces. They surprise us. Catch us off guard. I was asked recently who am I with and where am I? They were to be taken literally. They were deep questions to ask myself at my core. Am... Continue Reading →
Idea #2: Try Something Out of Your Comfort Zone
Black Out Poetry The idea today is to do something way out there. Something that even might make you uncomfortable. The regular practice of doing this can be applied to vocational and avocational spaces. What if you took a policy and procedure manual from work, ripped a page from it, and then tried to create... Continue Reading →
1000 Ideas: Idea 1 Power of the Pause
Thank you for joining me on this journey that will more than likely have me taking the better part of three years to complete. I am taking a journey of sharing the coolest 1000 ideas that I come across here. They won’t be everyday. I won’t be using the same media to post. They won’t... Continue Reading →
Quote Roulette: Ryan Holiday
Perspective. It’s calming. It’s a catalyst at times. Seeking out as many different perspectives as we can, lends some incredible ways to find our way through just about anything. Any obstacle. This one from Ryan Holiday is one I would put on my wall where I would see it the most. It’s a cold reminder... Continue Reading →
Puzzle 🧩 and Perspectives
Sledding Party with Mary (iPhone 13 Mini) “Life batters us. It does. We find out that we’ve lost our job...or someone we love. We find out that some ruling has come down against us or that a bad review has been written. We fall and hurt ourselves. We get a diagnosis. We are mistreated or... Continue Reading →
What Do You Do?
Any fun on that agenda of yours? What we do says just as much about who we are than anything else. Your actions, what you make urgent, how you react when someone brings a concern to you or an idea, all decide what others perception of you is going to be. How are you prioritizing... Continue Reading →
Quote Roulette: Thich Nhat Hanh
Worry. Anxiety. It eats away at the best version of ourselves. It spills into our teams, our circles of influence, infecting performance with perceived lack of confidence. Awareness in those moments where we’re under pressure disappears leaving it unchecked. Unawareness to how it affects us is deadly if it continues unchecked. This week’s quote roulette,... Continue Reading →