How Well Do You Know Yourself? Feb 03, 2022

You have to know yourself to grow yourself."

--John Maxwell
 
 
We have a hard time being successful with other people if we haven’t paid the price of success with ourselves. The Law of Awareness is kind of a catch 22. We have to know who we are to grow...
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Ignore the Naysayers Jan 24, 2022

"If I would have listened to the naysayers, I would probably still be in the Austrian Alps yodeling."

 

--Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

I was watching the wild card game the other night—the Arizona Cardinals against the Los Angeles Rams.

Matthew Stafford has been a quarterback for 13...

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4 Steps to Boost Your Self-Image Jan 10, 2022

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit of what he can do."

 

--Charles Schwab 

As we grow, life experiences, mistakes, failures, kids on the playground and well-meaning adults download beliefs systems in our minds that we continue to carry with...

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The Unknown Struggle Jan 10, 2022

“Life is either an adventure or nothing at all."

--Helen Keller

Adventure is my word for 2022.

Reading through last years journal, I realized that I spent a huge amount of time struggling with control issues. In fact, it wasn't just last year's struggle--it's been with me awhile. It makes me...
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Forget The Attachment Dec 27, 2021

“Attachment is the source of all suffering."

--Buddha

Attachment is a feeling that binds one to a person, thing, cause, ideal, or the like. It is the state of being attached. Many of us have new goals for 2022 and we're excited about them! If we are going to achieve those...
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Lessons From Badger Mountain Dec 22, 2021

“It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

-- Sir Edmund Hillary

 

Badger Mountain is not Mount Everest,  but I get some of my best ideas and hardest workouts hiking there.  When the gym closed during the COVID quarantine, I worked out at home for awhile....

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Families Are Like Fudge Dec 21, 2021

“Families are like fudge, mostly sweet, with lots of nuts.”

--Anonymous

I know the holidays can be stressful. When you put different people together from different backgrounds, with different expectations--well...sometimes it's hard to know how to handle it.

My younger brother, Dave,...

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Meet Your Thief. Dec 07, 2021


“Comparison is the thief of joy."

 
― Theodore Roosevelt
 
The holiday season can be brutal when it comes to comparing ourselves with others.  All those gatherings with family can bring up past issues. Even the parties with friends can invoke comparison.  Especially...
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