On AOL the other night I read an article about the keys to success. These keys could easily be part of one of my Choicefullivingseminars presentations. All the essential aspects about our success and happiness begin with our way of thinking. Is that too simple? Do you want it to be more complicated? Making it more complicated […]
Our attitude about what is happening in our lives is perhaps the most critical aspect of our happiness. If we feel things are moving too fast, there is too much work to do, our lives are boring, our kids hate us, that is exactly what we will experience. We set the stage for how we
Your cubicle mate, your boss, your running partner, your next door neighbor, anyone around you, has gotten a promotion, a raise, or special recognition for something they have done. You, on the other-hand, have been overlooked, ignored and unrecognized for your efforts. It might be hard to join them in celebration, and if you do join
For three days this past week it seemed there was not an electronic device I could safely touch. E-mails did not go out as I thought, websites were unavailable, passwords ceased to work, I am pretty sure when I walked past my computer it said “don’t touch me”. Am I paranoid or just
You step into the street and a car misses you by less than a foot; you are driving along and another driver pulls in front of you unexpectedly, you are in the kitchen making dinner and drop a knife which lands right next to your foot. All three of these things are examples
Have you ever seen that sign along the freeway? EXPECT DELAYS. What happens when you see that sign? Chances are you get tense, begin wondering if you will get to your destination on time, you may even begin to get anxious, perhaps even angry, “Why me, why today?” you ask yourself. I have noticed that
I’ve got an idea! This is the greatest idea ever, it will save the company (or our family, or our program) so much!, then you present the idea and it falls on deaf ears, it is like we are speaking a dead language. How deflating that can be, and often we respond with anger, or
OK, I admit it, after five days here at the All American Soap Box Derby, working from 6:30 in the morning until 9:00 at night, following a very interesting trip through Denver, I am feeling a little tired. What keeps me going is the joy I see in the faces of the champions and their
So that completes my week at the All American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. And a fine week it was, lots of personal insights, lots of opportunities to serve the Champions and their families. I also got lots of opportunities to be a “star”. For at least 12 hours during the week I was
When I set out for the Soap Box Derby last weekend I wrote that I would report on what I learned from the young drivers, ages 7-17. How delightful that at the Akron Rubber Ducks minor league baseball game Tuesday night I met an 89 year old Korean War veteran named Harold. Harold has an
