To start a successful day, be prepared.
You should have planned for today – yesterday.
You wake up with a to-do list. You have a plan. Today is not just a warmed over version of yesterday. You make today special.
You are an ambitious person. You know what career/business actions are going [...]
Continue Reading →1. Authentic – not a phony – word means something
2. Role model – walks the talk – mentors – aligned with Action Principles(R)
3. Self-reliant – capable of completing the mission without the need for a lot of hand holding
4. Strong work ethic – will never shy away from doing [...]
Continue Reading →There are idiots all around you.
There are inconsiderate people all around you.
There are people all around you who are totally self-centered and could give a damn less if you win or lose or live or die.
“There is one!”
“Careful, there’s another!”
Can you accept the meanness, the idleness, the crassness, the selfishness? Continue Reading →
Everyone gets a trophy.
Everyone gets an “A.”
Everyone gets his or her fair share.
This sounds nice.
This is the way many American children are being raised.
They are being raised in a bubble.
Parents and educators taking the easy path.
It is easy to pat the little prince or princess [...]
Continue Reading →God has a job for you on earth.
Your job is to be knowledgeable.
You job is to learn everything good and everything that is bad.
You learn about beauty and love and happiness and respect and bravery and appreciation and flowers and sunshine and vacations and smiles and laughing and sweet [...]
Continue Reading →The Gap Year is that that twelve month period between high school and college or between college and graduate school or between college and getting a “real” job.
Some students actually feel that they are entitled to take a gap year as a sort of respite or vacation after the rigors of academia.
Continue Reading →Are you walking through your life on a treadmill wearing blinders? Many are.
The common place becomes the ordinary, the expected.
Our house and office and car are there but do we mindfully see our house and office and car?
Our route to and from work is the same each day but do we mindfully see [...]
Continue Reading →You say, “My new girlfriend is the hottest babe on campus.”
I think, “I can name few hotter.”
You say, “Wow, doesn’t this new sweater look good on me?”
I think, “You’d look a lot better losing twenty pounds.”
You say, “Isn’t he precious? My little Bradford III just made the second grade honor roll.”
I think, “He’s [...]
Continue Reading →You are mindful. You are a tough, mindful person of action.
As a mindful person, you are reflective.
As a mindful person, you are brutally honest with yourself.
And, yes, being mindful: tough, brutally honest and reflective can, at times, seem like a curse.
You could have married Paul but you married [...]
Continue Reading →A number of writers have used 10,000 hours as a metric to quantify mastery. The theory goes that if you practice the piano or throw darts for 10,000 hours, you’ll be a master. This 10,000 hours is alternately presented as 7 years of practice.
As a mindful person, lets stay real. Mindfulness is brutal honesty.
If [...]
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