How Dare You
(Trigger warning: MASSIVE GUILT TRIP AHEAD...and some minor swearing) Did you wake up with a plan decide to give your best today...to...
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Oct 11, 2021
Make Every Day Count
Many of us are still firmly in the grip of the pandemic Ground Hog Day scenario - with many offices delaying returns to "normal"...
Sep 27, 2021
One Step at a Time
One of the least popular places to live in the world is the present. So many of us spend time either in the past, swimming either in...
Sep 13, 2021
Monday Motivation
It's been 20 years since the 9/11 attacks. If you were alive (and mostly adultish) when it happened, you know where you were and what...
Aug 30, 2021
Monday Motivation
I often get asked for advice on "the best time to..." find a job, start graduate school, change careers, start a business, ask for a...
Aug 16, 2021
Monday Motivation
Back to school season is upon us. As a kid, I was always excited for the new school year to start. To learn new things, to move...
Jul 26, 2021
Monday Motivation
One side benefit of having children is having a great excuse to watch kids movies. One of my favorites is Kung Fu Panda. Po, the...
Jul 19, 2021
Monday Motivation
Have you ever met an Olympian? They are extraordinary people. In Greek mythology, the Olympians were literally gods - set apart from...
Jun 28, 2021
Monday Motivation
Gardeners are inherently optimistic people. Planting seeds now for flowers or fruits later is an exercise in patience that is often lost...
Jun 21, 2021
Monday Motivation
It might be an unrealistic expectation for every day to be epic. One that sticks out in your memory above all the others for how things...
Jun 14, 2021
Monday Motivation
Iron sharpens iron. Absolutely correct. If you are an athlete - one of the best ways to get better is to compete against opponents...
Jun 7, 2021
Monday Motivation
We have come to take for granted from movies over the past 70+ years that the US Military will win the day. We believe that John Wayne...
Apr 26, 2021
Monday Motivation
I would like to try surfing one day. As a kid growing up in the mountains, there has not been much opportunity to try it. But it looks...
Apr 19, 2021
Monday Motivation
There was an add campaign years ago for a donut chain featuring an exhausted baker getting up in the wee hours to make fresh donuts for...
Mar 1, 2021
Monday Motivation
I've been thinking about a line from the Disney/Pixar movie WALL-E (highly recommend, even if you don't have kids). The Captain of the...
Feb 15, 2021
Monday Motivation
Abraham Lincoln is one of my favorite presidents to study and a fascinating leader. His life was full of trials, setbacks, and...
Feb 4, 2021
The Third Act for your Career
In movies and stage plays, Act 3 is where the climax and resolution of the first two acts happens. Romeo and Juliet die. Tom Hanks...
Jan 11, 2021
Monday Motivation
I read recently that cooking shows & YouTube channels are at an all-time popularity. I also read that people who watch those shows and...
Nov 26, 2020
Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving this year will be different than any in our lifetime. Normally a time to gather with friends and family to celebrate our...
Oct 12, 2020
Monday Motivation
J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again" is one of my favorite books. The unlikely hero, Bilbo Baggins, is living a rather...
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