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It's easy to beat ourselves up for our failures and missteps. It's easy to berate our peers, staff, and team for their shortcomings. However, rarely does this negative energy lead to positive outcomes. Note: there is a difference between purposeful correction with...

Marie Kondo has become famous for her tidying up methods. She has a Netflix show, bestselling book, media company, and Konmari-ed has been turned into a verb (this last one, in my opinion, is the ultimate sign that you have made it big). If you follow her method you...

My boys learned to ride bikes this past week! There's nothing quite like the instant when somebody goes from not being able to do something to being able to do it. It's damn near magical. I'm young in my fathering career and still learning the best ways to teach my...

Marie Kondo has become famous for her tidying up methods.These methods work well for your physical spaces and they also work well for other areas of your lifeLet's look at how you can KonMarie your life with step one of the KonMarie Method.Step 1: Tidy in one shot, as...

Step two of the KonMarie Method is to sort by category, not by location. Marie has you separate items into 5 categories: Clothing Books Papers Komono (miscellaneous items) Mementos (items with sentimental value) Start with the easiest category and work towards the...

My third and final installment of "Get KonMari-ed" may be the most vital to living a happy fulfilled life. Step three of the KonMari Method is to ask yourself "Does it spark joy?" Mari Kondo is referring to the objects and clutter in your house and again, like the...

Are you a people pleaser? I think to some extent we all are. As a business owner, it is my job to give people what they value. Thus, I get the people pleaser mentality. It is easy to get sucked into helping people or changing your way of doing something to make...

Me: "How far along are you?" Bridget: "30-weeks, and everything is becoming difficult." Me: I bet, I don't know how you (collectively women) do it." Bridget: "I have no choice." Thanks Bridget for a lesson in motivation today. How do you get something difficult done?...

Growing up I spent the summers at my grandparent's ranch in Salmon, Idaho, hiking the endless desert hills behind my house in Worland, Wyoming, and playing in the forests by my house in Anchorage, Alaska.  (I was spoiled with nature, thanks mom and dad) As an adult, I...