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That Sounds A Lot Like…
Tony, "Your email yesterday sounded a lot like Ronda Conger." Me, "Great, Ronda is amazing! Thanks for the compliment! When boiled down, all personal development is the same message(s) presented with each person's individual slant and...
How Do You See Them?
Every interaction you have with another human is an opportunity. You have the opportunity and the power to make the world a better place one interaction at a time. The way you treat a server will affect the mood of the server the rest of their shift and thus have an...
Are You Cliff Jumping?
Recently I've been seeing a lot of women with their ring fingernail painted a different color than the rest of their nails. I've asked a handful of them why it's painted different and have yet to get a concrete answer. The answer given is some variation of... "I...
Where You Invest Your Love…
One of my wife's favorite lyrics is from Awake My Soul by Mumford & Sons. The verse goes like this... In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will dieWhere you invest your love, you invest your life Her favorite line is "Where you invest your love, you...
Getting In the Weeds…
I noticed a weed. I picked it. Then I noticed another weed. I picked it. This went on for some time until I had a sizeable pile of weeds and many more to go. Before I started picking the weed population looked insignificant. It wasn't until I started picking that I...
Two Things When You Need a Push
I have two books in my writing queue. However, I am just not making the time to write them even though there are numerous reasons why I should have them already written. So, I enlisted the help of my two no non-sense friends. Ms. Accountability and Mr....
Everything is Fine…Until it Isn’t
This morning a couple of Kvellians told me of their brush with fate and it reminded me of how fast things can change. They were driving merrily along and in an instant, the road conditions turned to icy slush causing them to lose control of their vehicle and torpedo...
Want to Burn More Fuel?
As a vehicle owner, you want to burn as little fuel as possible. A Prius is more fuel efficient than a muscle car. However, as a human who wants to look good and burn fat you want to burn fuel at a higher rate. Sticking with the car example it's better to...
What’s Your Rock Pile?
Jim Rohn tells a story about a rock pile that hits on so many points. There’s a story about a man who took a rock pile and in two years, turned it into a fabulous garden. And people came from everywhere to see it.One day, a man came by and saw the garden and thought...