“Do something every day that you don’t want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” -Mark Twain We all have those things that we really don’t like to do, like chores around the house, going to work, or spending yet another Saturday at your kid’s [...]

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” -Wayne Dyer “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” -Jim Rohn These quotes are all variations of the same [...]

Okay okay, here’s what Honest Abe actually said: “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” Close enough, no? Well anyway, this quote reminds me of another – “Slow and steady wins the race.” Both of which are WAY outside of my reality, and that’s not good! This has always been a challenge for me, [...]

We all have our heavy duty bucket lists that include skydiving, scuba diving a shipwreck, and other big crazy fun events. What about the small things that you want to do on a daily basis? Those are just as important. In fact, I’d say they’re MORE important than the big ones because let’s face it, [...]

I was doing some work at a coffee shop the other day and at one point I suddenly had the urge to look over at a table about 10 feet away. An old Chinese man was looking at the screen saver on my laptop, then he looked at me as he smiled and nodded. So [...]

I have really been trying to go with what my gut tells me for the past eight years or so. I’m no master, and questions still arise, but I have a simple system that you can use if you’re having trouble figuring out how to do it. 1) Stop. Stop everything that you’re doing when [...]

Sam Davidson is part of Reverb10, which is an online event dedicated to reflecting on 2010 and manifesting what is to come in 2011. Sam contributed this question: “What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your [...]

I just watched a movie called “Talk To Me” starring Don Cheadle as Petey Greene from DC, who was a disc jockey back the 1960s and 70s (movie is based on a true story). He had a natural talent to get people involved and together, a talent to get people to listen. How many people [...]

This is a guest post by Mary Jaksch of the Goodlife Zen blog. Zen meditation is not only a way to feel more peaceful or get rid of stress – it’s an amazing journey into the unknown. Maybe you are a beginner and have never meditated before. Or maybe you are an experienced meditator. In [...]

Let me start off by saying that I’m known as the one in my family who is always late, and the one who everyone has to wait for before we can all leave the house to go somewhere. Either you know someone like that (in which case you should send this to them), or you [...]