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Motivational Truths
A collection of essays on how to maintain a positive motivation and keep on trying to succeed no matter how many times you feel like you’ve failed.
Sunday Evening Self Conversation
When I was in my teenage years, I remember my father, almost every night, sitting on his bed, just staring…
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What Do We Learn From Autumn and Trees?
The glory days of spring and summer have passed. The days are shorter, the nights are longer, the fires are…
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Eight Things to Quit
In any given December you can hear people talk about the bad habits they’re going to quit as part of…
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Circles and Lines
Is life a circle? Or is it a line? Does it matter? Why even think about it? Just recently I…
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Who Thanks The Coaches?
As this is being written, the author is sitting comfortably inside on a Sunday morning. It’s 85F outside but about…
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Age and Assumptions
Most of my readership knows I’ve written before about how age is simply a number. All too often people seem…
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NEVER Too Old
What is it with people and bucket lists? I mean, I get it. Sure. You make this list of things…
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Be Your Own Author – Again
You know (literally, many of you know) I love to write. Even as a young boy in my preteen years…
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FOCUS: Obstacles vs. Opportunities
On any given day, but a LOT on most Monday mornings, you can look in your social media feeds and…
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Who Defines You?
“What follows ‘I am’ is far more important than what follows ‘You are’.” I put that quote up on Facebook…
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Different Goals Mean Different Actions
It occurred to me this morning as I was working through various social media feeds that there were some folks…
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What Gifts Do You Give?
Keep in mind that it’s Christmas Eve as I type this… This morning as I drank my coffee, sitting at…
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Throw Out 2018’s Trash
Welcome to the end of another year (or close to it). As we approach the New Year, lots of people…
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Be Your Own Great Author
I have heard so many jokes about why you shouldn’t piss off an author. Everything from, “because they’ll write you…
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Planning vs. Winging It
This morning, as happens all too often, I saw a social media post that argued planning over improvisation or “winging…
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This Holiday Season Wipe Negative Thinking
It’s “Black Friday” 2018 as I type this. Thanksgiving is a pleasant recent memory and we can finally justify all…
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Your Plan versus Their Plan
While I’m going to use examples from my childhood and that of my children, this article does not apply only…
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5 Keys to Health
There were various groups of people throughout history from whom we could learn much. That’s not to say that they…
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Is the 80/20 Rule Right For You?
Before I delve into the 80/20 rule and whether or not it’s right for you, we need to differentiate between…
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