If I were a betting man, I would be willing to place a wager on the idea that about half of you who are reading this column right now do not enjoy your work very much. You are working a “job” because you need to be able to make a living , and maybe because [...]
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If You Work Your Passion, Your Passion Will Work!
April 26, 2011Five Easy Ways To Improve Your Life Today!
March 22, 2011I never fail to be amazed at how the simplest things in life can make such a difference. Sometimes that difference is a physical one (a more comfortable office chair, for example), sometimes it is a mental one (meeting someone special, perhaps?), and sometimes it is a financial one (a promotion at work or possibly [...]
Don’t Beat Yourself
March 4, 2011Why do so many of us beat ourselves at the game of life? I’ve wondered about that for a long time, and it seems that the older (and hopefully wiser) I become in my role as performance coach, mentor, and advisor to youth and adults alike, I become more troubled by watching people fall short [...]
Grammar Can Be Such A Helpful Lady!
March 3, 2011In the course of doing my job as a performance coach and mentor for young racers and athletes (and serving as a volunteer in my church’s youth ministry), I encounter many situations where I see highly intelligent and talented young people who are unwittingly paying the price for our increasing lack of attention to teaching [...]
F.E.A.R.
November 24, 2010We all experience fear at different times in our life. But few of us know what “fear” really is, or where it comes from. Fear, as defined in the dictionary, is “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.” [...]
Master vs. Apprentice
September 8, 2010I was watching a video of legendary musician Buddy Rich the other day, and it got me thinking. Buddy, for those of you who don’t know, is considered by many in the business to be the greatest drummer who ever lived. An experienced drummer for 40 years myself, I sometimes show a clip of Buddy [...]
L.I.F.E.
August 31, 2010I’ve had several occasions lately where I’ve been involved in discussions with people who were telling me that they were very disappointed with where they’re at in their lives or their careers. It always seems that they have a reason for not reaching their goals, and often that reason involves everyone or everything else but [...]
Everything Starts With A Thought
March 20, 2010Are you truly happy in your life right now? Are you achieving your goals and dreams? Is there something that you’d rather be doing for a career but you just don’t know how to begin to even contemplate moving in that direction? For many people, the answers to those questions, sadly, are no, no, and [...]
