Have you ever gone somewhere or seen something that took you back in time? For just a moment, you can see, hear and feel an event from you past almost as if you were reliving it? Recently, I accompanied my wife to the prom. It wasn’t our prom. It was the prom at the high school where she teaches. We usually go each year so she can help honor students who are about to graduate. The prom features a “Senoir…
When I was 50 years old, I had accepted the fact that I was going to feel worse and worse as I got older and older. Thankfully, someone told me about a nutritional system that showed me that I was mistaken. Now, I feel better than I’ve felt since I was in my 20s, and I want everyone to feel the way I feel. Join me on a mission to have fun, take control, and change the world, one life…
As 2010 gets started, I thought I’d pass on a goal setting tip I got from Chris Brogan‘s newsletter a few months ago (you can sign up for the newsletter here). Brogan passed on an idea he got from Bre Pettis, an innovator and designer. You write down your “most audacious goal” on a big, white sheet of paper. Then you go backwards with ways that you can accomplish it. Those ways become your goals. Brogan calls them “lighthouses” that…
For years, most people planning for retirement have heard about the wisdom of contributing to a 401(k) or similar plan. But as the financial crisis turned into a full-blown recession, everybody saw their investment accounts shrink. photo credit: nick farnhill Plans like the 401(k) let people contribute pre-tax dollars into an investment account that is expected to increase in value over time. But now the financial situation has gotten so bad that Time magazine’s Oct. 19 cover story says it’s…
NOTE — Today’s blog post was written by Jason Lewis, who gives his thoughts on the power of choosing our own path in the world. When I think about what makes life so great, my mind always comes back to the same thing — freedom. The freedom to live our lives however we choose is in my mind, without a doubt, the most exciting thing life has to offer us. photo credit: thelastminute We have the power and the privilege to live…
The other day, I was reading a story about NASCAR driver Kyle Busch. He’s not my favorite, but I admire his will to win. In the story, Busch talked about what motivates him. “What I use is the car in front of me. If there’s a car in front of me, I’m going to chase him,” Busch said. “… I want to pass that guy. If I’m the leader, there’s another car in front of me, he’s going a lap…
The other day, my wife was talking to our daughter about how her day at school went. My daughter talked about an exercise one of her teachers had the students do that day. The teacher asked the students to join their two hands together, interlocking their fingers. She then told the students to look at their fingers to see which of their thumbs were in front. When people put their hands together like that, they almost always do it the…
One evening last weekend, my daughter wanted me to go jogging along the beach with her. I had taken a long walk with my wife and son that morning, but I was still up for a nice relaxing run. Unfortunately, a storm came up before we started. So we decided to jog the next morning instead. Bright and early, we headed out on the sand. It was beautiful. We had barely got started when I told my daughter we should…
I recently spent a weekend in North Myrtle Beach with my family. One morning, I went for a walk on the beach with my wife and son. We walked to the Cherry Grove pier. The walk was pleasant even though it was a cloudy day. We made it to the pier and turned back toward the resort where we were staying. About halfway back, it occurred to me that the walk going to the pier seemed much shorter than the…
I was thinking earlier tonight about a seminar I went to several years ago that included a session on the way families work. One of the things I learned is the importance of being what the teachers called a “non-anxious presence.” It seems that often issues that arise within families can be handled if one of those involved can keep his or her anxiety level down. That “non-anxious presence” can serve as a calming agent of sorts. I often thought…