“People are not lazy, … they have goals which do not inspire them.” – Tony Robbins. I have never particularly subscribed to Tony Robbins...

I am going to postulate that life is about the slope of the incline. When we are young, high school seems hard, but if you are a...

Write down one day. I dare you. You are going to be upset, and if you are honest about doing it and what you want in life you are likely...

Everything you make is worth more, the more any one thing you make is worth.

Everyone has had a moment when they look at the perceived competition and think to themselves, “I am less than…” The problem is, there is...

But are they measured? A friend of mine said to me just this week, “I don’t have the time to…” This is the same friend who sends giant...

I am not old yet. I am certainly not young anymore either by internet standards. At 45 I am comfortably slightly past the middle point of...

Who are you?  Have you ever been pushed hard enough that you know? We don’t really know who we are until the world tells us, “No.” Find...

We like to believe that if we work hard, we do everything as right as we can that life will present us with a series of options, where we...

Thirty seconds at a time you can choose to waste your life, or spend your life in a meaningful pursuit. Americans spend an average of...

I am not young, but by most measures I am not yet old. I am in that sweet spot of middle age. I am wiser than those who look up to me,...

Is a one mile run far? Is writing 10,000 words a lot? Is lifting 400 lbs. strong? Is practicing your Spanish lessons one hour a day...

You are more than you think. You can do more than you believe you can. When you were born you couldn’t count. You couldn’t read. You...

I could have been a writer, a professional athlete, a musician, a doctor, an actor, a chef, a business owner, a scientist, a teacher… If...

Most everywhere I look this quote or some variation of it is attributed to Plato or Philo or some other ancient Greek. Some sites recently attribute it to Ian Maclaren, but I don’t want to talk about the provenance of the quote, but I do want to mention its applicability. For me, the applicability will be about my writing. Every writer should have one or more writing groups. I have one, in addition to more in depth exchanged reads with beta readers. It is a place where you se

Nothing I say in this post is new. Nothing I manage to find as wisdom hasn’t been learned by millions of men and women who have come...

I don’t know if this is for readers, writers, motivation, and everyone in general. I have a lot to say in a short space about the word...

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” I...

What was it that you wanted to get done? Why isn't it done? Was whatever you did instead more important? Are you happy it isn't done? Is...

This is not about what you think it is about. Probably. Hang with me for a moment and read something below. “The children now love...