As I wander through this grand thing called life, sniffing flowers here, avoiding cars there, I can’t help but think back to things that have had me thinking about how I live my life. Two sources of unique inspiration that I’ve had is the book “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho and the book/video called “The Secret”. Long time readers of
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It’s November now. We’re heading into the craziness of the holiday season. For most of us it’s already a time of stress and nuttiness. With the economy in the crapper right now it’s going to test the limits of some people. Fear not…I’m here to spread loads of joy…or at least say “hey, it’s not that bad” as we try
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Whether we know it or not, we all impact the lives of those around us. Obviously we have an impact on those that are close to us but in many cases we also impact the lives of those that we simply come in contact with. I was reminded of this in two different occasions within the past week or so.
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It’s been a crazy week for me. I’m sure it’s been a crazy week for everyone given everything that is going on in the world. I’ve had to do some traveling in my time off as well as working some horrendous hours. Somewhere in there was a birthday I had to celebrate with friends and family. It was tough finding
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A great way to beat the stress of a crappy economy and other such stresses is a simple, free solution of staying physically active. When you’re out there running around, lifting weights, riding a trail, or whatever it is you may enjoy doing you will feel instantly better and feel your stresses wash away. It’s more than just a diversion…it’s
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Often times people compare their life to those of others and go “oh he’s so lucky, he has this car, that house, this job, this going for him…” and so forth. Or perhaps they say “wow, he’s got it rough”. We do that with the general conditions of the economy (you know, the one that totally blows right now) and
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I know…I know…it’s been far too long since I last wrote something deep and inspirational. Do I have a good reason? I of course like to think I do…but don’t we all think we have good reasons for doing things? The truth of it all is I’ve simply been worn out with the new gig I’m doing and it leaves
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I was talking to a friend last night and she asked “Do you think I have high expectations?” It wasn’t a tough question…I replied “yes”. However, I noticed the tone in which she asked me this. She asked as if it was a bad thing to have high expectations and almost sounded a bit disappointed when I said she did.
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Ya know…we can all sit here and complain about troubles at work, cranky roommates, bad traffic…whatever it may be. But again, sometimes it’s the little things that can put the biggest smile on your face if you just take a break for a minute and think “oh yeah…I DO have a lot going for me”. My mother recently asked me
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One must never forget to count your blessings. I was reminded of this late last week as I was talking to my mother. There have been some, oh how shall we say it…trying times with my current roommate. Trying times may be a bit of an understatement. On the bright side, I came up with a pretty cool business idea
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