2024 Friday Reflections #3: What Do You Have To Do?
It’s amazing how my mind can mess with me even in seemingly idyllic situations. I can still get myself really wound up about all the stuff I have to do, what I must do, even if those things aren’t work related. When I was in New Mexico it was supposed to snow 12 inches overnight […]
2024 Friday Reflection #2: Attention Addiction
The greatest gift we can give another human being is the purity of our attention. This quote is attributed to Richard Moss. I have repeated it many times because it is true. But the purity of attention is given less and less today in the hyper-speed, hyper-distracted culture. A recent study showed that even having […]
2024 Friday Reflections #1: What is Success?
At my age, 52, and the age of many of my friends, success is often talked about as two things. First is how much money you have or are making and second is what amazing things your kids are doing. Today I will write about the second one. Of course, we are all proud of our children […]
2023 Friday Reflections #47 Happy New Year
This is a time many of us look back and reflect on the previous year and look forward and plan the new year. In our monthly Mid-Life Transition meeting this month, we discussed best practices for reflection and planning. Here are the take aways. Review your photos from 2023 in your phone and select your […]
2023 Friday Reflections #46: There Is No Right Action from The Wrong Space
We have all heard it said that you can’t tell if an action was good or bad until you know the intention. It is true! The last two weeks, I have been reflecting on that. In Recovery, we say you are either run by Higher Power or by your personality defects. I see that every day in my own […]
2023 Friday Reflections #45: Momentum
As I was running a 25km trail run today and reflecting on my progress on my book and my podcast, it crystallized for me about the importance of momentum and how to use it. I was reminded by listening to the end of Rich Roll’s book, Finding Ultra earlier in the week. He talks about […]