Part 1 Part 2 “People feel happy to the degree we feel in control of our lives – but we give away our happiness by blaming circumstances we cannot control.” Rick Butts The “Feeling of Control” concept was the centerpiece of my Control – Clarity – Courage triad of points for my keynote speech. The [...]
The story you are about to read is 100% true. It’s Friday June 3rd 2011 in Denver Colorado and I’m being held down on a bed on the 3rd floor of the positively named Denver Health Care Hospital. The ordinary private room is filled with nearly every nurse, resident, orderly and employee on the floor. [...]
Okay, it’s driving me crazy that I get totally fishmeckled about what in the world to publish on my own website. One day it’s politics, one day it’s social stuff, one day it’s a funny spoof video about the annoyingly omnipresent Ali Brown, and then it’s why and how to use a Gravatar to let [...]
I’m walking into the 3 Kings Tavern with my friend Sean to hear The Hollyfelds, a very talented local country act, that is playing what is usually a hard rock/punk venue in Denver Colorado, and I’m bitching, ranting really, about my latest annoyance – that no original or interesting music has come out in the [...]
Click to Play The Power of Written Goals Audio mp3 Goal Setting Rocket Video
Click here for the Goal Setting Rocket video. Clarity In a world of too many choices, we need to boil our lives down to the things that matter most. Are you are overcommitted to the wrong priorities? Why is it that we fail to use what works so very well in business, in our personal [...]
My daughter was a champion barrel racer when we lived in Texas. I found this video and came up with the idea to merge it with her skateboarding. The announcer, noticing how fierce she was as a competitor said that after she got dropped from competition accidentally last week she had been “riding with a [...]
I got this in my email inbox today. The people who put out scams like this should be publicly caned. Never, never, never respond to anything that comes in the mail about a domain without looking really closely at the source. The only people who have any relevant info about your domain are the people [...]
Happy Birthday To Me! December 22 – Here’s the link to show your love for me http://7littlechoices.com LOL – I know sometimes I exceed my own maximum of cheeseballness. But, honestly friends, I get these ideas. They come to me like fun little friends and invite me to play. So, today I started humming happy [...]
I once saw this National Geographic program about penguins and how after sitting on the eggs for weeks without food they were relieved for egg-duty by their mate – and headed straight for the ocean. But, they stopped short and crowded on the cliff overlooking the sea in fear that a walrus would be waiting [...]
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