I’m tired (fished until 2:00-ish am the last two nights and then got up at 4:30 for my conference call). It hurts to type because my finger tips are cut up and throbbing from fishing. For the first time since I started writing these, I don’t know what to say. When we don’t know what to do – […]
Getting Schooled by the Kenai River
August 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Getting Schooled by the Kenai River I’m Salmon fishing in Alaska on the Kenai River. And, man-oh-man has the river been teaching me some lessons the last couple of days. 1) Comparing does not create happiness ~ Guy from Montana is an amazing fisherman. One afternoon he had more salmon on then the other 10 […]
Back Up On My Soapbox of Celebrating Progress
August 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Back Up On My Soapbox of Celebrating Progress One of the most useful things you can do for yourself is to learn to celebrate your progress ~ even incremental progress! There are a ton of benefits to this practice. It is a great productivity strategy. Are you more likely to take action after you have […]
Warning Do Not Use Without Adult Supervision
July 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Warning Do Not Use Without Adult Supervision Here’s the problem, we have been using the label gun without proper wise adult supervision. Consequently, we have stuck all kinds of ridiculous labels on ourselves and even worse – believed that they are true. Here’s just a few of these ridiculous labels I’ve recently encountered: I am […]
Wrestling with an Angel or a Demon (you get to choose)
July 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Wrestling with an Angel or a Demon (you get to choose) I talked to a friend this morning. He just had a big unexpected expense show up in his life. He shared that he would notice the negative feelings come up (the invitation to be stressed, worried, and anxious) and then he would let go […]
Are You Refueling Or Running On Empty? Tues -7/29
July 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Are You Refueling Or Running On Empty? Most people are not very good at acknowledging (much less celebrating) progress. When we fail to do this, we deprive ourselves of fuel – excitement, enthusiasm, self-confidence, feelings of well-being, happiness. When we lack fuel, we feel tired and burned out. Inspired action and a positive attitude become […]
Free Fish Society ~ are you a member?
July 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Campfire of Passion and Purpose
July 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Redefining Leadership
July 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Redefining Leadership Old school leadership says that good leaders have all the answers. Wow, what an impossible position. Let’s redefine what it means to be a good leader. What if we can let go of needing to have all the answers already and can instead ask the best questions to elicit the answer(s)! What if […]
Is It Really Worth It?
July 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Is it really worth it? This morning I asked myself this question, “Is this really worth getting your undies in a twist over?” The answer was, “of course not!!!” But I was getting myself upset over a minor thing, and talking to myself in my head about it. I stopped because it wasn’t worth it. […]
