We live in an interesting world. As a species, we are pre-disposed to follow the person who seems to know what’s going on. It’s probably a survival instinct. We often will see a visionary leader, someone who is inspirational and colorful and full of initiative, courage and new ideas. Then everyone gets on board behind… Continue Reading
Category Archives: 50 Books in 50 Weeks
Want to know why you’re craving what’s bad for you?
It seems the term “hot mess” has made it into our cultural vocabulary so in that spirit, let me say that our lives are a hot mess of our habits. Depending on your habits, that can be a good thing or a bad thing. I imagine its a little bit of both. Charles Duhigg explores… Continue Reading
Blame it all on mom and dad
So, did your parents mess you up also? Yeah, mine too. But I’m pretty sure I’m messing my kids up just as bad. I thought Tracy and Stein, in their book Kiss That Frog: 12 Great Ways to Turn Negatives into Positives in Your Life and Work, had one of the best approaches on dealing with… Continue Reading
Are you bathing in Dirty Water
Ever had to follow a sibling into the bathtub, after they’ve gotten out but without the water being drained and refilled? Sinking down into the dirty water, as the floaties and the muck left behind stick to your skin – and what’s the film on top of the water anyway? No fun is it? And… Continue Reading
The 5 Deadly Frogs
Fear, doubt, worry. If there were just three Horsemen of the apocalypse instead of four they would probably be named fear, doubt and worry. After all, what can be more terrifying? The interesting thing about these emotions as we tend to not only create them ourselves we distort them and make them bigger than they… Continue Reading
Sweet 46 and never been kissed
Okay, well I was about 15 or 16 and used that ‘never been kissed,’ line to get Lindsay (I’ll keep her last name private for her protection) to kiss me one night in front of my parents house. She was dating one of the popular guys and I guess decided to do me a favor and… Continue Reading
How do I get Hired
At the beginning of every semester I ask the students in my aviation job targeting class “why should I hire you?” I can usually make it through a room of about 25-30 students with only one or two getting the right answer. The vast majority give me some sort of pithy comment, or senior superlative… Continue Reading
Ya take the good, ya take the bad. . . but focus on the good
We all experience happy times, and we all experience sad times. There are times when life is good and times when life is bad. No one is immune to these facts of life. But, author and speaker Mark Sanborn, in his book, Up, Down or Sideways: How to Succeed when times are Good, Bad and in… Continue Reading
Are you Ready?
Magician Criss Angel’s catchphrase is “Are you Ready?” So lets ask ourselves? Are we ready? Are we ready for the time in our life when we are up, down or sideways? No matter where we’re at in our lives right now, whether we’re riding high or swimming in the depths, are we ready for the… Continue Reading
Sleep and Grow Rich
My family calls it “stupid money.” Stupid money means we have so much money we could just do stupid things. Buying planes, boats and major remodeling on the house tend to fall on this list. According to Joseph Murphy, author of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind you can use your subconscious mind to bring you riches.… Continue Reading