I always like to review the lessons I’ve learned during the year in my last blog of the year. Since it’s 2024, I present 24 lessons. 1. Great friends are like investments in jewels that can please you throughout your life. 2. Doing work you love that ignites your passion creates more energy than you […]
I love the end of the year because I always do a gratitude blog for Thanksgiving, a lessons learned blog for December, and a goals blog in January. It serves as a fantastic way to organize myself year by year. Since it’s 2024, I will share 24 items; I doubt anyone would read it if […]
It’s time to write another blog, and I feel a little like that old commercial, “It’s time to make the donuts!” The commitment to put out a blog every other week may not sound like much to the average reader, but I’m telling you, sometimes I just have nothing to say on command. Today is […]
Keeping a gratitude journal is the best habit I maintain. Every day, my gratitude partner, Terri Winfree, and I exchange emails listing five things we are grateful for that day. We have been doing this since August 2020 with no end in sight. Even on challenging days, it has become easy to find the gratitude. […]
At the end of the year, I like to look back at the lessons I learned—they are always plentiful. I like to challenge the adage, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” This old dog loves learning new tricks! When the learning stops, my quality of life is greatly diminished. Here are 22 things […]
With the holiday season approaching, many of us are making plans to be with family or are longing for family and unable to get home. While this is true for many in the world, what about those who don’t find spending time with their families something to look forward to? If you are someone fortunate […]
Despite the controversy surrounding Christopher Columbus and the USA’s Thanksgiving holiday, it is hard to find a problem with the idea of giving thanks or gratitude—especially in November, National Gratitude Month. Gratitude is the inoculation against all painful emotions. It’s impossible to consistently hold onto emotions like anger, sadness and anxiety while you are simultaneously […]
March is National Kidney Month, and I am so happy to report that my good friend, Sylvester Baugh, received the kidney that gave him a new lease on life on March 18, 2021. Last year at this very time, I remember looking at him and thinking I needed to prepare myself for his eventual death; […]
I have mixed feelings about today, February 24, being International Compliment Day. It is meant to celebrate the power of well-deserved compliments. A well-placed compliment can make a person’s day; it lets someone know that you see them and like or appreciate something about them. This is good, except when it isn’t. When can compliments […]
The week of November 16-22 has been designated, Global Entrepreneur Week. From the time I was about five-years-old, my father was an entrepreneur. I didn’t really know any other life. My great-grandfather, tracing back as far as I know how, was also an entrepreneur and well, you probably know I am one as well. It […]
