Here’s the thing: I am NOT an adult, I am NOT an educator and I am NOT a parenting expert. Most importantly, I am NOT a parent. Thank God too! Or else, my child might just die of thirst and illness as my dad so rightly pointed out here. Although, between you and me I’m pretty sure I could do a great job taking care of another living thing. I mean I ... [Continue Reading]
HOW YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE WITH A PEN, PAPER & 30 SECONDS
Grab a pen and paper, your tablet or computer. In truth, it doesn't really matter what kind of writing or recording instrument that you choose. What matters most is that you take 30 seconds to write, type or record a list of the things you would regret not having done if you found out that today was your LAST DAY on this earth. You can spare 30 ... [Continue Reading]
Four Things To Do To Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
It’s February 1st or day 32 of the New Year. More importantly, it is the beginning of the second month of your New Year’s Resolution. How are you doing? Have you improved your health habits? Have you started a mental health program? Have you started a physical exercise routine? Have you stopped living to eat and started eating to ... [Continue Reading]
Dr. King is Not the Only One Who Should Have a Dream
It’s now day fifteen of the New Year. Are you still motivated and determined to make all your New Year’s Resolutions a reality or have you given up? Perhaps, you are somewhere in between being committed and quitting. No matter where you are, one thing that you must never stop doing is dreaming about the life you want. Sadly, most adults stop ... [Continue Reading]
Whether You Think You Can Or You Think You Can’t–You’re Right!
I awoke this morning to an unseasonably beautiful day. The forecast was for the temperature to be in the high 60s and nothing but sunshine. An absolute fantastic day and an opportunity to remember that anything is possible. Attribute today’s weather to whatever you want – Global Warming, a gift from God or just plain old good fortune. Anyway ... [Continue Reading]
Why Quitting Your New Year’s Resolution is Not an Option
Day ten and let me guess, you are starting to struggle with keeping those New Year’s resolutions. You are most likely experiencing drug like cravings and feeling the withdrawal effects of an addict. Hopefully, your cravings are not for some pharmaceutical or back alley drug but are instead only for food items like chocolate candy, cookies, potato ... [Continue Reading]
10 Simple Tips to Achieve Your Health New Year’s Resolutions – Part I
Day five in the New Year and you are on your way to achieving your resolutions – or are you? Forty-five percent of Americans usually make New Year’s Resolutions. However, of those who make New Year’s Resolutions a whopping 88% fail to achieve their resolution. For those with math challenges that means only 12% of those who make New Year’s ... [Continue Reading]
Four Important Things to Do This New Year
There are a lot of things you can resolve to do but here are my top four things to do this New Year. Take Great Care of Yourself Given the declining health of Americans and the escalating cost of healthcare, one of the best things you can do as a parent is be a model of good health. More than a third of American adults and sixty percent of ... [Continue Reading]
The Life You Have Always Wanted…Simple As ABC: Dreams
Hopefully, you have already implemented or begun to implement the first part of the three part life changing process called the ABC’s of Success. If so you are now naked (well not literally naked, if you are that is just TMI) and you are one-third of the way towards having the life that you have always wanted which is accomplished as simple as ... [Continue Reading]
The Life You’ve Always Wanted…Simple As A,B,C
In the previous post, “Have You Filed Your Flight Plan?”, I attempted to encourage you to think about your life and what you wanted out of it other than to merely be known as your child’s parent. My hope was that you would take a moment out of your daily grind to map out, put detail to, the life that you desire – like the FAA requires of ... [Continue Reading]