Writing my book, From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop ‘Doing’ Life and Start Living It, did not come easy. First, I had to live it. I had to hit lows, and lower lows. I had to stumble through challenges so I could learn lessons. I had to uncover the gifts that changed […]
While in high school during the late 1980’s, I worked at Montgomery Ward selling curtains. One day a woman who was probably in her 50’s, as I am now, brought in her elderly mother. The woman wanted to buy curtains for her mother. Immediately it was very clear that the daughter was frustrated and very […]
If you have been reading my posts for any amount of time, you know I focus on individual growth. This post is no different. Although I will touch on some politics, the goal is really to be focused on our individual choices and truth. It is time to look at yourself. Do you have the […]
Turn on the news or scroll through social media and it doesn’t take long to find something that makes us angry and scared. It seems every time there is a new or revisited issue both sides hit the drawing board to create inflammatory memes. I even thought about a good meme in response to a […]
It has been a tough week (month, years) in the United States for many. A lot of anger, rage, sadness, and fear is coming to the surface. As humans our first reaction is normally to lash out when we are in pain. We want to find out who to blame. We want to attack who […]
I have often written about new year’s resolutions and how to craft them. This advice centered around making things happen – how to design the perfect plan for the new year and having the consistency and perseverance to make it happen. Total Type A stuff. Then I started to shift the new year resolution advice […]
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The realization last week that I need to accept my neighbor’s inconsiderate actions was pivotal. But just what do I do with that? As Goethe said, “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Knowing that I need to accept his poor actions as truth, to release the anger […]
Last week I introduced my favorite Greek philosopher, Epictetus. The passage I read today from The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness seemed perfectly suited for our current world. Note that the writing I am going to mention was originally written 1600 years before the founding of the United States […]
When I wrote my book, From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop “Doing” Life and Start Living It, I was sure I had a novel and new idea. But I did not. Turns out Epictetus, a philosopher from around 100 AD said pretty much the same thing. He thought philosophy should be lived, […]