What Can You Do

As a parent or spouse or entrepreneur (or person of earth), you sometimes will be less than pleased with the way a situation turns out. You might not be angry. But maybe your response is more like “Well I saw that going another way.” Or maybe, “I thought they would be more appreciative, happy, excited to see me, or whatever.”

It happens.

When those feelings come around it is really easy to project and wish “they” would be different. It’s natural. It’s also not productive.

Better to control what you can control. I try to ask myself, “what can I do differently?”

Focus on What You Can Do

I just finished the book "The 12 Week Year" and it has me thinking a bit differently about my goals. I have always been a big goal setter. But as the book points out, annual goals can sometimes be tough to set (and achieve). (This ends up being Book...

What Forgiving Does

When you forgive someone, you don't release them of their indiscretions. You don't (necessarily) say "what you did is okay." When you forgive someone, you release yourself from your anger...and move on.

Keep Your Head on a Swivel!

When I was on the high school football team (hard to believe, I know) I remember a coach yelling "Keep your head on a Swivel!" The idea was to be aware of your surroundings at all times, so you didn't get clobbered. If you were looking too closely at a...

After it Stops Being Fun

Each new project or workout plan or business or job starts with a great deal of excitement. This time will be different! It's called "uninformed optimism." We start with the vision of all of the great changes that are coming our way...but we don't...