Being calm under pressure is a skill that can be learned. How do we learn it? By learning to control our breath. Simple — right? I have written a number of times about breathing. In addition to cultivating calm, there are numerous health benefits, both physical and mental, to controlling your breathing. Here is a simple technique for remaining calm that… Read more →
Let’s start today’s LIFEies with this crazy stat: 48% of ALL American households headed by someone over 55 years of age have NO retirement savings whatsoever. Now, let’s look at the average retirement savings by age:I strongly believe, we can do better. How? –Lower your lifestyle and delay gratification We lived in the house I owned before we got married and had 4 kids… Read more →
I have found there is never a set-and-forget cheat for motivation. Quotes that motivated me yesterday may not do it today. Certainly last year’s inspiration does not inspire much today. So today, I wanted to share 150 quotes to inspire you. Pick some, bookmark this LIFEies, and come back to it over time. Change it up. Get fired up and… Read more →
Here’s a simple reminder for the week. Every moment matters. Time passes. We simply need to make sure we live our lives every single day…every single moment. How do we do this? 1- Breathe. All the time.2- Notice life happening. The sun, the birds, the people around you.3- Just be with yourself. Make sure you do what matters. We are busy. Make sure what… Read more →
Living a Fantastic Life requires a lot of natural and developed attributes. One of them is consistency. Why? Change requires time AND consistency. Creating a habit cannot be done overnight. That is why starting small (very small) and being consistent is way more powerful than trying to change everything at once. Who I am today is a sum of the many choices… Read more →
I have previously written about some of the greatest athletes of all time. Today, and next week, I want to take a look at the GOAT of marathon running: Eliud Kipchoge. I’m a former marathon runner and ultrarunner, and when I see what he has accomplished while staying at the top over time, I am….well….amazed. I wanted to get inside his head and the article below does just that. His consistency and… Read more →
We all know that time is our most precious resource: It’s the one thing money cannot buy. And with smartphones in every pocket these days, we’ve never been better able to track how we use every minute of our time. However, we don’t always want information about the way we spend our time, and when we get it, we aren’t always inspired… Read more →
One of my favorite people to follow on Twitter is Naval and something he shared has really stuck with me: find peace and then happiness is an outcome of peace. He thinks peace is the most important thing in his life. So of course, I went looking for how to find peace. . Below is an article I found, and here are some… Read more →
This week’s LIFEies topic is about the people you spend a lot of your day with — your work team. Since the pandemic started (and even before) I’ve asked myself some questions about building my team. How can we work with our team on a weekly basis to grow our culture, make our team stronger, and simply make working for us better? The… Read more →
Today’s LIFEies is a simple one. I’ll start with the 2 minute rule from David Allen: If it takes two minutes to start a habit, then do it now. The author of the short article below, Muhammad Usama Ashraf takes that saying one step further: It should take less than 2 minutes to start a habit. We can change our… Read more →