We are addicted to our phones — it’s real, and it’s not going away. The average American spends around five hours a day glued to their device. That constant stimulation overloads the mind, ramps up cortisol levels, and hijacks your focus. The article below gives us a “tech break” prescription — but there’s another hack […]
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Do it yourself (DIY) has a big following. Below is an article from an economist talking about the different layers of DIY thinking. Here is my take: — I want to always do more of what I love and less of what I don’t. This is my first layer. — I value my time
We have all heard this saying (heck, I have a shirt from Charlie Forker that I wear all the time with this exact saying on it): Trust the Process. Easy to say, hard to execute — especially when you’re not seeing results. Throughout my life, I have been on the side of no results a lot.
The world is busy, crazy, and full. Every so often we need to be reminded to get unplugged. I think about and plan getting unplugged a lot so six years ago created a personal website to simply remind me to get unplugged in my life. (If you want to take a look, you can visit
Last week, after 41 years working together, Jim Watkins and I closed our last deal. We closed our first deal together in 1984. In 2020, I wrote a tribute to Jim and the true mentor he has been (you can read it here). Today, I’m reflecting on both that first deal, this last deal, and
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Calmness isn’t something I was born with— however, I have been working on becoming calmer….for a long long time. Ha. I have found that the most grounded people don’t waste energy on things that drain them. They stay focused, control what they can, and let the rest go. I’m working on this myself every day. Want
The saying, “age is just a number” is starting to seem more and more true as I get older. Mary Henk, who works on my team, and I are in our early 60s. We have both noticed an interesting trend: some people our age look and feel decades younger, while others appear much older. Is it
Every year people make New Year’s resolutions and every year people do not stick to them. But my question is: why do we have to be going into a new year to adopt healthy habits? Let’s start now. How? We have some new science: Simplicity and Repetition is EVERYTHING – To create a simple habit, new research
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What is a “Time Billionaire?” Simply put, it’s a concept that challenges us to recognize the wealth of time we hold, especially when we’re young. AND, more importantly, to begin considering time as our most valuable asset. A billion seconds is just over 31 years. How we use those billion seconds makes our life. —
This week, let’s focus on how often we should call our parents. If you are one of my own kids reading this; Call and come over all the time 😊. For everyone else, remember that this should be an authentic process. First, if you think of your parents and it’s not in the middle of the night, call
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