The Fantastic Life

Over my lifetime I have become an avid reader of all things personal and professional growth. I’ve also come to learn that many people don’t have time to read, don’t like to read or don’t know what to read to help them live a Fantastic Life. This blog is a shortcut to articles and stories that I’ve found helpful. There are thousands in this library, organized by topic and by Fantastic Life rule.  Even better, I’ve summarized each entry and highlighted what’s most important. So you don’t have to.

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The Case for Kids

I have 4 children and they have been the best thing I have ever been involved with.  That alone could be the sole message of

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Building Trust Quickly

One area I think about all the time is building deep and meaningful relationships…That means build trust too.   I have spent almost four decades building

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Living Each Moment

Tackling mindfulness and living in the moment is an ongoing topic of my life and therefore my LIFEies. The idea of living life now is so compelling and spot on, I

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Alone Time

My daily hiking partner, backpacking partner and longtime friend Brad Lemon got hurt badly a couple years ago when we were hiking in the Dolomites.

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Family

Loving Monotony

When I was a hard charging young broker, I wanted to negotiate every deal to the absolute final deal point.  My first real lease I completely over negotiated, almost killed the deal and got schooled

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Goals

Habits Take Time

Habits take time. I know this, yet I am constantly trying out new habits, the majority of which fail to stick.  Why?  For me, there

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Are We Born to Wander?

The title of the below article (which is from last month’s National Geographic) hit me hard.  After a year of being locked down, and not able to travel, my answer

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Goals

Do You Have Enough?

Today’s LIFEies is a quick one. Below is a very simple story from author Kurt Vonnegut about a conversation he had with the author of Catch 22,

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Brutal Truths

I continue to learn every day and that is one thing I want to do the rest of my life.  Sometimes…..ok, oftentimes, the truths are

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Living in the Arena

I love the below quote from Theodore Roosevelt, now widely called The Man in the Arena.  It’s so good, it’s worth reading annually. Now is

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You Find What You Seek

I would imagine most LIFEies readers already know today’s subject line AND know it to be true.  So today, this is a simple reminder to

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Staying Motivated

I do quite a bit of public speaking.  Some of my best talks are to young leaders.  In 2020, I created a new talk—The Long

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Lies About Passion

How many times has someone told you to “Follow your passion”? Advice around this topic is given ALL the time.  Today, I wanted to explore

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Who Do You Want To Be?

The thought-provoking article below from Gary Brunison at Korn Ferry says the question is not WHAT do you want to do?  The question we should

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