Is there anyone more important than family? Maybe you have an adopted family or a group of friends that are just as important to you as blood. Wouldn't you want to know you could be in a position to support to them when they needed it most? … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2011
Be an epic donor
Once you reach a certain age, you feel some urge to give back, even if you're currently hurting. You know someone always has it worse than you, and sometimes you've been that person in the past. You've possibly endured hells that have nearly … [Read more...]
Life’s too short not to go for it
We're born running out of time What do you do when you get to the end and realize you could've done better but didn't try? Could there be a more despair filled moment? I doubt it. I remember reading about a large survey done on people … [Read more...]
“I didn’t even want it ’til you told me I couldn’t have it!”
That's a quote from a Sam Kinison album. Sam was one of my heroes in the '80s and '90s while I was in the Marines. His savagery matched ours and I can't even detail what that was in reference to. Not here. But, much as I loved him, I only … [Read more...]
A fool and his money are soon parted
The reason why most people who win the Lotto lose their money so fast and so consistently is that they never earned it! It's a responsibility, being handed that much cash or power. It's a skill to maintain its presence in your life. And … [Read more...]
I became aware, which led to responsibility
Becoming aware was one of the hardest transitions I'd ever faced and also the coolest. Although I'd already begun studying it, the change was subtle at first. It came upon me gradually, like the dawn And I had yet to see how this new day … [Read more...]
You must rise up to meet your full potential. You MUST!
Your refusal to accept a higher level of responsibility is a loss to yourself and to us all. Only you can be you. Only you can fix whatever it is you're best at. And the rest of us need you to fix it! We are all capable of giving an … [Read more...]
The Yin Yang of team synergy
If we wish to truly excel at sharing our messages, a symbiosis needs to be present. A yin yang relationship must be established. Yin yang is not merely a bonding of opposites. It's finding those who complement us, accentuate what we do, as … [Read more...]
If Ken can do it, so can I
A lotta head work went into the guy you know me as now And the Old Me did NOT go gentle into that good night. He fought to live and it was because he was scared. When I look back on the past 15 years, I can spot the times when I didn't think … [Read more...]
What Donald Trump taught me
I was boppin' about the Net one day and came across a quote by Donald Trump, which I'll now repeat incorrectly: You're going to be working hard no matter what you do. Might as well go big. This caught me off guard for a moment. Because it … [Read more...]
