The stopping point Starting something new has always been hard for me for the simple reason that I can find it intimidating. Entering into a new space of people that know (or at least seem to know) what they are doing makes me very self conscious. In the past it has been a stopping point…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
The best and worst parts of your day
The best The best part of my day is while I’m actively engaged in an activity that I know is doing me good. And that good feeling continues into the hours after it’s over. The activity could be yoga, reading, hiking, cycling and/or enjoying a dinner with my wife. They all make me a better…
Do you believe what others see in you?
At the end of a high school year, there is a lot of emotion. Yearbooks are signed, thank yous exchanged and very meaningful yet probably final conversations are had. And in all of this, people really finally express themselves to others about just what those people truly meant to them. It is really touching. In…
My speech to the graduating class of 2012: Stay open to the world and stay true to yourself
**the first half of the speech was very personalized to the graduating class. Below is the 2nd half that focuses on my main message** My starting point was asking myself “what do I wish somebody told me when I was 18?” because what I was hearing at your age, didn’t really do much for me….
Thinning out the fluff
Steven Covey (the author of “The 7 habits of highly effective people“) uses the term “in the thick of thin things”. The idea that our finite time can easily be filled with many small and undirected actions, thoughts and people. There is a lot going on, but how much of it is meaningful to us?…
