January 2012 Blog Posts (11)

Would you like to live a more fulfilling life?

Well what’s stopping you? I am here to remind you it is never too late to start living an Intentional Lifestyle. All it takes is a decision to course correct and create a new path. The quickest way to course correct is to get completely…

I've been away for several months. Broke my ankle in July while crossing the border from the US to Canada so have been recuperating. Am back to cycling and learning to live in Canada I look forward to participating more here and am enjoying looking through the posts.

I cycle everyday and have learned how to balance myself on slippery, snowy roads. The key is to stay off the glazed over parts. I am actually starting to enjoy cycling in inclement weather. It is definitely…

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t hear someone in social media makes reference that we are in a state of high Unemployment. I say we are in a time where people need to do some self-reflection and reinvent themselves. I am going to go a step further to say there are jobs and purposeful…

 It has been over ten years since I retired from full-time practice and spent three months volunteering and traveling in Southeast Asia. One of the best parts of my trip was spending time in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. It was their monarch who defined the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH) to measure quality of life. And Bhutan is the only country in the world that puts happiness and general well-being at the heart of its government policy.

The Bhutanese…

There are so many articles, books, videos and ezines telling you how to be successful. That’s cool – but where and how do you learn where your current habits are holding you back?

Well, the wait is over. I’m going to share with you some of the unsuccessful habits I have had and which many of my clients have overcome as a result of coaching. You’re not going to be able to get new clients and make money if you continue to do certain…

This time of year is not always happy and jolly for everyone. My Mom passed away last week and one thing that keeps me going is the fact I have learned to be resilient.

You, too, must learn this skill to succeed in business these days. It’s not always easy – so, it’s not necessarily how hard you fall – but how well you bounce – and how well you bounce BACK! Tough stuff happens and you must equip yourself with the mental skills to cope and…

As a young boy I grew up with my circle of friends that I called “the guys”. There were 5 or 6 of us that did almost everything together. We roamed the old neighborhood, played baseball (and football, and basketball), went to the movies together, and we went to the same neighborhood school (we were all in the same class).

We thought, and we still think, that it was the greatest neighborhood to grow up in in the whole world. There were dozens of families with 3,4,5,6 or more kids all…

Each time you offer a new product or service it is important to ask yourself three questions to evaluate a new business idea. If you follow this three step process it will help eliminate bad business choices and clarify that additions or new ideas are worth your time and effort.

 What is the significant problem does my business solve?

 Many business owners often focus on what they do for their clients but this is really the wrong focus. Instead you should focus on the…