Archive | November, 2012

It’s the 4th Quarter!

This is it! December is here and it is the end of the 4th quarter for 2012. Remember those goals you set back in January? Seems like a long time ago doesn’t it? Well have no fear, there is still time to do great things! Did you know that on average 40% of the points [...]

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Do What Makes You Feel Alive!

This is such a cool representation of how many of us are trained to give up our dreams at a young age in order to fit into a cultural norm or to meet the expectations of others. Artwork by Gavin Aung Than of zenpencils.com – Kris

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Edmund Hillary

You Don’t Have To Be a Hero

I absolutely fell in love with the website www.zenpencils.com and the fusion of art and powerful quotes. I will be posting a bunch of these and hopefully giving all of the credit to Gavin Aung Than the artist. Check out his site! – Kris

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Be Kind to All

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7 Great Quotes for Thanksgiving

  Thanksgiving time is here! What a great time to reflect on what we are grateful for and then go out and show we are grateful by helping others. I think the holiday season should be one of very few words and very many actions. There is a lot of need in this world and [...]

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1 Step to Success

Is there a “secret” to success? A lot of people will tell you there is and they are happy to sell you all kinds of products that will push their idea. I have found that most people have a hard time even defining success. Why is that? It is because success is a very broad [...]

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Tetris and Good Parenting

If you are old enough to remember the 80′s then you will, of course, remember the game “Tetris” for the Gameboy. Tetris was the Angry Birds of its day. It was huge and we all played it. Any we can still remember the background music perfectly to this day. I think our blood pressure stills [...]

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Trending Upward

Trending Upward

The growth and prominence of Twitter has led to the increased popularity of the word “trending”. It isn’t a new word, of course, but it can be used to describe an important principle of life. Let me start with a question: Which way is your life trending? Think about it seriously for a moment. Do [...]

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Let it Go!

Let It Go! A Parable for Reducing Stress

When I was young, I loved to play baseball. My friends and I played every day. When Little League started, I wanted to be a pitcher. My dad was an all-star pitcher when he was a young boy and I wanted to be just like him. So he and I practiced in the backyard almost [...]

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Live like you were dying

Live Today!

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