“You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.” – Ernest Hemingway, from The Sun Also Rises We can run, but we can’t hide.  Patterns and cycles follow us.  They’re onboard wherever we go – new locations, new relationships, new jobs, new affiliations.  We shoulder them even though they are toxic…

Life doesn’t suck Life doesn’t have the problem.  We do.    Many of us walk around with this broken idea of fairness.  We blame life, and fail to look within.   We convince ourselves that somehow people and situations around us are to blame for the quality of our lives.  We create this unsustainable framework of invented moral authority on what’s…

“Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don’t you think?” – Scarecrow, Wizard of Oz Before we speak, we must take the time to first listen and then think.  Too many don’t, don’t you think?   Why is that?  

Make friends Make friends with people who not only want the best for you, but also demand the best from you. Those who not only enable, but push you to go farther.  Those who make you accountable for results.  Those who insist that you try harder and better. They are true friends.  The rest are…

 Let go of repetition compulsion. That’s right.  Derail the unconscious drive to repeat past errors in judgment.  Why repeat yesterday’s mistakes? Errors in judgment, repeated day after day, are the formula for personal disaster. Do yourself a favor.  Learn.  Think.  Stay self-aware.  Acquire better mental tools, develop better habits, find better ways to handle the…

Pursue what’s meaningful. Not what’s easy. What’s meaningful is harder.  It involves difficulty, pain, and sacrifice.  It involves risk of failure. Anyone can follow the easy impulses – pursuit of pleasure, immediate selfish gratification, whatever is expedient. Few take the more difficult path, the road less traveled.  It’s only for those willing to forgo expediency…