Wake Up Call

A read an article the other day from a pretty well respected icon in the blogging game.  Leo Babauta over at Zen Habits has about 160,000 readers – an insane number when you’ve been doing this long enough to know what that really means. His article was about changing habits and the easiest way we too often derail our efforts to change and improve. The idea was as simple as it gets.  So simple...

Goal Setting – March 2010

Introduction March is here already – amazing how time flies.  Yet 2010 is shaping up to be a fantastic year.  I am continuing to lag behind on some of my goals – I’ve again conquered only 3 of my 5 targets for the month but I did bang out one of the overdue items from January.  I’ll count that as progress as my overall % completion has increased.  How are you doing and...

Homeless Man With A Plan

Being homeless is by no stretch a tragedy and while it is not a cause I actively combat, it never fails to illicit a reaction in my mind if not my heart.  In Canterbury, England the youthfulness of the homeless population is shocking, the true stench of the homeless population surrounding Philadelphia’s City Hall will turn your stomach, and the aggressive and entitled nature of the panhandlers...

Goal Setting – February 2010

Introduction So January is down… when did that happen?  2010 is already 1/12 complete.  Have you accomplished 1/12 of your goals for the year? Hey, it’s a fair question and to be honest with you, I have not.  I guess it’s part excuse and part explanation, but I’ve been snowed under at work in a way that I did not anticipate.  That’s a good thing, job security is what...

Goal Setting – January 2010

So here we are, on the cusp of what promises to be a fantastic year.  Can you feel it?  Whether you admit it or not is another matter, but I know I’m not alone, January attendance swells in the local health clubs will signal as much. But today we’re – or at least I am – embarking on a very public journey towards the realization of several of my goals.  As promised in an earlier article,...

Accomplish Goals By Having Them

As we embark upon the year’s final month, it is time to lay the groundwork for 2010 while also continuing to press through to a strong finish to 2009. In equal parts I aspire and execute to this objective by outlining my goals for the next year while the current year is still in play.  This approach forces a focused attention on a strong finish now and affords a running start tomorrow. Previously...

Think Thanks!

  As we enter this week of Thanksgiving, I think it’s important that we pause and connect with our inner gratitude.  It is so easy to become lost in the mechanics of day to day living or the want for things we don’t have that we often fail to appreciate the bounty that is readily available to us every day. …I’ve been going to the same guy for haircuts for over 10 years now and along the way...