Listen to an Audio Version of This Message.Today, we celebrated Colleen’s third birthday. Actually, she is chronologically much more seasoned than that. But today is her third birthday since she was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She’s in remission now, but we treat every day we have together as another day in our second life.…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude.” -Zig ZiglarThe first time I met Zig Ziglar, I was running down Haslett Road. He was talking with me through my Sony Walkman about goals. “Studies tell us that only 3% of people in the USA set goals, and they are among the…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“A person can succeed at almost anything for which they have unlimited enthusiasm.”. ~ Charles M. SchwabIs it unrealistic to assume that you can create a career around a passion?Consider these two “experts”: One who helps the jobless find jobs. One who rode the dot.com bubble to riches.”When…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“Success is .. sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”~Amos Bronson AlcottMy friend Erika Myers competed in her first Iron Man challenge this weekend. The Ironman is a grueling 2.4-mile swim followed by a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile marathon run. I was doubly proud of…

Listen to an audio version of this message.The best things in life aren’t things. ~ Jim TumanJim Tuman is a world renown motivational speaker, philosopher and personal coach who has touched more than two million lives with his powerful message of self acceptance, tolerance and hope. So you can imagine my excitement at the prospect of meeting this…

Listen to an audio version of this message.We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are. ~ Max DePreeWe love our comfort zones. Even an uncomfortable status quo is preferable to the unknown. But things change. We outgrow a job, or the job outgrows us. A relationship ends. A health crisis…