“Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – GandhiRunning through the streets of Oxford in the pre-dawn Great Britain darkness, one can feel the presence of intellects past and present who came to this place with one common objective: To keep learning.I am here with 40…

“The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire.”Over the last decade, Colleen and I have been among the care givers for four loved ones we ultimately lost to cancer. A year and a half ago, I took on the caregiver role when Colleen was diagnosed.Nobody. Nobody can truly empathize with a cancer caregiver unless…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.”Lose weight without dieting! You, too, can live like a millionaire! Free muscles, fast! Get an MBA without going to class!Everyday we are bombarded by messages like these. They reinforce the false assumption that rewards don’t involve sacrifice.This idea has…

In The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman writes, “When you don’t get what you want, you suffer. If you get it, you suffer too since you can’t hold on to it forever.”This is the essence of attachment. We always want life to be perfect and so we seek the “things” that are supposed to…

By Scott Westerman“All successful people are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” -Brian TracyI had the pleasure of meeting with the board of a small non-profit recently. Their goal for the meeting was to…

By Scott Westerman“All successful people are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” -Brian TracyI had the pleasure of meeting with the board of a small non-profit recently. Their goal for the meeting was to…