This week’s LIFEies is just a short video. With Mother’s Day around the corner, I am sure you will want to give your mom a call, or send her a prayer if she is no longer with us. You may need a tissue…I did. The research on happiness is consistent. Relationships rule the lives of happy people. This week, build a new one or spend… Read more →
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Brains Keep Growing
Great news! The brain can continue to grow. We are not born with all the cells we will have in our life. Let’s make this a LIFEies and examine what you can do to increase your brain power: –Exercise—preferably outside–Continue to learn, all the time–Eat Chocolate (my favorite) I own these already. You can too. Included below are more ways to grow your brain from the Wall Street… Read more →
Every day is scout day
When I coached my son in baseball, we toured over 20 colleges and met with baseball coaches. My favorite quote was from Buddy Gouldsmith, then head coach at UNLV and now at the University of New Mexico. He told us a story about having the professional scouts come watch a practice and scrimmage and how hard his kids played that day. His comment was that every day… Read more →
How NOT to introduce yourself
Today’s LIFEies is for anyone who still meets people at work or social events. I meet young people all the time and am amazed by the how poorly they introduce themselves. Let’s make it simple:–Full name–Firm handshake–Look the person in the eye–Smile For more, see below. Don’t be a Limp Fish, Cannonball or Drive-by carder. Rule #18 from my book The Fantastic Life: Do… Read more →
Feeling Like A Failure
Those who know me well, know that I love Seth Godin and his blog. I have to share his recent blog on failure. Seth makes some great points: 1. Failure is not solved by success. 2. Failure is an event. That is all. 3. The feeling of failure is ours alone. Let’s stop telling ourselves failure stories and begin… Read more →