Let’s start with the obvious. For a happy life, read LIFEies every Monday. Second, buy The Fantastic Life and incorporate the rules into your life. I have to include a plug every now and then. 🙂 I love tracking the Harvard Study of Adult Development. Since 1983, Harvard has tracked the lives of more than 700 men. The results give… Read more →
I follow a very motivational guy named Tom Bilyeu (you can see his Instagram here or visit his website here). He did a live talk in Phoenix back in January that I went to with my son. I thought I would share some key takeaways with you for your use. Below my top three highlights are all my notes. 1. … Read more →
Most LIFEies readers will have heard of the ‘The Negativity Effect’ which basically says that bad events and emotions affect us way stronger than positive ones. What I didn’t know is that this was just discovered less than two decades ago. I wanted to know how can we use this knowledge to overcome the tendency to go dark and help us… Read more →
Interruptions and distractions. They happen. Just ask any parent/leader/manager. Distractions stop us in our tracks, halting any progress and luring us away from growth. There’s a lot in our connected world waiting to distract us. Some of it is helpful, educational, and entertaining. But the bulk of it is not. Some is even harmful. In the article below, Mark Manson… Read more →
We’ve all heard of the Butterfly Effect — the idea that a small change in one area has ripple effects that lead to bigger changes across multiple areas. In my book, The Fantastic Life, I call this FL Rule #4: All of Life is Connected. I always want to make the Butterfly Effect personal. To make it real. I am all… Read more →
These days, everyone is looking for a “cure” or “answer” to their problems. They are stressed so they sign up for a yoga class. They are overweight so they go on a crash diet. And then they are surprised when, a day or week later, they are stressed or overweight again. We live in a world of quick fixes, where… Read more →
Do you know why most New Year’s Resolutions fail? Of course you do. Many people set their goals once a year and then they never follow up on them. Not me. I am a goal freak. I am constantly updating my goals, tracking my progress every day, week, and month. If something isn’t working, I adjust it. If I accomplish… Read more →
Fear is a double edged sword. On the one hand, fear can be a primary obstacle to living your Fantastic Life. Fear of failure, judgement, risk, etc. can be a blocker that prevents you from growing in the right direction. And right now, fear has gripped the world. The spread of the COVID-19 virus has created so much fear in… Read more →
I LOVED the movie “The Dawn Wall” on Netflix. If you have not watched it, please do. It’s well worth your time. Below is an article about Tommy Caldwell, the man who took seven years of his life to figure out how to climb The Dawn Wall in Yosemite. In the article below, he talks about two types of fun… Read more →
When I worked at Grubb and Ellis in the 80s we had a broker who was a nuclear scientist, John Irvine. I’m not sure why he became a broker but that is a different story. John would walk every day for exercise and guess what, he would read a book while he walked. Talk about multi-tasking. I tell that story… Read more →