What Will Your Costume Be?

What Will Your Costume Be?

What are you gonna be for Halloween? Who are you going to dress up as? Masks and costumes. Parties and planning. Fervor, festivities, and fever pitch. Bigger than Christmas it seems. What is it about Halloween that so excites, that so sparks the imagination?...
The Very Unsexy Secret To Success

The Very Unsexy Secret To Success

Big goals can be intoxicating. They light us up, fire the imagination, and pull us toward something greater than ourselves. But they can also terrify us. A dream business. A book. A keynote. A new career. From where you stand right now, it can feel impossible. You...
Climbing a ladder in ballet shoes

Climbing a ladder in ballet shoes

“You should have made me keep dancing.” This was a phrase I said to my mother after seeing a performance of some dancers when I was a young teen. (Of course I was a teen, the audacity of such a statement could only come from a kid that age.) At this point in my life,...
Fall and Bleed

Fall and Bleed

“Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.” –Jim Rohn When Ann and I got together, she’d been a runner, and I’d been a mountain climber....
We Have The Gym Back

We Have The Gym Back

The gym was packed in the first week of January. Every treadmill taken.Weights clanking.Bikes whirling. Resolutions were on full display. By the second week, a few people disappeared.By the third, more empty spaces.Now, in the first week of February, it’s back to the...