Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs is an awesome guy. He can build or fix anything, he’s very entertaining, and has a great sense of humor. Mike also tells it like it is and gives great advice to others. A fan wrote him and asked him for some career advice: Hey Read more…
One of my mentors, Kim Beckham, has a blog and the other day he posted about how to overcome an UGH day. I’ve reposted the intro here and a link to his site where you can read the rest of his thoughts. “Some days are diamonds, some days are stones, Read more…
Source: This article originated from the blog of author Bronnie Ware. For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People Read more…
I found this article on Forbes today by Cheryl Snapp Connor. It was so good I decided to share it in its entirety. You can see the original here. For all the time executives spend concerned about physical strength and health, when it comes down to it, mental strength can Read more…
This article by NFL star Arian Foster appeared on Yahoo Shine this week and I repost it here in its entirety in honor of my nieces 🙂 I remember when I first got the call from my girlfriend (who’s now my wife), telling me that I was going to be Read more…
I saw a group of men in my home town, I saw a group of men tearing a building down, With a heave and a ho and mighty yell they swung the beam and to the sidewalk it fell. I said to the foreman, are these men skilled? The type Read more…
My friend Bobby Pillai sent me this article today and I thought it worth reposting. From Addicted to Success. By Kelli Richards on August 2, 2013 Entrepreneurs are an optimistic lot. Naysayers might say “naïve.” But they have to be. Odds are against their success, but those who do succeed Read more…
I had coffee this morning with an old friend (my “almost” favorite for conversational lubricant – second only to wine), and during that talk, some old drama surfaced about another mutual friend – I guess I should say “former” mutual friend, per my last post ;-). My coffee-mate (see what Read more…
My good friend Bobby Pillai spotted this on Addicted2Success earlier today. It’s an article by Brenton Weyi that’s one of the best “shortcuts” to success I’ve read in awhile. We all want to be amazing. We all want to be successful, happy, and regarded as important figures in our fields. Read more…
By Laura Vanderkam The author of What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend shows us how to have more get-up-and-get-ahead during the rest of the week. 1. They Don’t Keep Spinning. Yes, successful people work a lot. Martha Stewart, for instance, has famously claimed to sleep just four Read more…