"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." ~ Zig Ziglar "New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change." ~ Sarah Ban Breathnac "You’ll never … [Read more...]
Have You Ever Hit The Bullseye?
Many people play darts at home or in a bar. The target dart board is set up properly such that the bullseye is 5 ft. 8 inches from the floor and the front of the dart board to the toe line is 7 ft. 9.25 inches. These are the official heights and distances. This is why you feel so great when you hit the bullseye. The same exact rules for setting up the dart board are utilized everywhere that darts are a serious game. Not everyone hits the bullseye. In fact some people have never hit the … [Read more...]
Did You Give Up Too?
Have you noticed no one is talking about New Year’s Resolutions any longer? Did you give up too? Well it is the middle of February and this means more than half of the people who made that New Year’s Resolution to lose weight, go to the gym, eat healthier, quit smoking, save more money – have either not even started or have already stopped. Did you give up too? How can we resent the life we've created for ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit, but us? Who can change it, any time we … [Read more...]
Happy New Year 2019!
"Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. "Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better person." ~ Benjamin Franklin "You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do." ~ Dr. Seuss "We will open the book. It’s pages are blank. We are going to put the words on the pages ourselves. The … [Read more...]
A Million
One Million. Right, most of us think right away of money. One Million Dollars. A Million Bucks. Not a problem with the thought, however, it is not the topic for this article. The question is what have you done intentionally a million times? Or maybe what are you working on and planning to do at least one million times? In his book “Outliers” Malcolm Gladwell writes about a 10,000 hour rule: "The principle holds that 10,000 hours of "deliberate practice" are needed to become world-class … [Read more...]
Are You Ready For The Fourth Quarter?
One of the most exciting starts to the Fourth Quarter is represented at each home game for the University of Wisconsin Badgers Football team as the fans dance and jump to the tunes of ‘Jump Around’. The visiting team can be seen on the field looking up at the scene in the stands. These are 75,000 plus fans cheering on their team to finish the game strong. What are your plans as we begin the Fourth Quarter right now? Who knows maybe you have already given up on this year and you are looking … [Read more...]
