Life Lessons Articles

As a motivational speaker, I’m either out speaking or in my home office here in North Carolina.  Since the hurricane starting heading this way (and the Weather Channel started freaking me out!), I’ve been constantly distracted.  What is the storm doing now?  What will it be doing? What might it do?  When might it do […]

If you had asked me if I was a citizen of Procrasta, I would have protested loudly.  I tend to be results driven – if anything, too prone to action.  But two recent events have led me to believe, that I am indeed a member of the Procrasta Nation. One was the updating of my […]

In his book, The Life of Greece, Will Durant refers to “minds that have been filled and sharpened by a free and varied life.”  I think if we allow our lives to become static, our minds will dull.  There are many ways to avoid this – reading, meeting new people, engaging in new experiences.  My […]

An amazing event is going to happen minutes, maybe hours from you.  It hasn’t been this easy to get to in 100 years.  The universe is bringing an experience people describe as life-changing, as confirming their belief in God.  An experience that is said to bring grown men to tears. But you don’t go. You […]

Get ready – here it comes – the secret to happiness….drum roll please…  Stop doing stuff that makes you unhappy!  Ta-da! I know, you think that is stupid, too simple, ridiculous.  But before you dismiss it, hear me out.  I used to read a certain publication (that shall remain nameless) that made me angry every […]