The Sparks Blog

How do you make each day the best possible?  Well, you gotta start the night before.  Yeah – you have to get enough sleep or it’s going to be a lot harder.  So DVR that show or stop looking at Facebook and get some sleep!   After that, upon waking, you have to decide that […]

As a motivational speaker, I’m not really known for playing it cool.  But sometimes we all have to.  And it’s not that you would ever lose your cool.  I know that nothing upsets you, angers you or even gets on your nerves.  But just in case….   1.  Take a deep breath.  Before you do anything, take […]

God grant me the insight to disable the alerts on my electronic devices;the courage to not constantly check my e-mail;and the wisdom to focus on things that are actually productive. Amen. And if you could do something about that Facebook thing…..

Or can customer service save us? I have a love/hate relationship with the Big Boxes.  On the one hand, I really like Target (Wal-Mart not so much).  I like to go to one place and get everything I need at pretty low prices.  I like their 5% back credit card and their cool red circle […]

Ah – the eternal struggle for happiness.  Should we just be grateful for what we have or should we push harder to get more? Some of it is Western culture.  We tend to equate pushing with success.  You can’t be too rich or too thin, remember?  (I don’t know about rich, but you sure as hell can be too […]