Freakness Dictionary: B is for Brave
It isn’t always easy embracing your Freakness…but it is always FULFILLING! It does always feel good when you learn a bit more about yourself and move closer towards becoming the person you were...
View ArticleSeal It with Gratitude
Which habit is more like you? Driving down the highway and self-talk focuses on the many examples of bad driving that you observe. Same highway and your radio/phone inform you about the unusual, most...
View ArticleThe Gratitude Board Project
Gratitude [grat-i-tood, -tyood] –noun: the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful Our family did something really cool this summer. We created (or more precisely my wife created) a...
View ArticleJoy: Hide and Seek Backwards
To all those who do not have a deep well of camp songs to draw from, I’m sorry. For the rest of us, sing along with voice at full: I’ve got joy, joy, joy, joy deep in my heart, YES, deep in my heart,...
View ArticleBelief and the Open WORD
A person saying that she or he believes in something is frequently making a statement of conviction. “I, too, have seen objects fall and I believe in gravity.” Thanks to Newton, there is little...
View ArticleIs Your Life Out of Alignment?
What is your alignment strategy? Alignment is when you get in sync with other people and organizations whose values/beliefs and driving force (together these are your Freakness) match or are similar...
View ArticleWhy are resolutions so difficult to keep?
Congratulations. You made it through another year. It’s that time. Time to make New Year’s resolutions. These resolutions focus on things to change…sometimes with great success, sometimes with no...
View ArticleDoes it pay to be unique?
Recently, I was part of a conversation about individuality: what it means and looks like as well as its value in society. Early on in our discussion, a colleague mentioned the individuality between...
View ArticleExcess vs. Balance
Have you ever wondered why doing “things” to the extreme feels so good? I have been an extremist my entire life. When I drink, I drink a lot and I get drunk, even when I know I should stop. When I am...
View ArticleTHE MAGICAL BALANCE OF BEING BLOWN AWAY
Little people blow me away. They don’t know what an “AHA” moment is because “magic” seems to accompany them often and they have the presence of mind to celebrate these wonders: After a hard, spring...
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