“Learn how to die. Then you’ll learn how to live.” My wife gave me a book called “Tuesdays with Morrie.” It’s the wonderful and sad true story of Morrie Schwartz, a sociology professor who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (“ALS”), also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.” It’s a brutal, and terminal, illness of the
I’m a big believer in the idea that you can learn a great deal about a person by learning the things that person holds most dear. So, a question I like to ask people as I get to know them is, “if you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one record,
For many years, I coached youth competitive soccer (football for Europeans, or pretty much anyone in the world outside of the United States). I am a big believer that team sports can teach us many important life lessons, such as hard work, perseverance, and the ability to work with other people to reach your goals
I am a firm believer that in our self-improvement efforts, it’s not possible to move AWAY from something, rather you have to move TOWARDS something else. In my case, I have seen glimpses of my better self. At times, I’ve even caught flashes of my BEST self. That person, the ideal version of me, has
Did you know that grateful people live longer? They also tend to be healthier and happier than their non-grateful counterparts. Yet, we spend so much time fretting and worrying about what’s wrong in our lives that we forget to be grateful for everything that’s *right*. The tendency to focus on what’s wrong in our lives
