Collecting Fulfillment:     Many people look at collecting things such as stamps or comics books as an obsession for material things, as a drive to satisfy the drive inside us with the act of owning something. For me it is far from that idea, from that image of a...

The Illusion of Productivity     We have been taught a fallacy in our lives. We have been taught that being busy is being productive. This could not be farther from the truth, but it is a conception that we have been instilled with and that follows us around wherever...

Here is the US, this week and month have been focused on our holiday of Thanksgiving. It is a time in our lives where we strive to remain focused on those things in our lives that we are grateful for and reaffirm our ideals of family and connection. It is a time of...

Time for a Flash Fire:     When we watch the news or have it shared with us, we feel a shiver of fear or sorrow when we hear about a forest fire. We think of the majestic forest ravaged by the flames, the lose that those in its path suffer, but what we don’t see it...

Fear Means You Are Doing it Right:     Plan and simple, striving for our dreams is a terrifying prospect. There is a strange dichotomy that most people seem to grow up with. On one had we are taught that anyone can be anything, that the American dream is real and...

Values and Goals:     In the past I have discussed living our lives in tune with our values so that we can be fulfilled when we reach my goals. I have also spoken about creating goals and how to design our lives so that we achieve our goals. These ideas are symbiotic...

The Servant Leader:     Being a leader is the main focus of many lessons we learn as we embark on our own path to our dreams. The idea that we have to step away from everything and be our own person is a powerful thing and concept that I held tightly to for a long...

     Everyone I talk to about this subject has the belief that communication is a two way street and that if there is a miscommunication then the fault lies with both parties. This is an ideal outlook on a less than ideal interaction. When it comes right down to it,...

Overcoming Obstacles:     There is one inescapable fact when it comes to our journeys towards our dreams and the life we want in this world and that is that there will be obstacles. Everyone has them and some are big while other are small, but the process to...