Goals

As you go through your life dreaming of going from rags to riches, or of having a wonderful relationship, or even of losing weight and getting healthy, you need to ask yourself if your surroundings are conducive to actually attaining those goals. Do you work, live, or play in an environment or with a group of people who are constantly building you up and believing in your greatness, or do your surroundings serve instead to remind you of what you don't want to have in your life? Always … [Read more...] about Are you Building a Winning Team or running a Daycare Center?

Yes, I know it's hard to believe, but 1 out of 12 pieces of the annual pie has already screamed past us in 2008. How are you doing on those New Year's Resolutions? If you're like most people, the fire for success that you had on January 1st has now faded to a dull ember, and you need to start blowing on those embers, lest your passionate desires for happiness, health, and wealth will spend yet another year being nothing but pipe dreams. Here's a tip: Don't be like other people! When you do … [Read more...] about Yo! It is February 1st. Do you know where your Goals are?

First off, just a couple of quick housekeeping things here at Today is that Day, and then I've got a link for you that you'll want to check out. Newsletter  The last time that I talked about the Today is that Day newsletter, I had decided temporarily to manage it myself. However, I'm happy to say that so many of you have been signing up for the newsletter that I'm having trouble keeping up with the administrative side of managing the list! :) To keep the newsletter a fun and useful concept that … [Read more...] about Quotable Quotes and a few Quick Updates

If the goal is to avoid eternal damnation, and going to church every Sunday is the tool for doing that, then those are 2 entirely different things, aren't they? If the Big Messiah comes strolling into town and convinces the Mayor that all citizens can avoid the pits of eternal suffering by attending a 2-hour church session every Sunday, and the Mayor makes it a law that everyone has to do so, there are two very distinct things going on. One of them is the mission itself - avoiding eternal … [Read more...] about Do Whatever you do Better by Separating Church and State

The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are never complete without some mention of one of the original advisers - the great wizard Merlin. Old Merlin would tell King Arthur what he needed to do in order to ensure happiness and prosperity for all the land, and as long as the King listened to his trusted adviser, all was well in the world. Well, today we have those same types of people: we call them coaches. There are many times when people would be well advised to listen … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Determine if you Need to Call Merlin

There is an old saying that "no man is an island," and I have found over the years that rarely can a man or woman accomplish anything of note without some help from other people. Those other people may be friends, family members, teachers, spouses, business partners, customers, employees, etc., but at some point, others always need to enter into the mix. As I am coming up on my birthday on the 14th, I was giving some serious thought to how I wanted to celebrate the day. I'm always up for a … [Read more...] about Can I work with you in 2008?