I’ve been having an interesting time pondering the idea of opinions. This exercise started with simply keeping my mouth shut as people were speaking to me. No opinions allowed! Not a problem, I love talking and

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Last week was hard for me. I had jury duty for three days. I did not get to be a juror, but I spent three days at the courthouse while the jurors were selected. I was

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Hey, let me start by introducing myself: I’m a minister, father, grandfather, friend, philosopher, author, writer, and multiple business owner. I transitioned from law enforcement and corrections after a spinal injury to me from my love

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MKE Week 6 – Flat tire 5 Your flat tire 5. Have you ever heard this phrase? It refers to the 5 people in your life that you can call, with no hesitation, if you find

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What have I come to know of this mysterious machine? It seems past plotting out, yet within my grasp to wield. All things pass through here and what I attach onto surely seems to direct my

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Week 6 Blog Being digitally graphically challenged, this week threw me straight into the red area of overwhelm! Although we were encouraged to “have fun with this”, believe me – I did NOT have fun!! After

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Last week and continuing into this week, and I’m sure in weeks to come, we were tasked to not give any opinions! Sounds easy? Give it a try for a few hours… With much going on

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Life has many learning curves, A positive attitude helps lesson the curve.

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What can I say that is more profound than this! This is the statement in the beginning of the second scroll of the Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino. This statement is so wonderful

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Unconditional love is beautiful. It consists of turning the other cheek, preferring others, being patient and kind, it doesn’t envy others, isn’t boastful, proud or dishonorable. Love chooses others, doesn’t get angry easily, keeps no records

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Week 6 of the MKE, and I think I am making some progress. For weeks now, I have been repeating “Do it now!” to myself many times each day. (For those of you NOT in the

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I’ve had a very strange day. A little background. Over the past few years, I’ve developed an unhelpful habit of engaging with people who promise to grow my coaching practice to at least six figures, usually

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We Become What We Think About Most of The Time – Earl Nightingale When I hear Earl Nightingale’s audio recording of his book “The Strangest Secret”, I didn’t understand it. How can my thought make me

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I can forgive you, grandpa Elof, for being lazy and not putting the shield over the transmission from the tractor to the harvester that morning in October 1962. Your pant leg got stuck and seconds later

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Who am I? What is my purpose? Why I am here? I have been asking this question myself for the longest time. When I was young, I was a chameleon. I shape, adjust, and shrank myself

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A recent experience helped me see the value in “Do it now!” I had a package I needed to mail since July. Nothing urgent obviously, so I kept moving it to the bottom of my “to

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