There is a phenomenon that happens when you truly believe something. John Maxwell calls it “positive anticipation”. You may not know where, when, or how an opportunity will present itself, but you are ready to see it when it comes. You have positive anticipation for it.  Too often, you’re thinking small. Playing it safe. It’s…

I woke up on the side of the road in the arms of my friend saying “It’s okay, Jeremy. Help is on the way.” Dazed and disoriented, the only thing I was conscious of was how cold my right hand felt; like it was in an ice bath. I vaguely remember seeing the red &…

I had an interesting experience this morning. Interesting not in what happened, but in how I reacted to it. Even now as I am writing this, a new insight has chilled me to the bone. It’s a nice morning in Ohio so I was outside on the deck enjoying the morning sun, the sounds of…

Interesting stats around how you spend your time from Alarming Average Screen Time Statistics (2024): You can’t make time, but you can make the time. Go analog to help you better make the time you are given each day. Try these on for size and see how you feel after a week. How you make use of…

Life is never lived in a straight line. The Stoic’s practiced anticipation and acceptance for things as they happen. Grateful in the knowledge that all things happen as they are supposed to happen. Whether or not you learn to be grateful in all things, perseverance is certainly required throughout your life. Imagine for a moment…

At the beginning of the year, my family plays a game called Vertellis which in Dutch means “tell us more”. During the game, you are prompted to reflect and share your life experiences from the previous year and to explore what you look forward to in the year ahead. It was during one of these…

The scarcity of a resource determines its value. Sometimes, you hear something, or see something, or read something, and something clicks. I hope this clicks for you. You are the only you that has ever been and that will ever be. You are infinitely valuable.  Before you allow your auto-response to kick into action and you…

Who do you spend the most time with during the day? Who do you think most often about? Whose voice is inside your head loudest? You have a “me first” perspective, you’re always on (and in) your mind.   So let’s use that framing in a healthy and positive way to experience moving forward. Give yourself…

“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” ~ Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius was the most powerful man on the planet. His choices mattered greatly, and his private journal shows how often he was concerned with the quality of his thoughts. Marcus understood…