Check the pulse of your team
Check the Pulse of your Team When I was running track our coaches would always have us check our pulse after a long series of sprints. He wanted to make sure our heart rate was not going out of whack. Being in New Mexico and the hot desert sun, the temperatures could play havoc on […]
Take the shots
Take the Shots Life is full of opportunities, the only way to take advantage of these opportunities is to step up and take a shot. When I was younger I enjoyed watching the archery competition during the Olympics. Seeing these athletes stand so still, their breathing paced, the concentration on the target, and then the […]
Proceed with Caution
Proceed with Caution Lately there are a lot of fearful people. Several major events have been cancelled, postponed, or reduced in size due to a virus that has been spreading worldwide. Now I am not going to say that the producers of these events were wrong to cancel, it is there event, and they can […]
A Whole New World
A Whole New World When I was younger, I would go camping out in the mountains of New Mexico. The amazing part of this was the silence, the openness, and at night, the vastness of the nights sky. You could lay on the ground and stare out into the stars for hours. We use to […]
Have a Plan B
Have a Plan B You have heard several times that if you have a plan B than you do not have confidence in your Plan A. Well I think that you do need to have a Plan B. This idea of having a Plan B is probably more relevant now, due to COVID-19, than any […]
Think of where you want to be
Think of where you want to be James Allen has been credited with the paraphrased saying that we are where we are today because of our thoughts yesterday. Allen was saying basically that we go where our minds, or thoughts, take us. This is a powerful point in the fact that if you want to […]
Use other Senses
Use other Senses I was working on a project in the garage. The workspace I was working on was dark and the material I was working with was also dark. I needed to make a several holes at different locations and of different sizes. As I was done drilling the first set of holes I […]
Get Excited for the day!
Get Excited for the Morning Do you remember those days were you could not sleep at night because you could not wait for the next day to come? This could be a vacation that you were excited to go on, a birthday, or even Christmas. Is there anything outside of these events that gets you […]
What would you do for free?
What would you do for Free? After high school I would travel the country and speak to high school and college students. The bulk of my speeches revolved around what the student wanted to do when they graduate. At the end of the presentation I would always have a line of students that would ask […]
Keep the excitement level up
Keep the Excitement Level Up I was a junior in High school, my dad came into my room and said my grandparents had something important to tell me. I get on the phone, thinking something bad will be told to me, I prepared for the worst. But, my grandparents did not have bad news, they […]