Category: 90 Days Ahead

What Do You Write When You’re Not Sure Where To Start?

Yikes!!!!!!

We’ve all been there. Failure and success. Mostly failure. Right? Luckily we get those occasional victories. Feels good doesn’t it? But why don’t they come more frequently? Is it because we dream too big for our reality?

I guess society provides a smorgasbord of medications to distract and comfort us.

But what about those bases loaded home runs? The rare events in our lives that happen beyond anything we saw as possible. Everyone gets a few of these in their lifetime. Why only a few?

And with those few rare, big victories, there’s the reality of trying to find a humble, grateful way to celebrate those rare moments for as long and profoundly as possible.

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Bottom Line, It’s A Very Challenging Choice

Bottom Line, It's A Very Challenging Choice

We accumulate so much stuff. So many memories. Stuff we can’t dream of ever losing. Would life go on without those possessions?

I’d grab Jack the Bear, car keys, my cell phone (probably), my wallet (probably), my pocket camera (probably). There’s not much else that seems like it couldn’t be replaced. Nothing that I can think of right now anyway.

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What Would You Grab If Your Place Was On Fire?

Jack the Bear is so ordinary that his priceless worth seems utterly impossible.

We’ve all been through the exercise: What possessions would you grab from your home if it was on fire and you had only a minute to decide, only one trip out, and only two hands? Let’s also assume your family could escape on their own. What would you grab?

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He Said Pushing His Son To Excel Pushed Him Away

We spent the weekend at Disney instead of going camping.
Kids (especially great spellers) notice the coolest things, like misspellings.

Going through each day of our lives, we are presented with a multitude of free learning opportunities. I often wonder how many I miss and how others feel about this concept.

Yesterday in North Carolina, in complete casual conversation, I asked a stranger if he had any advice on raising boys, since his boy is almost 18. He said, “Communication“.

He pushed his son so hard in sports that his son started to pull away and retreat – while they we’re together. It was no longer fun for the boy to be with his Dad, during years 12-14.

Duly noted.

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Why You Can’t Teach Patience With Impatience

The greatest gift for able-minded people is the gift to choose patience over impatience. Take the wheel.

It’s impossible to teach patience with impatience. Disagree? This epiphany hit me nine years ago when our Son was two years old. There’s a reason the phrase “terrible two’s” became household.

Now, imagine being in a loving relationship with an adult – impatiently expecting patience from the other person. The best we can hope for is to control what we can control (our own patience levels) and let go of what we can’t.

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