Perspective

After a VERY long hiatus, I am easing my way back into the swimming pool. Growing up, swimming was the ultimate competitive outlet and a great form of exercise.  In the summer, I would swim for miles every morning.  It was…

Questions.  They are central to our human existence.  They uncover deep knowledge and can lead to glorious enlightenment.  At the very least, they separate us from the apes. Good questions can reveal the truth about our relationships.  They can help pinpoint the genuine needs…

There are no guarantees of success in life. If there were, then resiliency would be easy! If we knew that success was always on the other side of effort, then we would push ourselves all the time.

But it isn’t, and we don’t. And that is what makes sustained resiliency the most difficult yet greatest virtue of all!

If we stubbornly cling to our little corner of the world, we limit our options when that world is turned upside down. How useful is the mastery of FORTRAN in the internet age? Or paper mapping in the age of Waze? How much job security does a cab driver have in the age of Uber? The world is a tumultuous place full of upheaval and change. If we want to stay resilient, we have to get out AHEAD of certain trends and master new skills.

We all face setbacks at some point in our lives.

But we all have the ability to recover. We all have the ability to come back stronger than ever. We all have the ability to accomplish our dreams.

We simply need to maintain our perspective and keep moving forward. And we need to realize that a little compassion can go a long way in our lives and the lives of all those we touch.

Let Frankie the Forklift Guy show you the way!

Playing goalie, in any sport, takes a special breed of person.  But a lacrosse goalie?  That is next level stuff.  Why anyone would welcome a hundred-mile an hour shot to the shins with a hard rubber ball is beyond me!  But…

  March Madness.  It’s the time of year when college basketball dominates the sports landscape.  And it always gets me thinking about February 28, 1998.  The day Elton Brand turned my life around! A year earlier, my wife and I had moved to California so…

Admittedly, I’m not a big “go to the doctor” guy.  So when my ears started bothering me a few weeks ago, I reacted as I always do. Ignore it and it will go away. Not exactly the healthiest approach! I…

  The golf course can be an intimidating place for a novice golfer.  Trees. Water. Sand. Bird houses.  Parking lots.  All potential hazards at my level of expertise! There is one course in particular that always turns me into knots.  The…