Success Depends on Defining Your End Goal
Black and white. Substance over form. Just win, baby. As a leader of a commercial cleaning company and father of five children, I struggle with the ‘Winning is the Only Thing’ mentality. While I understand there has to be a reason we’re coming together, what about the journey? Isn’t that another thing to consider? What […]
Continue readingCan You Choose Happiness?
Can we choose happiness? Or is it attained? Is it a destination? Or a state of mind? My thoughts bounce all across the board on this one. Do I fake it until I make it? Or do I just get content with what I have? Is it wrong to want more? Can you be happy […]
Continue readingIn Pursuit of a Healthy Self-Image
I have a healthy self-image. I really do. I know so, because my wife tells me that’s where my arrogant attitude comes across loud and clear. But I am serious. I have worked really hard on this one. I have the same insecurities that others have. I have the same issues balancing hectic work and […]
Continue readingDoes Status Equate to Happiness?
Drinking beer and talking with guys was my career for a while. Seriously, I got paid for this. Well, not the drinking part, but making beer and pizza available to young men in college was my job. I owned 3 bars and a pizza restaurant from when I was 21 until I was 31. It […]
Continue readingMore Money Doesn’t Necessarily Mean More Happiness
“You were broke when I paid you $5 per hour. You are broke now that I pay you $20 per hour. Even if I paid you $100 per hour, it reasons to stand that you would still be broke.” That was a conversation that I had with one of my former employees about seven years […]
Continue readingEntrepreneurs Vote With Their Feet
Q: What is bringing me happiness right now? A: The relationships in my life. The relationships that I want. The types of experiences I want to share in this world with people that I choose. There is a great saying: Entrepreneurs vote with their feet. If they don’t like something, they change it. I am […]
Continue readingYour Growth Depends on Your Thirst For Learning
We have summer contracts for our children. They have worked on these every summer since they turned five years old. There are three categories for their “jobs.” The categories are: 1) Grow your Passions 2) Contribute to Society 3) Expand your Horizons. My favorite example is when my son Anthony picked “paint a painting” under […]
Continue readingServing Others: Caring vs. Curing
Sometimes, I’m confused when serving others. Am I caring for them or trying to cure them? When I try to cure them, I feel tired, anxious, arrogant, and afraid. I’m usually concerned with being right, and manipulating the situation to achieve my solution. I expect those people to live up to my expectations. When I […]
Continue readingAccepting Responsibility For Your Own Self-Worth
At times in my life, I thought I’d damaged relationships because of my low self-worth. I would beat them to the finish line, and then push them away. I feared that if and when they really got to know me, they’d leave on their own accord. So I beat them there. Nothing like trying to […]
Continue reading“Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” The above quote is an excerpt from the famous Marianne Williamson poem, A Return to Love. Do you believe it? Is it true? Are we really afraid that we can do this? That we can make […]
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