Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Consider what you may learn, if you are open to being wrong. My wonderful friend and amazing comedian, Big Daddy Tazz, posted this conversation he overheard the other day between a grandfather and his...

Put a pencil or pen lengthwise in between you teeth. It may not be the most sanitary thing you do today but look in the mirror and see what happens – you're smiling! And if you are not a germaph...

The Family Huddle – what’s up with that? If you find you are getting seept away in the current of busy-ness with your family. If you are tired of reacting to situations that get your goat?...

Stop counting on willpower. Have you been envious of people who seem to have so much willpower it never seems to wane? Well if it makes you feel any better, nobody, no – no – nobody has in...

Meet Kirk my new minimalist friend. Kirk comes from wealth but has chosen to live his life with as few possessions as possible. Kirk is a vegarian, lives off what he grows as much as possible and leav...

Ready for something completely different? If you like adventure and people and new experiences Couch Surfing may just be for you. In just a few short days, I stayed with a couple who had lived on a bo...

I have be practicing retro-walking or backward locomotion lately both to reduce the boredom of conventional walking and for the added health benefits. What I didn't expect was the unusual analogy to l...

Master Three-Point Communication Have you ever had to deliver negative feedback and found it extra difficult because the person in question didn’t take it so well, maybe they took it little to p...

Know when to take action Your colleague is late and it's affecting you. Your spouse says that certain word that gets your back up. Your kid left something at the top of the stairs instead of bringing ...

Do more autotelic things! The other day I stood on my head. "Why?" you ask? "Why not?" said I. I stood on my head because I can! I stood on my head because I hadn't done it in decades and I wondered i...