“Before you can climb the mountain, you have to first learn to walk.” Goal setting is a very dangerous proposition. We often put a great deal of time, energy, thought and effort in creating goals. Unfortunately, few people celebrate their accomplishment. We have all learned it is a lot easier to create a lofty goal than it is to achieve one. Through my 100 Pedals journey, I have developed an entirely different perspective on goals...

“Celebrate the accomplishment; be inspired by the journey and the lesson!” Accomplishment is a wonderful experience. We achieve, we celebrate and then we move on. Unfortunately, the moving on part is not always easy. Now that we have realized a success, what’s next? In this graduation season, we witness people celebrating a great achievement. They did the work, put in their time, and have been recognized for it. Now what?...

“Who we are has already been defined; how we live, share, and embrace it is the breakthrough on our journey.” How many times have you half-jokingly said to someone, “I am trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up“? Why become anything? Why not be the best you that you can be? Everything that you need “to be” already exists within you. You have already been blessed with unique gifts, skills, talents, and abilities....

There is no such thing as a bad decision. It is only after we receive more information do we realize we could have made a different one. I was reflecting this morning on a very productive and engaging conversation last week. I was reviewing and sharing Lesson One – Embrace Responsibility from the 100Pedals Journey. In reviewing the words in the lesson I was reminded of the importance of the word choices in our lives. The words we...

“Pursue what is in your heart and waste little time on the things you think you want or replacing what you may have lost.” The other day I was listening to a performance of the song “Desperado.” I have heard this song hundreds of times and it never hit me this way until this time. Desperado is a song about someone who has lived their life on the fences watching opportunities passing by. It warns of chasing dangerous dreams and...

“We can anchor our life to those aspects that make us feel safe but don’t help us; or, we can sever the connection and get moving.” The transition process in life is a tricky one. There are aspects of our life that enable us to feel safe and secure. Yet, it is those very components that also keep us from completing our transition. While we consciously know the adverse or limiting aspect that relationship or...