“Embrace everyday as an opportunity to celebrate, learn, grow, and love – live positively and trust the outcome.” Coming off the high of my most recent speaking engagement in Germany, I have been tempted to figure out a way to make that happen again. Once I remind myself how indirectly that success came to me, I adjust my mindset. I have every intention of living that incredible experience again. I simply need to remind myself that...

“You know what you need to do, trust yourself enough to do it!” We have all heard the term “paralysis by analysis.” It is a process people go through in constantly analyzing an idea, thought, or strategy before taking action. Eventually, the process becomes the action and no real progress is made. Ready, aim, aim… In my most recent article I offered perspective on how big goals can have a tendency to create big expectations...

“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?...

Accomplishment is a relentless blend of focused commitment to vision, the ability to succeed in adversity and the confidence that little steps lead to big results. The other day I had a conversation with a person who was lamenting the fact that there a lot of people who “struggle to get the things they want in life.” No matter how hard they try, they simply don’t achieve their goals. And, there are others who seem to...

“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....