When do you find yourself being most productive?  Is it when you are working on something on and off – a little bit here or there?  When you are in the middle of something and you have to answer the phone? This doesn’t work well for me at all.  And…

Have you done any physical exercise lately?  I mean, other than walking over to the refrigerator door and opening it up, have you done some type of moderately strenuous exercise?  If you haven’t, you shouldn’t be afraid.  Regular exercise is the piece of our lives that gets delegated to “if…

Who are you spending the most time with in your life?  I mean, who are you mostly talking to, conversing with, throwing ideas out to, listening to and seeking out for their counsel? I read something interesting recently from Dan Miller’s blog and it made me stop and think. “You…

Recently I read a blog post by Michael Dalton Johnson from Zig Ziglar’s website.  This topic again struck a cord with me so I wanted to share some of the post here along with my thoughts. “You deserve a vacation….but not just any vacation. You need one that will restore your spirit, enthusiasm…

We used to get a lot of mail delivered to our house.  Tons of it.  I mean, we would get all kinds of credit card offers, solicitations to get new windows for our home, vacation offers.  You name it we got it.  I used to go through every piece of…

This post is NOT about taking a much needed vacation. This post is NOT about unplugging your smart phone or wireless device to get some needed down time. This post is NOT about unplugging the toaster before you reach in it with your knife to get out that piece of…

Recently, one of my peers traveled to our home office for our sales meetings that we have 3 times a year, bringing his wife and four kids along with him this time.  What makes this even more of a story though, is he makes his home in California… and our…

Drain It’s not easy to stay on track when you are on the road traveling for business. In the comforts of our home, in our familiar “1st space” that is so recognizable, it is almost as if we are on cruise control.  We get up, take a shower, drive to…

How often do you turn off your Smartphone? Do you have a time during the day when you don’t look at it at all? I know in my last post I used the example of when we get up in the morning the FIRST thing many of us do is…

How do you approach each day?  Do you have a plan for what you will do each day from the time you wake up until the time you go to bed?  Or do you allow the day to unfold” however” it is going to unfold, and just let it run…