The Grey Area

Recently I came across a project that, initially, I became very excited about. In fact, it almost seemed too good to be true. The closer I looked, the more I wondered… Is this legal? Is this ethical? I came to the conclusion that an argument could be made either way. I had stepped into the …

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At All Costs?

Andrew Carnegie told Napoleon Hill becoming a millionaire was not the right goal for the majority of people because for some, it would cost too much. Strong desire and dedication to your outcome are important on the freedom journey, but perhaps knowing what you’re not willing to sacrifice to get to “the top“, equally so. I …

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The Master Blogger Says

Epic 2,000 word posts. Hours a day to research & write. A Herculean task for readers to read. Sure, blogging can be like that. But it doesn’t have to be. Fast food works because it’s fast. Brevity in blogging works for the same reason. If you can briefly, educate, inspire, entertain and stimulate, … odds are, …

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Unconventional

Not based on what is generally done or believed. Something different. Unique and groundbreaking. Interesting. Dare to be different because, you are. And by embracing who you really are, and doing what you’re meant to do, the world receives a unique gift. The gift of the true you. The unconventional you.

True North

A few years ago a special friend gave me a unique gift that keeps on giving. This compass, which I see on my nightstand each evening before I go to sleep, and each morning as I arise, reminds me to continue to seek to align my inner compass with true north.   In my office hangs …

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The Missing Magic

“What’s the magic word?” the parent lovingly asks the child, expecting the conditioned and oft repeated response. Here’s a great question for my intelligent readers. What if the real magic lies not in the asking for more, but in the grateful appreciation of that which has already been given? Maybe Rhonda Byrne was right when …

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A Study & A Practice

Life is both a study and practice. A study of the tree is not the tree. 🌳 Words of an experience written in the pages of a book 📚, are not the experience. Inspiration 💫 and direction 🔭 can come from hearing the story of another, …Infinite new levels of insight and essence, as you …

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The Message in The Molasses

The other night my son Kayden and I read about a true story from 1919. Back in those days, molasses was being converted into alchohol and used as a key ingredient for bombs in World War I. 1 company constructed a massive steel container in a small Boston town and filled it with molasses. Almost …

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On User Experience

I was recently on a website that offered to give me something. The offer was appealing so I opted in, only to discover that a purchase was required to get the thing that was offered. I logged into my email inbox to see not 1, but 3 different emails from this website. I opened 1, …

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On Overcoming Overwhelm

The other day, one of my great friends said… “I know my biggest challenge is productivity.  I feel overwhelmed with life, work, my clients, appointments, pets, looking for a  vehicle.  How do you do it?” The first words that came to my mind. I have no idea and many times, I feel this exact way. ha …

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Perfection VS. Completion

Wallace Wattles expresses in his philosophy, as outlined in books like The Science of Being Great and The Science of Getting Rich, that the world  is perfect though not complete. We are encouraged to look upon the world and it’s circumstances as that which is becoming. The realist in us prods to rage against this …

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