2020 vs. 2021

Well, we’re 1% of the way through 2021. It sure goes fast. 2020 was a challenging year, no doubt about that. It seemed there was one trial after another. Everyone I have talked to indicates the same. Another thing that seems to be pretty common is the idea that...

Urgent or important?

Urgent and important are not the same the thing. Something can be urgent or important or both or neither. A phone ringing is urgent (answer now answer now answer now) but it usually isn’t important. What are you spending your time on? Urgent? Important? Neither?...

Deep breath

Taking a deep breath from time to time is a good idea. It slows you down, re-centers you, it just feels good. The week between Christmas and New Years Day has always felt like a deep breath to me. I take this week to summarize my past year and plan my next. I’m...

Hope

Hope is not a wish. We seem to use the word that way sometimes, but it isn’t quite right. Hope is a confident expectation of a positive outcome. Expectation. That is the key to hope. It isn’t just wanting something to happen, it is expecting it to happen....

Being there

You know, being a friend doesn’t mean agreeing with everything the other person says. It doesn’t mean liking all the same books or movies. It doesn’t mean dressing the same. All of these can be true, but it isn’t what’s important. Being a...

Goals

Do you have any goals? Most people don’t. A lot of people have wishes about someday. There’s nothing wrong with that. If you want that goal to really drive you though, you need to make it specific. What do you want (exactly) and when will you achieve it...