Niece Andie Terzano graduated from high school yesterday and she happily looking forward to her next educational adventure — the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Her graduation made me realize that is what the personal development journey — otherwise known as adulthood — is missing. Graduations. A clear sign you have completed your course work...Read More
I have used the infamous Beatles song lyric many times in my writings, “All you need is friends…”Today I was reminded of that yet again. Dear friend Claire Wolfe planned a ladies week at The Oaks in Ojai, CA. I had intended to go but life got in the way of that intention. Never being...Read More
I have a favorite line in my first Don’t Die™ Book: “Change is not the promise that there will be no challenges, but the hope that with each challenge you learn to grow with greater trust. What I can promise is that all this hope, change, and trust take time.” I had made a 30...Read More
There is a lot of folklore about things coming in threes. Today I received three messages about taking responsibility. Each message came in a wonderful way. The first was in the daily message from TUT. The next came in the way of a quote printed in my journal which stated you don’t achieve what you...Read More
Dr. Success Challenge thanks to TUT morning message: Think of an area of your life you feel discomfort. Things like your lack of follow up and follow through; your vocabulary before a speech; your finances; the condition of your home — either literally, figuratively or both. Now imagine that area of comfort at 110% of...Read More
I received an email today from my first teacher in the behavioral sciences, Pamela Cole. At the end there was this quote, “Let us be grateful for the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust Seeds, gardening, planting and transformation have been a part of...Read More
I ended my last post with the sentence… Her guidance during that time did not give me any comfort. I did not grasp that a situation could be terrible but I was still suppose to be doing it. Here is what I should have written: Her guidance during that time did not give me any...Read More
At last night’s Las Vegas Library event using Don’t Die With Vacation Time, I facilitated one simple, yet powerful, exercise. The book is printed in a way that quotes relating to a particular lesson are paired with the story. In the back of the book all of the quotes used are repeated. The intent is...Read More
I may have written about this research before, yet I find it comes into my daily conversations. I wanted to reiterate an important message in self-help, positive psychology, personal development — or whatever you choose to call the process of life transformation — and that message is this: No one, no process, no program can...Read More
