A common piece of advice given is to practice gratitude as a means to brighten up one’s mood and outlook on life. It’s a good counteraction to negative thoughts that pervade us and drag us down. I’m convinced a lot of unhappiness is related to cultural expectations about roles, life outcomes, and status. A lot …

I was offered the chance to volunteer time to help with the 2018 Special Olympics Winter Games at Perfect North Slopes through a partnership with them and my employer, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, and I enthusiastically accepted. I have never been to any Special Olympics event prior nor have I been to Perfect North Slopes so …

Seth Godin is an author, blogger, speaker, and now podcaster. I’m sure I’m missing a few, but he’s fairly prolific in his work and it’s hard to capture everything Seth Godin wants to be. Of all of his books I found myself wanting to read “Tribes” because of it’s theme on leadership. I am very …

Everyone knows I love fly fishing, and with that said I decided to start something new. Although I’ve already set my goals and resolutions for 2018, an idea hit me today that I felt was impossible to ignore and required immediate action. As background into this epiphany, I ventured into what I’m doing now (blogging) …

A low tech approach to keeping your New Year’s Resolutions involves using three notebooks to help you make progress towards your goals for the upcoming year. The first should be a small notebook that you keep with yourself. This is the master planner and should be with you at all times. In it you’ll take …