Big Life № 2.02 | The ‘Better Story’ Tool & Tribes by Seth Godin
Whenever you're struggling with the weight of overwhelming life stuff, it can feel impossible to make decisions. When problems loom large, and we can't see what life can possibly be like on the other side of the struggle, it helps to know how to use tools or...
Holy Cow!
The Chicago Cubs won the World Series on Wednesday night. I had not watched a baseball game this year but I hung on every pitch for this one. The game included great baseball, a rain delay and an extra inning to figure out who would be the champions this year - the...
Everyone Needs A Good Coach
I love football. In fact it is the only sport I ever really excelled in. I didn’t play college football like my sons but I was a pretty good high school player. Early in my career, coaches recognized I had some strengths. I was a competitor. I was intense. I was...
Making Friends With Originals
I want to let you in on a secret to living a really big life. Are you ready? If you want to live truly big you must have some really interesting, outside of the box, unusual, eccentric, friends in your life. I am talking about people who are serious characters. In my...
Gratitude Is The Key
I love the time right around Thanksgiving when many of us are thinking about what we have in this life to be grateful for. It’s good to live a life filled with thanksgiving. G.K. Chesterton said, “Gratitude is the mother of all virtues.” I believe he is right. It is...
Getting Healthy to Live the BIG LIFE
Disclaimer - I am not a doctor.....I'm guessing you probably knew that.... Health and wellness were not on my radar for most of my adult life. I had been an athlete growing up, but once I stopped competing in sports I completely stopped exercising. As for my diet…..I...
It Takes Skills To Be The Captain
Several years ago I traveled to Saint Lucia to meet up with some friends who were spending the summer sailing around the Caribbean. For five days I enjoyed being a part of my first sailing expedition. Our captain was my friend Tony, a C-suite leader of an...
Don’t Give Up! Keep Moving Towards Your Destiny
Joanne was struggling. She seemed lost in her own life. She was a good person. She was smart. She didn’t mind working. Why had things come so unravelled? Losing her job, her mother’s death, becoming a mother herself, and then the breaking up of her marriage had left...