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We Just Don’t Understand

Seek first to understand, then to be understood. – Stephen Covey   The most underrated skill a person can learn is the art of understanding those we love. The great Stephen Covey said it best as he defined it in his book 7 Habits. Habit 5 is to seek first to understand and then to be understood. When was the last time you consciously said to yourself, “I am going to make an effort to understand this person? We don’t do it with the people we are around the most, let alone strangers we come across. Why is that? It’s because it takes a lot of work to put in the effort to truly understand someone. We have to ask Read more…


Don’t Save Your Wine

“Most humans are never fully present in the now because unconsciously, they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.” – Eckhart Tolle I heard a story one time about Jack Welch. Welch was a very successful COE at the General Electric company and widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders in corporate America. For years he led one of the most successful companies in the world. The story goes that Welch had a heart attack. All the years of stress and long working hours caught up with him. As most of us would after a life-changing event like a near-death experience, it Read more…


Small Deeds Done

“Small Deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” – Peter Marshall Small deeds are never glamorous, but they always add up when consistently done. In our families, we want that one big thing. If we did this, it would change our family overnight. There is no get rich quick route to family success or success in general. It always comes in the form of thousands of small deeds. Think about the consistent small deeds you have the chance to do every day. Something as small as saying I love you to those around you. Think about if you did this small action every day. Your family members heard this at least 365 times a year. Year after year, when Read more…


4 Focuses For A Better You In The New Year

The blank canvas of a new year can be something that we look forward to because we get a fresh start to create another year of our lives. At the same time, last year brought us many opportunities to change whether we liked it or not. No matter where we ended last year, we have the chance to create the person we want to become this year. Here are four ways to take control of who you want to become this year.   Simplify – Often, we start to think about all the things we need to start doing or something we need to bring into our lives. What if this year we took the opposite approach? What are things Read more…


Your Seat At The Table Of Success

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.  – Napoleon Hill When I was a kid we lived in a house that had a room in it that we used once a week.  That room was the dining room.  The way the house was set up you had t walk through this room every day to get to the kitchen or the living room but the room was only used on Sundays.  We would use this room for Sunday dinner each week without fail. This room was a small room that had a round table in the middle with four chairs around it.  The funning Read more…