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Saying Yes to Jean-Pierre LeBlanc

Posted on September 20th, 2007 in Personal

Every day I make it a habit to focus on something that I am really grateful for. Today the subject of my focus is my life coach, mentor, and best friend. Jean-Pierre LeBlanc. I met Jean-Pierre in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California on New Year’s Eve 2002. His family and my family were staying at […]

The Power of the Platinum Rule

Posted on September 2nd, 2007 in Personal, Resources

Everybody knows what the Golden Rule is. No, not that Golden Rule; this one: Do onto others as you would have others do onto you. Professor Harry J. Gensler teaches in the philosophy department of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Golden Rule at the University of Michigan […]

Choosing Beliefs

Posted on August 25th, 2007 in Personal, Resources

Wikipedia defines “Choice” as follows: Choice consists of the mental process of thinking involved with the process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them for action. Some simple examples include deciding whether to get up in the morning or go back to sleep and selecting a given route to make […]

What’s the Difference Between Distress and Eustress?

Posted on August 19th, 2007 in Personal, Resources, Reviews

I am currently reading a great new book by Timothy Ferriss (that’s “Ferriss” with 2 r’s and 2 s’s by the way) called The 4-Hour Workweek – Escape 9-5, Work Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (Crown Publishers 2007). Here’s the link to Tim’s website. Tim has a lot of interesting things to say, but […]

What’s the Difference Between a Problem, a Challenge and an Opportunity?

Posted on August 9th, 2007 in Personal

The Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary that sits on my desk in my office defines “Problem” as a “difficult situation, matter or person;” “Challenge” as “an invitation to compete in a fight, contest, or competition;” and “Opportunity” as “a chance, especially one that offers some kind of advantage.” It also says that an opportunity is a […]

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