“I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin When things turn out in a way we don’t desire, it’s important to study what happened, determine what we have learned, and plan to get better. People who make excuses tend to get stuck.  Making […]

“It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunder to correct them eventually.” – Abraham Maslow Maslow was an American psychologist who studied human development and satisfaction. He developed a theory called “The Hierarchy of […]

As you face the pressures of life, being resilient is a character trait that is often recommended. What does resilient behavior look like? In a TED Talk, Jane McGonigal described four types of resilience. When defining them, she said that people who practice these behaviors regularly live longer than those who don’t. Here are the […]

I love country music songs. The lyrics often give you wisdom to go by. Years ago, I was traveling the highway and heard country music artist Chris Ward describing a new release called “Fall Reaching.” It was a nice little song that never really gained traction. It had a neat little refrain: If you’re gonna […]