What’s important about this little story is not the actual drive from one location to another, or the details of what she’s going to do on that trip, where she’ll stay, what she’ll see or how she’ll spend her time.
What I think is important is the willingness to take a little longer to reach a destination, and to really explore the world while doing so.
I am often asked: “How do I let go of my obsession with money and instead focus on my quality of life?” I answer this
Donna Karlin writes: “Who are you giving your personal power away to and what are you going to do to get it back? When we
by David B. Bohl Life balance. How do we attain a balanced life today amid all of societal expectations? Many of us were raised and
Guest spot appearance on ‘Money Sense’ radio show with host Karen Ellenbecker. This can be heard in the greater Milwaukee area Saturday, November 17th for
Recently, there has been an upsurge in volunteering in the U.S. There’s also been a lot of talk about volunteers and volunteering. People are spending more time doing volunteer activities and thinking about volunteering.
Why would you want to spend your time doing things for someone else, when there are so many really good things you need to do for yourself and people you care about? When you have to work forty hours a week, or more, just to make your end meet your other end? Why on earth would you want to do more work?
I’m very big on rules. I don’t always obey the speed limit, and sometimes I ignore the sign that says “please return carts here,” and put them by a curb instead. But other than that, I’m pretty much a rule follower – I conform not only when I have to, but because it’s often the ‘right thing’ to do.
From Susan K. Wehrley’s book “The Power To Believe,” here are 18 spiritual practices to claim your life: Dare to be different, passionate, love with
“Your Life in Balance” is an excellent e-book written by David Bohl from Slow Down Fast. It is very well thought-out and written and I recommend it to anyone who wants to make the most out of their life.
I have had the pleasure of reading and now writing a review of David Bohl’s insightful ebook …
A wonderful woman I’m familiar with is the absolute essence of New York Society – except that she has spent her entire life living in the South.
But I also find it interesting that someone who so clearly loves both New York, with its theatre scene, and Arkansas, where she has lived most of her life excluding graduate school, has found a balance between the two.
After I titled this post “Living Around Principles,” it occurred to me that might sound like I mean living by getting around your principles, shoving them aside and living the life you’d be leading if you didn’t have any principles.
Uh, no. I left the title alone because I wanted to go ahead and bring up that idea, and then talk about why it doesn’t work and what I really meant.
Getting around your principles will not create the kind of life you want.
Have you ever driven past an accident scene and craned your neck to see what happened? In life, I’m a rubbernecker. I want to know and do everything. I want to be as informed and active in life as possible.
You’ve probably met someone like this. You’re in a class, for example, and get an A on a very hard class. The smartest person in the class, who happens to be someone you really can’t stand, says, “Well, it wasn’t all that hard a test. I wouldn’t have been able to do so well on it if it had really been hard.” This person is not being egotistical. She really believes that she couldn’t have done well on the test unless it were an easy test. She is genuinely discounting her skills and knowledge.
But she’s also discounting your skill and ability.
We all make choices, every day. Millions of choices, probably, every week, if you count things like which shoe to put on first and whether to drink water or cola.
Choice, after choice, after choice.
They add up and become who we are. And who we are influences new choices, which contribute to who we will be in the future, which influences new choices…
I’ll be Karen Ellenbecker’s guest on her weekly educational non-traditional investment radio program titled Money Sense.
My guest spot on Money Sense can be heard in the greater Milwaukee metro area this Sunday, September 16th, from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM CST.
Listen live via the Web at: (10:00 AM PST, 11:00 AM MST, 12:00 Noon CST, 1:00 PM EST)
Impossible to define, yet something that each and every one of us experiences, gut feelings are unique, personal experiences that we’ve been taught to be very wary of, especially in this day and age of instant, easily-accessible information.
But what exactly comprises a gut feeling?
Ok … you have all your productivity tools in place. You have a rock-solid time management system. You have a seemingly-workable plan. But something isn’t quite right. You feel that, now, more than ever, you’re being stretched beyond your limits.
Maybe what’s missing isn’t all the tools and techniques. Maybe it’s your strategy.
When it comes to happiness – or enthusiasm, or friendliness – are Midwesterners different?
