An Oscar Award Winning Lesson

Two months ago, I sitting in my bed, planning out my day.  I’m casually watching the Oscars, barely paying attention to it. I pay closer attention, as they high ticket awards are being announced. I observe these talented, mutli-million dollar actors.  I think about their focus, energy, perseverance, and persistent they have exercised to get…

Emotion – Let It Go

We all heard the term emotion IQ.  What does it really mean? It’s about being aware and present to our emotions.  Understanding we are not our emotions or controlled by them. In the book the Power of Now, author Eckart Tolle puts this into perfect perspective through his duck example: Eckart spends time at a…

Meditation

I meditated yesterday.  And I felt different.  I felt good. I joined a meditation group recently that meditates for 30 minutes, and discusses meditation and the benefits it has on our lives. I am a firm believer we are happiest when we are present.  True presence does not identify with the past. It also is…

Live Life Now

“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln Life and death don’t ask what time it is. It was May 1st, 2011. I thought losing my luggage from West Palm Beach to Memphis marked the low point of my business trip. Then, a shift. Clarity,…