Be SMART about Personal Growth
“Personal growth” is defined as “an ongoing process of understanding and developing oneself in order to achieve one’s fullest potential.” Personal growth creates new environments, experiences and new relationships for you. New environments, experiences and relationships you have not experienced before. You can either embrace or…
It Is How You React
A “reaction” is defined as “an action performed or a feeling experienced in response to a situation or event, a process that initiates change.” You subconsciously and passively choose how will react to any given situation and how that situation will affect you. Consider taking…
Volleyball Pencils and Outliers
Let me tell you another true story. The health club I belong to has an elite junior volleyball program for middle school and high school students. According to their web-site, the program has had 250+ athletes who went on to play volleyball in college. Their…
Sometimes You Have to Stink Up the Place To Be True to Yourself
Are you always true to yourself? Are you true to yourself even if you may offend other people in your life, or create a “stink?” Let me tell you another true story. A few years ago, I was living in Troutdale, Oregon, which is just…
Does Opportunity Really Knock?
An “opportunity” is “a favorable set of circumstances, a chance for advancement or progress.” An “opportunity” is also “an appropriate or favorable time to accomplish something, or accomplish something new.” All of you are presented with new opportunities in your life. Does opportunity really knock?…
