“You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life; at some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move.” – Eric Thomas Reality can limit potential. That’s life. But potential has to do with putting your life on its best possible trajectory. This doesn’t mean pretending limits and… Continue reading Amp Your Potential
Author: Rocky
Seek Significance Over Success
I wrote this article about the importance of guiding students the right direction in life… essentially, helping the world have less people out defining success as cold hard cash accumulation. But this all applies very well for us adults as well. We all need to rethink our definitions of success. In fact, there’s no end to… Continue reading Seek Significance Over Success
Sorry But Stop Apologizing
I used to say, “Sorry” to tables that I bumped into. Yep. Tip of the iceberg. I was sorry when other people lost things, when I laughed too loud, when food got cold. You get the idea. I honestly believed my self-effacing nature made people comfortable and made me like-able. Then I started reading up… Continue reading Sorry But Stop Apologizing
LiveClear.ly: Aging Well After 70
Anyone can see that being over 70 has got to be one of the most difficult and intense periods in life. Few seem to shine a light on life’s last 1 or 2 decades. We might blame Western culture’s focus on youth, consumerism and work, but we could as easily blame our collective reluctance to… Continue reading LiveClear.ly: Aging Well After 70
We’re Better People in December
A lot is said about Holiday commercialization, materialism, and our propensity to “lose the spirit,” like it’s a misplaced coat at a charity ball. I started out researching ye old Spirit intending to add my own voice to the chorus of those calling for a re-prioritized Holiday. I quickly noticed that, Black Friday fist fights aside, we ARE all prioritizing… Continue reading We’re Better People in December
Grief at The Holidays
I miss my Mother in Law. I think we all miss our dead loves ones at the holidays because, in busy modern times, holidays are some of our few remaining traditions. And traditions honor the dead because their place was marked and their place is missing. She brought the cranberries and rolls, she sat across… Continue reading Grief at The Holidays
Lightening Up in Dark Times
I was asked to write about “lightening up” this week; the week after the election. Tough assignment after one of the most divisive “fights” for office. We got hair pulling and groin grabs… much more than the usual feisty tussle of elections past. To prep for the task, I re-read Milan Kundera’s, Unbearable Lightness of Being, because I… Continue reading Lightening Up in Dark Times
I Still Hate That Book, The Secret
This week, I wrote about how perception, thought and inner narrative create our reality. I believe this. Unfortunately, the idea got hijacked and tarnished 10 years ago by the self help book, The Secret. Based on the new-aged Law of Attraction — a made up extrapolation from quantum physics — it claims your positive ideas bring forth… Continue reading I Still Hate That Book, The Secret
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Dying of Dementia & Other Horrible Realities
My Mother-in-law and I always had a special relationship. We got each other, respected each other and had a policy to never take offense, or at least, get over that nonsense quickly. As a single mother, she decided to work in the school system as an aide, giving up more lucrative career opportunities to… Continue reading Dying of Dementia & Other Horrible Realities