In See You at the Top, Zig Ziglar tells a story about a young business executive who took some work home to complete for an important meeting the next day.  Every few minutes his five-year-old son would interrupt his chain of thought.  After several such READ MORE

We had our first snowfall this morning.  I wasn’t expecting it so when I walked out into the garden for my morning tea and meditation session, I was both shocked and excited.  I love first snowfalls.  It’s like nature has laid down a fresh coat READ MORE

All I learned, I learned watching Disney movies.  My favorite Disney line is “Don’t spend your time looking around for something that can’t be found.”

 

The trail as a metaphor is a wonderful concept. Each person must walk his or her own path through life, and is ultimately responsible for the direction that path may take. Life, like any trail, is a matter of ups and downs. When one is READ MORE

I like watching a city wake up.  I wandered around the streets of Leamington Spa this morning.

We don’t gave a damn about our planet, do we?

They say you know you’re getting old when you walk around puddles instead of through them.  I must be getting old because I walked around this one!

The problem of those who wait, wrote Nietzsche, is that it requires luck. And it requires a lot of luck if you are waiting for some higher being to give you permission to act by telling you it is the ‘right time’ to act. The READ MORE

“Time!  What time do you think you have?  The hour is later than you think!�

Time, time, time.  I could rant on and on about how there never seems to be enough time to get all the million and one things done in a day.  And please READ MORE

Now that I live in England, I don’t go back to the States often.  My last vist was toward the tail end of 2005 to see my mom and pop.  I remember landing at Logan airport in Boston and getting the distinct feel that I READ MORE

My respects to MR Takamoto, the creator of Scooby-Doo.  He died Monday at the age of 81.  It’s been said that if you love what you do, and do what you love, you’ll never work another day in your life.  MR Takamoto loved what he READ MORE

Stevie Ray Vaughn is one of my all time favorite music hero’s.  Thanks C4Chaos for turning me on to the video below.  It blew my socks off and sent me to a place beyond space.  Magic.

I’m up in Stirling, which is a city about 45 minutess northwest of Edinburgh.  I’m here over the next couple of days doing a piece of work for a client.

I like the Scottish.  They are a friendly and accomodating people and make great hosts.  My READ MORE

Here is a funny rendition of the original Star Wars trilogy.