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Following Your Dream Is Tough - But It's Even Tougher If Don't.

8/29/2016

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"It's difficult to follow your dream.  It's a tragedy not to." - Sam Crowley  

I've heard over and over again how difficult things are that are worth it or important.  Our dreams fall into that category for sure.  Things that are worthwhile in life usually don't come easy.  That's what makes the so worthwhile to us. 

Sam has been right on target with his insights ever since I started listening to him and following him almost 7 years ago. This one is no exception. 

The tragedy part is the thing that is connecting with me more and more recently.  One part has to do with me not putting in the effort to get things going on my dreams.  The time that has gone by in my life.  The fact that I have not believed in myself like I should have along with the fact that I probably have more yesterdays that I have tomorrows. 

Two instances recently have helped to drive this quote home too.  My father-in-law just turned 80 this month.  We had a big family party.  He really enjoyed his day, especially his birthday cake. The thing is, he's battling a number of health issues and it's difficult to see my wife and her siblings handle all of this that is going on.  It's equally difficult watching my mother-in-law go through a less severe health issue that is keeping her from getting around temporarily along with trying to be there to help her husband.  I think about all the dreams and goals that he has had during his lifetime.  He's a career educator being a high school teacher and counselor.  I know for a fact that he made a HUGE difference with many people throughout his career.

The other instance was while I was visiting my father-in-law in the hospital, he had a roommate in his room for a few days.  This man was 90 years old and I listened to him tell stories and give advice to his many visitors the couple of times I was there.  This guy was a spark-plug with having his mind in tact along with I could tell he lead a good life so far with all the stories tied into leadership, success and life principles.   

On my recent visit, my mother-in-law was talking to him as I guess she talked with him and his wife a lot since she spent most of her days there.  This time I got up the guts to say something to this man.  To wish him well along with thanking him for the lessons learned in overhearing his conversations while sitting there.  He had a big smile on his face.  He held out his hand when I introduced myself to him.  He asked what I did and I told him I was a high school business teacher.  He smiled even more.  He said he could tell that I liked what I did along with being good at it. (I humbly thanked him)  He worked as a controller for some major companies in his lifetime – something I picked up during his conversations with others. 

He told me a couple of things. One was to always use two words in life with others – Thank You! He said having a grateful and thankful heart was a key to life.  He also gave me two book titles to read and I wrote them down and I told him I would get these books and read them.  One was "The Boys in the Boat" - dealing with 9 Americans and their quest for Gold in the 1936 Olympics. The other book was "Team of Rivals" that was about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln.  This man told me that he knew he was on his way out but that he had a few things to tell people first. My wife was there a few times too and she told me that he was thanking everyone that came to visit him for their friendship and kindness throughout his life. 
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When I picked up my mother-in-law at the hospital the other evening, I saw her talking to this man's wife and they were hugging.  He had just died an hour or so before that evening.  I could see both the sadness and relief in the woman's eyes. But it also made me remember the quick conversation I had with him just two days before.  I thought about the changes that I have to make in my life.  I thought about how this man seemed to have gone after many of his dreams and goals, but I also wondered about those that he didn't, and how that made him feel here at the end of his life. I also thought about things Sam has been saying for all the years I've been listening to him.    They are both right and I need to do some things now that I've been putting off for far too long.  I am very thankful for both of these fellas and the lessons that I've learned.  Do these lessons connect with you too I hope?
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Dream Big & Work Hard - Not Just For New Years

1/2/2016

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"Dream big, work hard." — JJ Watt

Simple quotes can not only be easy to remember, but they can also offer the most powerful punch too.  Since its simple, that draws me to it even more.  If anyone knows anything about who JJ Watt is, then you can see why this quote has some extra power behind it because that is what that guy is all about on the football field.  

Now that the holidays are over and the new year has begun – it’s always an interesting time for us to take a hard look at ourselves and look at who we want to become in the new year.  One of the factors for me personally, and I’ve seen and heard this out there more and more is that why is it only at the start of the new year do most of us look at ourselves and see what we want to change?  This should be going on every single day of our lives!  There are plenty of days that I do indeed do this.  It seems the truth is that there are more days that I don’t do this.

One of the keys is try and live a life of constant self-improvement.  It’s not just a new year’s thing.  It’s got to be an everyday type of thing and really more importantly, it has to be a lifestyle thing.  It’s so crucial to keep those dreams out in front of us and then apply a good and hard work ethic to chasing after those dreams.  One thing I’ve also found is that it’s so vitally important to hang out with people that help nurture and encourage your dreams since that helps you to work even harder on them.
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So as this 2016 gets started, I know I have to do a lot more to dream bigger and work even harder.  I certainly do not want to have to keep re-starting on my goals and dreams like I’ve done so many previous years.  So instead of having all these resolutions to start the year off, why don’t we all look at changing our habits, changing them in a new direction that will help us to improve our entire life and not just one or two general things that we probably won’t stick with for very long any way?  I’ve heard it said that most New Year resolutions are given up on by January 15 or so?  I don’t want that to be me.  How about you?
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Gratitude - It's Connected To A Lot In Our Lives

12/13/2015

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“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”– Earl Nightingale
 
Time is a funny thing, especially when you get a little older.  I’ll be 50 in less than 3 months and time seems to be sending me more messages every day.  There are more memories that I think about, dwell on, get emotional over; along with the fact that I can clearly see that I don’t have as much time as I once did in my life.

It is the same for everyone.  It is an equal currency for each of us.  A dollar can represent many different things to different people.  Time can too.  But when I look at the value of each, I get different messages in my head.  I’ve heard many times before that most people that don’t have a lot of money, sometimes have a lot of time on their hands.  The other side of the coin is that people with a lot of money, don’t have a lot of time for other things.  It’s also been said that most people won’t have a lot of both.  I’d like to change that of course for me and my family, but I’m still working on it.

Earl is sure right on with this quote.  The time passes anyway.  If there is fear about how long a certain accomplishment might take and that fear hold us back?  We have to start looking at the undeniable fact that the time will indeed pass and that possible accomplishment will always be a wish.  There is also truth in the fact that time will continue on, but the willingness, ability and circumstances needed to make that accomplishment a reality – those will not be there later in life.  There is a big difference from trying to do something in your 20’s compared to your 60’s.  I see it as the sooner the better when it comes down to wanting to do something with your life, something that will last and make a difference with others.

As time goes by, and it seems it’s going by faster and faster – which we know really isn’t true; it becomes easier to see that changes have to be made in order to act upon the goals and dreams that you have in your life.  One minute of time when I was 10 years old is the same sixty seconds as a minute is today for me.  However, those 60 seconds are different at age 49, with a wife and two adult children, a career in education that includes teaching and coaching, bills to be paid, time spent with other family members, etc.

I had goals and dreams at 10 years old.  I also have different goals and dreams today.  So that one minute of time, that sixty seconds (at least to me) is totally different today than it was almost forty years ago.  Those forty years have gone by, way too fast I might add, and I’ve accomplished some pretty cool things in my life, but there is more still to do.  I also see it as the urgency for me sure is different today than when it was when I was 10. 
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So, take a look at where you are now.  How much time has gone by in your life so far?  We know what that is for sure as it is very easy to measure.  What we don’t know is how much time is left.  What can we all do to make better use of that time we have left?  Those things that are close to our heart should be things that we want to take our time to go after.  Start today.  There is no better place in time to begin something.  I know I need to do just that today.  How about you?
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Regrets vs. Dreams 

11/14/2015

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“A person is not old until their regrets take the place of their dreams.” – Phil Reinhardt​

As time goes by it sure does get easy to have regular life take over where we find ourselves just going through the motions and losing our direction as to where we wanted to go earlier in life.  The hopes, plans, dreams and goals are still in our mind but have been replace with looking to survive and maybe advance a little bit in whatever career path we find ourselves on.  For many, it’s a career that maybe they didn’t plan on at all that they find themselves in.  For others, maybe it a career path that they have never left and still find themselves on it so many years later.

There are plenty of regrets in my life for sure.  I’ve tried recently to look at them as lessons learned instead of getting all hung up, sad and down about them not happening or more importantly, me not making them happen.  The other thing that I have seemed to get connected with is to focus more in on dreams that I still want to accomplish.  That’s what connected me with Phil’s quote when I saw it.

There are days I feel that I’m getting older, mostly due to my recent surgeries last year.  I got my right knee replaced along with having back surgery, where I have six screws permanently in by lower back holding things together so to speak.  Arthritis has made sure it is helping to remind me about the time that has gone by in my life.  The way I look at it, I sure don’t need to help this process get any worse by not going after my dreams and goals and start having regrets pile up and replace those things that I still want to do in my life.  Age is something that slows us all down at times which can add to the fact that we don’t feel like doing more about going after our dreams and goals in life.

This is why I promote to my own kids, my students and others to get started as early as they can on going after their dreams and goals, rather than after time goes by – and it does go by fast – we feel as if we can’t go after them since we are getting older and life is happening to us and we don’t have the time to do that.  There have also been too many examples on why we can’t wait to go after our dreams and goals.  Too many people that I have seen have died too soon in life due to a variety of circumstances.  The tragedy in Paris just happened yesterday which shows even more the fragile state of life that some face more frequently than others.
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They key is time will always keep chugging along.  It doesn’t wait for nobody.  Like Tiger Woods has said, “Father time is undefeated.”  As time goes on, it piles up victories of making us start piling up our defeats of regrets instead of victories of accomplishing our dreams and goals.  I’m not sure about you, but I want to still have some victories that I can look back upon as being memorable, lasting for others, and the opposite of regrets.  What about you?
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Life’s Too Short To Be Bored and Unfulfilled 

10/24/2015

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"Life’s too short to be bored and unfulfilled. Find your passion and use it to light up your life." — John C. Maxwell

Time and time again – there have been way too many examples about life being too short.  John Maxwell is right, there is not any room for living a bored and unfulfilled life during the short time that we have.  All too often most people don’t find their passions in life.  Maybe even worse, they do find their passions but don’t do anything to go after them.

Les Brown tells the story about a man on his death bed and all of a sudden there are all these figures standing around his bed.  He asked one, what are you all doing here?  The mystical figure said that they represented all the dreams and ideas that he never did anything about.  That because of him not doing anything about making them real, they are going to die with him.  All the people that could have had their lives changed due to his ideas and dreams, will never have it happen.  Of course he felt horrible at that moment.  I’ve always pictured that story with me – and it is indeed very scary and sad to me.  I guess that is one thing I’m trying harder to avoid in my life.

It’s one of my many issues that I try and get my students to think about as they go through high school and the fact that they are setting the table so to speak for the their journey through life.  It’s become one of my many callings to bring this out so that students can start on this journey of going after a life of making a difference and one of fulfillment with their dreams and goals.
The same goes for adults too as we need to figure out our lives, no matter what age we are.  It’s a lot more difficult for adults to make changes, to step out of our comfort zones and to find the time and courage necessary to do those things.  One thing for sure is that we need to do it as we don’t want to end up at the end our lives, looking at all those faces of our dreams and ideas looking back at us with tears in their eyes, wondering why we didn’t choose to make things happen. 

We also need to remember the faces staring at every day in our lives, our loved ones and friends.  When we don’t go after our goals and dreams, we are making it much more difficult for them to go after theirs.  It’s one of my many personal battles I need to take on because I know I have many people in my life that need me to step up and show them how to do things like this along with helping them to see the importance of the opportunities in their lives to make it happen for themselves.  They too have others that they can influence and help, and so on and so on.  A very familiar question should be asked by all of us.  If not me, then who will step up and make a difference?  Do you want to face all those figures at the end of your life??  
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The World Lost A Good Guy - Thoughts From Dr. Wayne Dyer

9/8/2015

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"Nobody can take your dreams away from you. You can imagine anything you want." -- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

We lost a great man this past week with the passing of Dr. Wayne Dyer and when I saw this quote it got me thinking as to what many of his messages were all about, especially this one.

First of all I remember listening to a few Wayne Dyer audios along with a number of interviews that either he did or others interviewed him.  One of the many things he would focus on was the above quote and the fact that it was very important to dream in the first place.  He would promote the fact on how powerful our minds really are and that we just have to tap into some of that power in order to make substantial changes in our lives.

With the world being as crazy as it, is the thought as come to me on how vitally important it is for us to indeed dream about things that are close to our heart and those things that are part of our core being and then of course start to do things about putting those things into action.  As I sit here on a Saturday morning along with my cup of coffee of course and get back into somewhat of a normal schedule with school starting in a few days, this thought really has me intrigued about many things.

Another quote I saw this morning before I started writing this was from Brian Tracy and it was about not playing for being safe and how dangerous that is, and that ties into for me, how it’s not doing any good for the world.   By us dreaming, imagining and doing the action steps needed to make those things happen – then we are affecting not only ourselves but everyone around us that we know and even those that we don’t know.  As I sit here contemplating that thought, I do get excited knowing that I have to, it’s more that I MUST get going on making my dreams and goals a reality.  That thought alone has been with me for a large portion of my life so as they say, lesson repeated until lesson learned.

With school starting again, what better way for this teacher and coach to get back to “school” where I need to make some changes, continue to make some things happen for me and my family along with others that are around me too.  In fact part of it for me is to connect more with those people around me that mean something to me.  My good friend Don, yes… coach Don that I coach with, just texted me about going out for breakfast.  He like me, is an early riser which is a good thing.  He is one of my good friends that I need to do more with, help him more with his dreams and goals (which we do indeed talk about), and along with this comes him helping me too.

So as the calendar is now into September and there seems to be more of a “normal” schedule for most people with school starting and all, I wonder what are a few things that you can start working on that connects to your dreams and goals?  The power of our minds that Dr. Dyer spent his life researching and sharing that information to help others, check some of his work out.  Listen to him and read a few of his books and then look to do a few things that will help you with your dreams and goals.  You will be benefiting not only yourself, but also you will make a difference for others too.  What a great focus point to start off the school year with. Don’t you think?
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We Just Have To Give Ourselves A Chance!

8/25/2015

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"You can make startling changes you can’t even conceive of right now, if you just give yourself half a chance." -- Jim Rohn

As I was looking through some quote ideas another one from the great Jim Rohn jumped out at me.  I think so many times in our lives, if we give ourselves a chance to do great things, we will indeed do just that.

You know, before we are able to do really do anything in life we have to tell ourselves to do it.  Just getting up on time in the morning, making breakfast, filling the car up with gas, taking a shower, etc.  Now with other things, it’s a lot more difficult than simply telling ourselves to do it.  We have to convince ourselves for the really important and life changing things that we need to do.  Those items such as going after your dreams and goals, stepping up to push yourself to get rid of bad habits and replace them with good ones, to reach out to help others that maybe not too many others are willing to help out, along with looking to make a difference with others throughout your lifetime.

It’s about being continually inspired throughout life.  We need to have those inspirational reminders just about on a daily basis I think.  Those stories that we can relate to that helps us believe that we too can do great things.  To get us to understand that we don’t have to settle.   We simply need to give ourselves a chance, an opportunity to do them.  Jim Rohn went onto say “The real value in setting goals is not in their achievement. The acquisition of the things you want is strictly secondary. The major reason for setting goals is to compel you to become the person it takes to achieve them.”

When we look back on the great moments in our lives, they usually come from overcoming difficulties, maybe a long time in working hard and then something wonderful happens along with the fact that we can look back at all the great people that came into our lives along with the new things we learned during that time period.  It’s also a time to see the people that aren’t in our lives anymore.  Our journey throughout life takes us into different directions that others won’t follow us through.  They have their own journeys to go on and even though it’s sad to lose friends, it’s necessary for us to become who we want to and need to become.

Part of this equation is to figure it out sooner than later as some of our many journeys through life take time.  The sooner we realize this, the more things we can go through to get us to become the person we want to be.  Another key, maybe even a more important one is to realize that it’s never too late to start on any of these possible journeys.  You know, I’ve been learning a lot lately and much of it is dealing with the person that I know I need to become in order for things to happen.  Much of it are things that I’d rather not face, not talk about, and not have to go through.  I know I need to go through them and face them in order for things to get better for me but more importantly for those that are around me.  My wife and kids, my other family members, my students, my basketball players, fellow teachers, coaches, friends and neighbors along with the countless people that I haven’t even met yet.  I’ve been playing small most of my life.  That time has to end, and end now.  What are some of the things you need to give yourself permission to do?  Just give yourself a chance, something little, just one thing.  Then just look for those little things each and every day that can help you.  When you find them, please let me know and others too, since I know that we are all looking for those little things to help us in our journeys through life.
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Our Dreams Are Our Creative Visions For Our Future ... It's Time To Put Them Into Action! - Quote Of The Week!

3/1/2015

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"A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown." -- Denis Waitley


It’s funny how you see quotes or ideas at a time when you need to see them.  This was definitely true about this one.

My wife and I were just talking about at least thinking about and exploring other things to do within or out of our respective careers along with making other changes.  Both of us like what we do, but we both agree that we need to step outside our comfort zone when it comes to looking at improving ourselves.  That goes for professionally and personally.

Now that I’m past the worst part of my recovery from my back surgery, I have to make some changes to getting more in shape now, as my wife has said she needs to do that too.  So we are looking to find a gym that we can feel comfortable at and start ourselves back to being healthier.

I’ve had it on my mind for years about pursuing my Doctorate degree.  I’m starting to explore looking for information and I’m seeing that the idea still intrigues me, but there are plenty of items to think about besides the huge financial commitment that it would call for.  I know that maybe some other things need to happen before this big leap is made.

I’m starting to get my podcasts going. This has been long on my mind and I am pushing through the little fears (which used to be bigger fears) about doing these.  The old saying from my favorite book, The “Magic Of Thinking BIG” states that action cures fear.  That is totally true!!

So, on that note that is what I will be working hard to focus on as I embark on this new journey, new way of thinking, and a new way of actually doing things to make my dreams a reality.  I know that if I continue doing things the same way I’ve been doing them, then I will continue to not only getting the same results, but I won’t get out of the box that I call my current comfort zone.  I look at what I’ve been doing and I tell myself that I haven’t been doing things poorly – hence being comfortable in the comfort zone, but I know I need to change.  So here is to Action Curing Fear!!
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Dreams And Character Go Together... Quote Of The Week!

2/3/2015

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"Dreams are the touchstones of our character." -- Henry David Thoreau

Character in today’s world seems to be taking hits left and right.  There seems to be so many examples of people with a lack of character and all the problems that come with it.  Not only the problems for that person that makes choices and decisions without character, but for so many others that they know  and those that don’t know too. 

Dreaming has always been an important part of people doing things and being successful.  It seems in today’s world the need for us to dream and think about things that can make our lives better is greater than ever before.  The reason Mr. Thoreau is right on with this thought is that our dreams connect directly with our character.

It’s really 2-way mind set that connects these two important pieces to our life-success puzzle.  Dreams definitely connect with our character in that our character gives us the fuel to go after our dreams.  If our character is in check and going in the right direction, our dreams are just a little bit easier to go after.  Another key is to indeed have some dreams to go after in the first place.

The side of the street on this is that our character, if it’s in order and going in the right direction, can overwhelmingly help our dreams come to reality.  It gives us the foundation, the basis of going after not only our dreams but to have our live go in a very good direction.  You also have to remember – as much as bad character choices and decisions hurt ourselves along with hurting others; when we have our character in order, things are a lot better for ourselves and for others that have contact with us.

So we all need to do what we can to zero in on making our dreams big, bold, positive and from our hearts; along with focusing in our character too.  These are big puzzle pieces to our path towards success in our lives.  I know this is a great reminder for me and I will be working hard every day to focus in on these and other pieces of the puzzle I need to put together.
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New Year - Keep Your Dreams Alive.... Great Lessons From Stuart Scott And Others - Quote Of The Week

1/4/2015

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"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe." -- Gail Devers

As I have my coffee this morning and I’m watching the sad news about Stuart Scott passing away from his 3 time battle with cancer, I sure shed a few tears I got to be honest.  I never met the man, but I sure did watch and listen to him.  Especially when he got sick and found out about the cancer that he had to fight;  that’s when there were even more lessons for us to learn from him.

There is a key here that ties into the quote I picked out for this week.  We can learn from so many people in so many different areas in our life.  There are those like Stuart that we just see on TV and we listen to them along with reading things about them, there are lessons there for us to learn from.  Obviously this might be easier with people that are around us, that we know and that we can spend time with and talk with.  We need to recognize there lies opportunity to learn in both examples.

As I start off the new year, still recovering from back surgery, I have had a little more time than I normally do to think about a few things.  The dreams that I have, are still there.  They are still there because I really haven’t done much about making them come true.  Gail Devers is right, we have to keep our dreams alive.  The point about having faith in ourselves is huge!  Without that, it’s going to be almost impossible to make those dreams come true.

The belief in ourselves is needed to even get to the part where we have to have the vision, the hard work, the determination and dedication that is needed.  What Stuart Scott did and others are too for me, is to show plenty of examples of that process that they have through all the difficulties and adversities that they face. 

My wife and I were just talking about the fact that everyone has difficulties and challenges in their lives, everyone.  We are too.  I had the same discussion with a college friend of mine, a few coworkers, former students, my son, my daughter and even my mom and dad.  We are all going through challenges that we need to focus on getting through and not just focusing on the problems themselves, but getting through them to be able to move on.

When we are able to do this – focus on getting through the challenges, our attitude and effort in doing those things, we are setting examples for others.  Others that know us, talk to us, listen to us pick up on those things; but also to those that simply watch us and may not even say anything to us, they learn from us too.


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