I had a friend in high school who was proud of himself because every time someone told him that he should quit smoking, he told then that he wasn’t a quitter. We all grow up learning that quitting is a bad thing and that you should stick things through. If you think about it, that’s [...]
You look at your watch and with great excitement you notice that it is 5:oo PM and time to leave the office to head home to relax for the night. You’ve got a whole bunch of new shows and movies waiting to be watched as you eat your dinner and down a few beers. You [...]
On Saturday night I had the privilege of going to a hockey game with my brother to see the Montreal Canadiens play the Washington Capitals. Although the Canadiens lost with a couple minutes left in the game, I did come away from the game with a valuable lesson. There was one beautiful play where [...]
To get lucky, you need to constantly be learning and opening up new horizons. Whatever area it is that you want to get lucky in, you need to involve yourself in your interest and surround yourself with tools to increase your knowledge of the specific area. Hang around people who are where you want to [...]
“Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.” Ernest Hemingway In September, I started posting “Lucky Quotes” once per month but when I stumbled upon this quote from Hemingway, I had [...]
I’ve been away for a little while and I want to apologize since I didn’t plan to stop posting while I was away, I just didn’t have the chance to really sit down in front of my computer for more than a few minutes at a time. I spent the last week and a bit [...]
If you are human (or Scooby), you have fear. Everyone fears something, it is just how we deal with the fear that determines if it will cause good or bad luck. It could be fear of what people will think, fear of not having enough money, fear of rejection, fear of the government or just [...]
One thing I am realizing more and more is that nobody likes you more than yourself. You can learn many lessons from this, here are a few: By liking yourself, you allow others to like you If you love yourself, you give off a glow that people want to be part of because it makes [...]
Take a Different Route – By taking the same route to work, school, the gym, mall or wherever you are going each day, you become immune to everything around you…
Learn From Your Failures – the most successful people are the ones that failed over and over again and did not give up….
Pay Attention to the Little Things – Don’t expect opportunity to just hit you in the head like a ton of bricks. It may…
I had the unfortunate experience of having to rush to the emergency room 2 Friday nights in a row and have learned a very valuable lesson: Use any connections you have whenever you can. Friday July 26, 2008: Last Friday night my 17 month old daughter tripped into the corner of a wall and [...]