As a kid when I received a toy I was THRILLED when the batteries were included. That meant I could start to play with it right then and there! Like toys, we need batteries to operate too - and we have them! Its called Attitude! However, sometimes our batteries run low on a charge and that can affect us. Our attitude controls our day, and we get to decide our outcome in about the first 5 min of the day. Listen to how you talk to yourself as you wake up.... Oh its Monday and I have to work. vs Its Monday - Lets Get this week going! I can't believe how early it is. vs GOOD MORNING WORLD I have so much to do. vs It will be a productive day This week - make sure your batteries are fully

When you see a farm, the soil is fertile and is there to nurture the seeds that are planted. The soil doesn't really care what seeds are planted - it knows its job is to nourish the seeds to help them grow. If corn is planted - it will nurture corn if watermelon - it will nurture watermelon and so forth..... Whatever is planted, the soil with help it grow. the same is true with our brains. The brain is designed to nurture and grow the thoughts we plant. Just like the soil and the seeds. If we plant anger, it will nurture anger If we plant negativity, it will grow negativity... resentment, failure, fear...… you get the picture? The point - if you do not want a crop of bad things, you bette

Lets talk about taking a trip. Are you getting excited? Many times trips are fun. they are filled with anticipation, excitement and adventure. However sometimes along the way there are pitfalls.... there may be delays at the airport detours in the road or unplanned storms but isn't that part of the adventure? When we stay on the "plan" too much ( stay within our comfort zone) we don't get to live the adventure. Life is about living, being alive and being fully engaged. That doesn't mean it is always fun.... but when we live, we experience the true journey of life. This week, enjoy the journey. if there are bumps in the road, accept them, embrace them and let them be part of the adventu

Many times when we want to look at success, we follow someone's highlights to their career. Stop watching the highlights! There is no overnight success .. for the musician, it’s years of playing in dingy bars the comedian, night after night on the road getting paid in T-shirts and hamburgers for the sales person, hearing no more times that they can count and for the writer, thousands of rejections before they get published We cannot keep looking at somebody's success and feel "how lucky they are" that it just came so easily for them what we are seeing is their highlight reel. We only see the success, the after effect - not the days, the months, the hours of work that they put in and the