Keep your goals SMART for 2022. Happy New Year everyone! Here we are again…another calendar year and the most popular time to set new goals. A couple of quick strategies to consider to make 2022 your best year ever. First, do a personal positive focus of what you accomplished in 2021. This is really important especially if you believe you …

The benefits of getting older. So I was talking to my wife and we were laughing that since turning 50 I have had to go on extra vitamins and now have a pillbox like my parents used to have, I’ve had to get a colonoscopy which was super fun and by the way, a real quick way to lose 5 …

What are you doing to inspire others? This week was my wife’s 23rd-29th birthday and if you haven’t heard yet, she is training for her first Ironman. A feat only the most inspiring (or crazy) people will do. I’ve shared how my brother John has completed three of them and after being his “Iron-crew” for the third time, Kathy declared …

Are you prepared? This past weekend, Master Matt Tracy and I went up to the Adirondacks in upstate NY and summited four high peaks this weekend. We did Whiteface, Ester, Porter and Cascade. While there is no snow in downstate NY, they had about two feet on top of the mountains. We climbed 4300 ft and 13 miles in snowshoes …

What do you mean? Question? When you are performing a task, do you ever think about the meaning? Grandmaster Kim for a log time has been sharing with us the concept of “Il Il Shin” which means “Be Better Everyday”. Il Il Shin training is not one particular action but a lifestyle on how to constantly improve through meditation, hiking, …

What’s going right. So I have not been on social media too often lately, I personally have found it to be very distracting and much of it extremely negative. I continue to write content with the intent to bring a little light to everybody’s world. I really hope it’s working. Not to mention, I have some other projects I’ve been …

How do you contribute? A while back I was having a conversation with my son about relationships. I explained to him how I kind of view relationships like a bank account. No, it has nothing to do with money, but a lot to do with deposits and withdrawals. I explained to him that the relationships I cherish the most are …

Always be a Guest. I wish more people would have more of a guest mentality. Think about it, when you go to someone's house for a visit, you go above and beyond to make sure you keep things in order and pay extra respectful to their home. Right? I mean, you wouldn’t go to someone's home and make demands, leave …

Give yourself time to process. When you see or hear something, do you give it time to process in your mind, or do you react immediately? I think this is a very important question that deserves consideration to think about. When I think about this question, I reflect on one who is an experienced warrior. They will always be ready, …

The most important business value. If you were to ask me 20 years ago what it takes to be success in business, I would say hard work, dedication, commitment, passion, vision and all the values one would associate with what it takes to succeed. If you were to ask me today, I would say two values…kindness empathy. Of course, the …