I love the holiday season and in some ways I dislike it. Why I love it… I love the spirit of the holidays and for me, that is the spirit of Christmas. For some, it is the spirit of Chanukah or the spirit of Kwanza. It actually doesn’t matter your faith and religion, what matters is the spirit of good …

Paul Melella and I just came back from spending three days in California with our Taekwondo Grandmaster. He retired recently and moved to CA so he could continue his training. We spent our time hiking, training, having tea and eating wonderful meals. It was a trip that we will both remember for a lifetime. During tea, Paul and I mentioned …

In honor of National Hike Day this past Sunday, I figure I would write about why I love the trails. Have you ever had a time in your life, month, week or even day where you needed to get away and clear your head. I am sure we have all felt like that one time or another. I have found …

“I am stronger than my pain”. This is my mantra, affirmation or as we call in Empowered Mastery, my power paradigm statement. I am currently dealing with some knee challenges; arthritis in both knees with a recent pop in the other that is confirmed to be a torn ACL. It’s all good and has not slowed me down in my …

Taking an identity of a challenging time business and personal lives are amongst the most common problems I have seen in coaching business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs. (Yes, I called it a problem) Unfortunately, many take ownership to an identity of a negative circumstance and allow that circumstance define who they are as a person. Basically, they are clouding their …

Kindness…Cost nothing to give and is priceless to receive. Last week was a challenging week for me. I had some car challenges with my children, some children challenges without cars, some physical challenges with a couple of injuries but nothing bothered me as much as being disrespected by someone who I never met before. I own some commercial real estate …

Take the time to reach out to old friends…So I guess I am going to age myself, however, I just attended my 30th High School Re-union. It is the first one I had ever attended and I am sooo happy I did. The organizers, my former classmates did an amazing job and I was very grateful to be there. Fact …

If you place an acorn on the middle of a table, will it to grow into an oak tree? Of course not. What if you place the acorn in the middle of a well-manicured lawn, will it grow? Maybe, but most likely it will get cut by the lawnmower and never amount to anything. How about the acorn is planted …

My favorite definition of the word sacrifice is giving something of a lesser value for something of a greater value. There is no greater sacrifice than time. Once you give someone or something your time, you never get it back for as long as you live. Be sure that the time you sacrifice is worthy of it. What is your …

Do you remember the old days where you would take a picture and have to wait to see how it came out after it was developed? What about the idea of the Polaroid, where you could see the picture within minutes? It was amazing. Now, with the digital error where you take the pictures on your smart phone; not even …