What is the tune...

That keeps playing in your head?

It just may be part of the "tone" you are setting.

To set any tone, one must create a vibration or "vibe", with a certain frequency.

Does your "vibe" give off energy, or suck energy from others?

Do you give off a "vibe" of abundance or lack...or one that is positive, or negative?

May want to ask someone how your "vibe" is. Don't have to ask many, as
what you put out is pretty apparent to others...and whatever they say,
it all
starts with what's humming in your head.

Yours in "Create a Cool Vibe" - Coach

The seeds we sow...

Will be the fruits we harvest.

Regretfully, as in nature, we can't plant a thorn bush and expect to harvest sweet peaches.

And thankfully, as in nature, we won't reap a weed when we plant a bounty of beauty.

Pretty simple...

Yours in "Follow Nature" - Coach

Keep doing the "Right" things...

Because character is built over time.

The easy route and shortcuts are for the lazy, and are the wrecking
ball of character.

So keep at it, and over time, character is also what makes History.

Yours in "Making History" - Coach

Life is about...

Continuing to learn new things.

And it's all up to us, what we want to learn.

Ah, the choices and the possibilities - and it doesn't have to be
learning about things that only help us out, it's about learning about
others as well.

And there is no age, research shows us, that we stop the learning
process and our brains stop developing new neural pathways - that's
what's so special about it!

So what new things are you going to "learn" today, tomorrow and this year?

Yours in "All the Possibilities" - Coach

Do you have a Vision?

If not, create a beautiful Vision of what you can give, to maximize your potential, your life and the world.

If you already have one, or once you get one, you must convince yourself first...of the Vision.

That's what entrepreneurs do, to rally the backing and the people.

Heck, Christopher Columbus, got 3 ships and a crew to sail over the
edge of the earth, when it was believed to be flat at the time.

But you must convince yourself first, in order to allow your Vision to become reality..

Yours in Vision - Coach

Why is it...

We tend to only schedule our headaches?

With "To do" lists..."To do" this, "To do" that:

Pick up the laundry, go shopping, clean the toilets, mow the lawn, go
to work, gut the garage, buy the present, finish the chores...not a lot
of love there.

We need to spin it, and schedule time to "Do to" ourselves and
others...that's where the love is, whether we are in a relationship or
bliss - we need to make the time.

We are going to "to do" until we're done, so we better "do to" before we are.

Yours in "Do to" - Coach

A Crabopotamus...

Is someone who is a bit more crabby than they should be.

We can all be a Crabopotamus, occasionally, but don't want to be one for long.

It's is our choice to be happy or not, so what's the big deal to look
on the positive side of things or "Spin", the not so good stuff.

It just takes a bit of conscious reminding, and with a little repetition, is starts to condition into a subconscious act.

Yours in "Conditioning" - Coach

What we see in the mirror...

Is not always what others see.

We are all unique and beautiful in our own special way.

Yet, we don't always see it. This is because some of us are self
critical, and our worthiness or self esteem is usually below the view
of what others see.

Yes, most people think more highly of us than we do of ourselves, and
we should attempt to raise our view of ourselves to at least match the
view of where others see us, for starters. Why not? We only have to change our perception.

And if we have a hard time raising the view of ourselves - just keep at
it, and in the meantime...remember, "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder".

Yours in "Seeing Beauty" - Coach

There is Order in the Universe...

As there should be in our lives.

The opposite of Order is Chaos. There can be occasional spots of chaos or "transitions"
in the universe and in our lives, yet it is, and should be, occasional
at most.

So if you have a touch more chaos in your life than there should be, maybe it is time to get
in alignment with the universal flow of Order, and bring peace back
into your "Universe".

Yours in "Order" - Coach

Let's not end up like...

Sisyphus...

The cat in Greek Mythology who had to roll up a huge stone up a
steep hill, just to watch it roll back down, and continue to do it for
eternity.

He was made to do this because Sisyphus wasn't too kind to people. He
would kill, and pretty much take whatever he wanted, without regard to
others...basically a punk.

Sisyphus thought he was clever, but was just a little too big for his
"britches", and continually overstepped his bounds. So after he got a
little too clever, Zues showed him his own form of cleverness by banishing
him to an eternity of frustration.

Yours in "Better to be Nice" - Coach

Oh boy...today's blog number is 777, looks like this is our lucky day!

We always invite luck into our lives, but there is a way to be even more lucky.

When we see people that always seem to be lucky, there is usually some other things that have happened behind the scenes.

"Luck is where preparation meets opportunity" - so the more prepared we
are, when the opportunity arrives, bingo, we click game...and from the
outside, we look lucky.

So keep preparing, and smile inside when someone says "You have all the luck", it's the sweetest compliment we can all get

Yours in "Lucky?" - Coach

Listen to the Ones...

That have been grown up most of their lives, it just may be the wise thing to do.

Growing up, we all probably "knew it all" when we were still in sigh
school, but then as time moves on, we seem to know less and less.

I have picked up quite a few gems from those in my life, that have been
around for a while, and the sweet part about it is...they usually give
insights or a new perception, in a way that really makes it matter.

Yours in "Listen" - Coach

Check out the name tag...

You're in my world now:)

We probably all would like to say it, but may be a bit over the top...but we can humbly feel it inside.

Not that we don't care about others...it just is a pretty good credo to
have as a mindset which put us fully in control and ready to "get
after" whatever we want to "get after".

I bet Tiger Woods feels that way when he walks onto the golf course.

Yours in "Full Control" - Coach

What keeps many people...

From the future they want...is usually the past.

Thinking, dwelling or having regrets about the past, sucks the energy
and focus out of our ability to create what we want our future to be.

Driving forwards, while looking or focusing on what was behind, soon
gets you into a wreck...and the same thing can happen with our lives

We need to look forward, for when we focus on what we want in our future, that future will soon come into focus.

Yours in "Forward Focus" - Coach

Balancing our lives...

Must not only be for ourselves.

Balancing our own lives can be a challenge, but with a little focus, we can accomplish anything.

The real challenge that needs to be handled, is including "others", in part of our deal.

Have you recently shut down everything and engaged in some focused
communication with those who mean so much to you? Or have you been
putting it off? If we have been procrastinating, when we stop and think
about the reasons why we haven't done it...are pathetically defenseless.

When we spend enough time connecting, in person or in some other way
with the ones we love, it makes the whole balancing act worthwhile.

Yours in "Worthwhile" - Coach

Remember the good old days where...

All that mattered was Where and When?

It's a pretty good plan...getting back to simplicity.

But with work, friends, family and commitments as we grow older, the
Where and When, seems to be replaced by How and Why.

Maybe we should loosen up a bit and be ready and excited for everything
and anything that comes our way...we used to be that way, and there is
no reason we can't get back to the good old days.

Yours in "Where and When" - Coach

What happened?

I was "Fresh" this morning?

Yes, straight out of bed and into the shower, clean clothes and your
battery fully charged to meet the day with considerable relish!

Then as the day goes on, things start to drag a bit, and at bedtime,
you are fully shot?

Just the way things go. It would be better if we could run full speed
all day long and feel as fresh at bedtime as we did when we walked out
the door in the morning.

Well, we can take steps to combat this challenge.

Maybe take short rests during the day to keep the batteries charged, or
eating better - not to put an excess load on our body or digestive
system, or taking exercise breaks to rev us up.

It is what it is, but we can also help to make it what it isn't.

Yours in "Choice" - Coach

You can take a Successful Person...

In any business, put them in charge of a different business and
they will most likely become a success there too.

AND, you can take someone that has run a business into the ground, put
them in charge of a different business and they will probably run that
one into the ground.

That is because people seem to make the same choices in similar
situations which elicit the same outcome. We've all heard the "A tiger
never changes it's stripes"...well, the same goes with people...yet
people CAN change...but seldom do.

Yours in "You CAN change...if you want to" - Coach

What can we tell others...

About ourselves, that would "dazzle them", without making stuff up.

We can always make stuff up to make us bigger or more amazing than we
really are, that's easy, we can even tell things about our past that
can put us in the hero category that wasn't all that true. Maybe we've
even used the old saying, "The older I get, the better I was".

But what's the real truth? What is it that you do or have done that can
be worthy of re-telling?

If we have something that is or was "dazzling" - great! And If not, we
can always start today to have our future filled with the great things
we have done.

Yours in "Dazzle" - Coach

Back in the day...

"If you were happy when you were working, then you were not working",
which was a bad thing...and people were told to wipe that smile from
their face and put their nose to the grindstone.

Things have changed, but not all of the views have.

Some that come through Zappos seeing happy people, working and having
fun, and can't quite see how things get done...maybe the new saying is:

"If you are happy when you are working, you are not working", which is
a good thing, because if you are happy and enjoy doing something, you
are in bliss and studies show that you are more productive and creative
while in bliss.

New perceptions can take time to reach the tipping point, so let's all keep
being happy while working, until the rest catch on...and ultimately we
will be helping to deliver Happiness to the World.

Yours in "Delivering Happiness" - Zappos and Coach

Peoples decisions are based on...

Their beliefs.

Since what we believe, is a base for our decisions, we can
understand that our decisions create our actions, and our actions
create our future.

So what are our beliefs about our lives and our future?

Our we believing our lives and future is not that good, or great?

Do we believe we are not in control, or in control?

Do we believe we are worthy of a great life or not worthy?

These question may seem silly, but it all starts with our beliefs and
ends with our future.

Yours in "Believe in You" - Coach

Happy 10 Year Anniversary...

Zappos!!!

Today is the day, 10 years to the day, as a matter of fact!

A great example of what can happen in 10 years...which all started with one thought.

But 10 years old? Heck, we're still a kid, with a lot of growing, creating and learning to do...which is the beauty of it.

Thank you Zappos and it's Team for the inspiration of what can be
created by just one thought, followed by one decision and one action at
a time...yes, anything is possible.

Yours in "Happy 10 Year Anniversary Zappos" - Coach