Ever walked into...

A candy store, and got super excited by all the different choices of
treats, and stoked about the ones that you haven't seen in a while?

Our lives are filled with the same amazing array of choices, even more,
and sometimes we don't see the choices all of the choices because we
are focused on only a few.

Just like a candy store, we need to be mindful to look around and take
in all of the choices that are offered to us, there is always one that
will always satisfy what needs to be satisfied.

Yours in "Look Around" - Coach

Every Ten Generations...

A hero is born.

And once in a lifetime, there is a change in the path of history.

Those who have been a part of the change, must celebrate. There is no time to wait, for it is our time.

We have been part of what may have started as the absence of beauty, or
may of not been the center piece of virtue, but time proved
otherwise...and it became the high water mark for the future, for us to
step up from.

So let's celebrate...what has been put into motion, and for us to continue.

Yours in "Let's Celebrate...Our 10th Anniversary" - Coach

A great Offense wins games...

And a poor Defense, will lose Championships.

Not to say, we don't want to create our own best offense for success.

We just need to make sure that as we compile our offense, of what we
are great at, while creating a great defense that keeps our points on
the board and the others at bay.

We can have the best offense in the world, but if we are bleeding on the other side...it doesn't matter at all.

Yours in "A Winning Game" - Coach

Whatever you're selling...

I'm buying!

Wouldn't that be nice, in our personal lives or in business? Absolutely, people lining up and buying what we got!

People will buy anything...as long as we give them what they want....so what are we selling?

Selling a bad attitude, or poor service? Selling others, for a one sided gain, or to make us look good?

Remember, if they are buying, it needs to be about what they want, not
what we want...we all know that, but some of us need a reminder.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

It's summer time!

And if we can think back to our childhood, we all probably had some
pretty sweet memories of the special things we did or enjoyed.

As we grow up, we must not forget to make the arrangements for us, and
the ones around us, that just beg to create beautiful memories for our
future.

If we don't make the plans, we won't have the opportunity...to make summertime memories.

And, most likely, we won't think back and laugh and enjoy the times when we went to the refrigerator and sat on the couch.

Yours in "Making Memories" - Coach

Great Intentions...

Need to be coupled with great execution.

Otherwise, it doesn't become reality.

It's like a great idea, without a plan...it stays just an idea.

So let's make it our point to have our great ideas and great intentions to have a solid game plan with excellent execution.

That way, what is started, can be finished.

Yours in "Completion" - Coach

Ever known someone...

Who is 4 feet of stubborn and 2 feet of love?

They can be a bit of a challenge to get through to...sometimes.

Not to worry, if they are a tad more stubborn to changing their ways
or views, than the norm, it just makes them that much more stubborn not
to go back, once
they turn the corner.

So don't give up on the stubborn ones, because once they "get it", they
got it.

Yours in "Trust" - Coach

What are those things...

That you keep bumping into?

They are usually the things that are left undone or unfinished, but
they are always around...that's why we keep bumping into them.

So if you keep finding yourself needing a little more elbow room, it's time to clean the
decks and handle what needs to be handled.

So strap up Rubin, and take care of them, and once you do, you will
feel free as a bird.

Yours in "Strap up" - Coach

How Big is Your World?

It's most likely a lot bigger than when we were born.

We're not talking the real world, but "Your world".

Remember back when you were a small child - your entire world was your
bedroom - the place where we all slept, played and had dreams of what
we wanted to become.

As we grew older, our world included our backyard and then being a
passenger in a car, and seeing things that we have never seen before.
And before long, our world included school and friends and then our
world...soon became the real world.

The real world can be intimidating to say the least, as some of the
past comforts and boundaries have all but disappeared, but with all the
choices and opportunities that are there for us...what are we going to
do with them?

Yours in "How Big is Your World"? - Coach

Bad news, just left the office...

And started to make his way home.

He didn't start the day being bad news, but he sure will finish the day
with it.

He stopped by the grocery store on his way home and gave the clerk a
bit of his bad news in the way of letting her know that she was slow
and didn't know what she was doing.

Upon entering his home he wasted no time letting his family know how
disappointed he was with them all, the wife for not keeping up the
house, the kids for not finishing their homework and for them all being
happy when there was no reason to be.

And where did the bad news start? At work, where he was told by his
boss that he needed to do a lot better if he wanted to keep his job.

The sad part was, just like he, the clerk and his family, they did
nothing wrong...the boss was in a bad mood and just wanted to spread
his funk with his employee, but it didn't stop there.

Yours in "What are you Spreading" - Coach

The Young, trade most...

Of their time for money.

And the old, trade most of their money for time.

Interesting how things work...maybe, in knowing this, we can start to
keep things balanced as our lives progress.

And in doing so, we can enjoy the things that are free along the way.

Yours in "Introspection" - Coach

Sometimes we get "traumatized"...

But somehow attracted?

What's with that?

It is the very reason that we do the same thing, over and over, that
isn't too good for us.

To break the cycle, we need to figure out what the attraction is all
about.

Is the attraction because we get some excitement out of it? Is it
because it gets our adrenaline flowing, or we just like to be
"traumatized"?

Once we figure that one out, we can see if we can replace what we get
out of being "traumatized", and replace it with something that is a bit
better for us.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

Do we rely more on hope...

Than our own expectations?

Occasionally, we do, but it's not the best made plan.

Hope is bound to include outside help to step up, before we do.

It's our own expectations that gets our wheels turning by our own power, driving towards what we expect.

So next time your find yourself relying a bit too much on hope, set your expectations and let the trip unfold.

Yours in "Expectations" - Coach

It's only work...

When you would rather be doing something else.

That's also why people say you should find something you would like to
do for "work" and you won't be working anymore.

Some have come to me having trouble with this concept...think of it
this way...if you are happy while working, then it really isn't work,
is it.

And while some work, by itself, may not be the most fun, we can sure
spin it, and make it fun...once we do that, we are happy and we really
aren't working anymore:)

Yours in "Our Choice" - Coach

I'm so excited...

I have goose bumps all over just thinking about all the great things
and possibilities that await each and everyone of us in the future!

I couldn't have more chills and goose bumps with an ice bath!

I know you feel the same way, when you really, I mean really take the
time to think about YOUR future and what awaits YOU.

Yours in "Getting Pretty Excited" - Coach

If things don't always go...

The way we hoped they would or the way we planned, we just need to
keep at it.

We often underestimate the time frame in the way things should turn
out, and many times it's just that we have an overly optimistic view,
or that life has thrown us a curve ball that we didn't expect.

So just keep at it, things usually turn out...when given enough time.

And after all, if we want it bad enough, waiting for the desired result
is often worth waiting for.

Yours in Time - Coach

All Greatness...

Has or had a beginning...which was started by one thought.

Walt Disney, had a dream, made it a vision, and convinced others.

Ray Kroc, selling his multi-mixer for milkshakes, to the McDonald
brothers, thought it was incredible that someone had the volume of
customers that they had to make so many milk shakes at one time, and
the rest is history.

Richard Branson didn't stop at his first successful business venture
when he published a magazine at called Student, at 16. He went on and
built his Virgin empire, with seemingly unrelated business ventures.

All started with one thought, and common denominator in greatness, is
that they heard the skeptics but didn't let the skeptics get in their
way.

Yours in "One Thought" - Coach

Can we spread...

Our abilities to other areas?

You bet we can.

When we are very good at something, there is almost a 100% chance we
can use our talent or skill in other areas and be just as successful.

We never need to keep what we are great at, only to what we are great
at...so when the timing is right, we need to spread our wings, and fly
to unchartered territory.

Then, and only then, can we be really be put to the test..

Yours in "Soaring in a New Direction" - Coach

We can't live forever...

And on first thought, it would be nice to.

But what happens if we did live forever?

Our family would die off and our friends would pass on too, leaving us all
alone.

So on second thought, maybe it's not the best that we live forever,
just do all we can with the one life we have.

That may make more sense.

Yours in "Living Life" - Coach

If you can do it...

There's really nothing to it.

But it doesn't mean what you do, isn't amazing!

Playing a guitar, doing a pirouette, typing super fast, singing on key,
drawing...the list goes on and on, and there IS something you are great
at.

I am amazed at the talent I see, just walking around.

So if you can do it, there maybe nothing to it...to you, but it sure is something
to others.

Yours in "Remember that":) - Coach

Holidays...

Are made for us to Celebrate.

With our friends, our families and co-workers.

It is our time to relish what really matters in our life, when the clock is stopped with regard to our daily routines and tasks.

So let's all celebrate, as we are meant to do on this rare Saturday holiday commemorating the day of our Independence.

Independence Day represents more than we all could hope for, in more ways than one.

Yours in "Celebration" - Coach

Pam Worthy...

Got along with folks like candy to a baby.

People loved her. She had an inspiring personality and a "can do"
attitude, which left nothing but fulfillment and hope wherever she went.

There was not much difference with Pam than with most others, with the
exception that she understood that all people "matter" and should be treated royally.

So she made it a point to keep her thoughts positively aligned with her
desired outcome to "bring up" everyone she made contact with.

It is also no surprise that Pam's life was fulfilling and abundant, and
all the people she helped out, not only returned the favor, but they started to
help out others...from her inspiration.

Yours in "Starting the Process" - Coach

One of our greatest attributes...

Is our Ambition.

With it, we can drive our lives forward...and without it, we stay in neutral.

We all have it, just some of us aren't using it as much as we should be.

It's OK, ambition can be stunted by adversity, and if that's the case,
we simply need to ease into our ambition with goals that are easy to
accomplish.

And over time, our confidence comes back along with our ambition.

Yours in "Put it in Drive" - Coach