Monthly Archives: January 2019

Perspective Shifts: A Better Way to Live

I realized something after I got back from Lollies and Lemonade 2019. While I was there, it was like we were all in our own world and had temporarily left everything else behind. There was a bit of talk about … Continue reading

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Lollies and Lemonade 2019

I spent most of this past weekend attending Lollies and Lemonade 2019 in Auburn, Alabama. This was a 3-day Balboa workshop with some incredible instruction, amazing music, and wonderful dancing. Here’s an overview of my experience from this event. For … Continue reading

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Exploring My Rules: Don’t Think Too Much

The moment has arrived, for this is the final post in the series about my rules. I hope you’ve found this series interesting and useful. It’s forced me to think through some of my ideas and rules more fully than … Continue reading

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Exploring My Rules: Dream Big

We’ve reached the penultimate entry in the series exploring my rules. This post fits in nicely with the previous post about taking chances. Today’s post is about what I do before that: Dream big. I’ve always dreamt and thought big, … Continue reading

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Exploring My Rules: Take Chances

Time to explore another one of my rules. This post is going to be a bit different than the others because, unlike many of my other rules, this is one that I’ve been practicing for as long as I can … Continue reading

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Exploring My Rules: Look for Ways to Help

Today, I’m going to talk about another one of my rules. This is one of my personal favorites and one that I think could completely change the world: Look for ways to help. No matter where I go, I can … Continue reading

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Exploring My Rules: Be Honest

Time for the next entry in the series about my rules. This post will focus on one of my most important rules, both for interacting with other people and dealing with myself: Be honest. I believe honesty is morally right … Continue reading

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Exploring My Rules: Improve Every Day

For this third post about exploring my rules, I’m going to talk about the one that has been critical to my success, both with following these rules and with everything else in my life. Rule number three is simple and … Continue reading

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Exploring My Rules: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

This is the second post in which I explore my rules in greater detail. The focus of this post will be one of the habits from Stephen Covey’s classic book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Seek first to … Continue reading

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Exploring My Rules: The Golden Rule

I once made a post about the rules I do my best to live by. Lately, I’ve been thinking of different ways to apply them, some of which are not always readily apparent. So I decided to make a separate … Continue reading

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