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Mental Toughness

I’ve always been interested in people who choose to do things in a more difficult, uncomfortable, or even painful way. The people who work all day in blazing heat or freezing cold, push through immense pain to get where they … Continue reading

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When Progress is Slow

In any construction project, the foundation has to be solid before anything can be built on top of it. Someone who regularly passes by a project may see a lot of workers and machines plugging away without any visible results. … Continue reading

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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s is coming up soon and with it come New Year’s resolutions. Many people make them but most fail to follow them for more than a month or two at most. I think I have some ideas as to … Continue reading

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“How the Big Band Stole Christmas”: A Great Night Out

Last night, I got to see an incredible live stage show at Theatre Jacksonville. One of my friends is with the Crescendo Amelia Big Band and they had their first of two performances of “How the Big Band Stole Christmas” … Continue reading

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My Juggling Story

I’ve mentioned juggling before on this blog but never went into detail about it or how I got into it. Those of you who know me fairly well are already familiar with my story; for those who don’t know it, … Continue reading

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Healing Past Pain

I want to talk about healing past pain. By this, I mean bringing to mind previous experiences that have left some sense of frustration, anger, sadness, or other sense of feeling hurt and doing what it takes to be free … Continue reading

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The Power of Loving-Kindness

Tim Ferriss has a big book called Tools of Titans in which he interviews over 100 extremely successful people to learn the things that work for them. This excerpt was written by Chade-Meng Tan, an expert in mindfulness, among many … Continue reading

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Don’t Make Assumptions

Time to revisit The Four Agreements. This time, we’re looking at the third agreement: “Don’t Make Assumptions”. Don Miguel Ruiz talks about how easy it is to make assumptions and how real they appear to be, even when they’re completely … Continue reading

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Becoming a Morning Person

For the last several years, I’ve been more fond of the night than the day. There are several reasons for my being a night owl, including the following: my best ideas seem to come to me then, it’s when I … Continue reading

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A Fun Day on Amelia Island

Yesterday, I spent a wonderful afternoon and evening with some friends in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island. There was a holiday event there with all kinds of food, music, games, decorations, and other fun activities. We spent about four hours … Continue reading

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