
The windows had frosted from the frigid weather as a group of writers nestled around the dining room oak table. We were reviewing each other’s material, highlighting effective passages, and leaving a trail of red ink over less inspiring words. ...

Competition? Promise of peace? Driven by passion? etc. I still remember when I consciously started doing better in school. I was a junior in high school (yeah, we can’t all be early bloomers), and I sat next to Jeff Gardner. ...

Choosing Better Step 1: The Hard Decision Making the tough decision to do the hard work doesn’t happen naturally for most of us. In fact, if my children are any indicator of what is natural human behavior, our first impulse is to look for any way to get out of work. ...

Taking charge of your life, and not blaming, shaming, and rationalizing others, is one of the principles that some of the greatest kings and queens that ever ruled learned quickly and applied efficiently...

A question that often comes up when we talk about taking responsibility for your life is how do we keep our commitments? According to the self-improvement company Growth Climate, a lie is any attempt to deceive...

Idaho summers are blessed with warm sun, purple mountains dotting the surrounding, lush vegetation, and canals with gently flowing water. Despite the beauty or niceness of the weather, as a teenager liking adrenalin rushes, I had grown bored...

Have you ever seen someone laughing and having a good time then suddenly he or she bursts into tears? How about someone who has gone seemingly instantaneously from being mellow and happy to yelling and screaming? If you have, you may have been witnessing someone going through a reaction sequence...

Here are some ideas to get going and stay going at a peak level: Start each day with a review of your goals. In a 24/7 world, it’s easy to lose sight of where you ultimately want to go. Take the 30 minutes at the beginning of each day, when your mind is still clear, to review your goals. ...

A practice of any kind can keep you tethered to yourself in those times when overwhelm wants to scatter your enegery to the wind. Regularly repeated, these practices are best cultivated in times when things are going well so that they are there to sustain you when you get overwhelmed...

We can learn all the self-management tricks in the book, but none of them will be worth a dime if we don’t follow through and use them. That’s where self-discipline comes in. Th...









