My niece is showing me how it’s done. In fact, she’s showing us all.

It took me many years, countless personal growth books, and lots of money before I could GET what she’s just going ahead and DOING right now.

And she isn’t even in high school yet! Nor has she read a single book on letting go of fear or building self-esteem!

For the past three summers, she bypassed the hours-for-dollars path of the typical tween, and created leverage instead.  She combined her skills and talents (Babysitting, Creativity, and Enthusiasm) [...] Continue Reading…

If you dig up some of my early music career photographs, you’ll find me standing in an alley with my guitar. I’m usually wearing a bulky jacket and black boots. Typically, a friend was taking the photo, and I just wanted to get the whole damn thing over with. I really believed it wasn’t worth spending the money to get a good photograph.

Boy was I wrong.

In 2001, encouraged by my coach, I consciously chose to uplevel my approach to my work and my music. I invested [...] Continue Reading…

There’s always a weekend when it hits me. It’s usually mid-August. It’s usually hot.  And the cicadas are singing like there’s no tomorrow. I wake up and realize, “Ohmigod! Summer’s almost over!”

If you’re at all like me – you still want to live summer to the fullest!  Here are 22 ideas for how to be more present to this amazing time of the year when summer turns its volume up right before disappearing into cool thin air.

1 – Wake Up Early

The days are still lighter longer, so [...] Continue Reading…

Have you ever said something like this to a friend…

“Okay – I have this idea. Here’s the deal…

[You then spend a good three minutes explaining your idea for a direction you want to go in – or a business you want to start - and then you finish the whole thing off by asking,]

“…Is that a good idea? Or am I just, like, COMPLETELY insane, totally freakin’ NUTS?”

So, let’s talk about this little habit for a moment, okay?

Here’s why.

Because #1: The IDEA is not the problem.

And #2: YOU are! [...] Continue Reading…

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
- Howard Thurman
I was understandably nervous the first time I spoke in front of an audience. There’s a reason the fear of public speaking is second only to death.

Another presenter spoke first, and I watched in amazement as she worked the crowd. They were like old friends within 15 minutes. She was funny, an entertainer. She was really good at this. My anxiety [...] Continue Reading…

One of the scariest things I ever did was quit my first (and only) “real” job so I could begin my own brand of creative work in the world.

I became – gasp! – self-employed.

I was warned of the risks. I was told I’d lose my benefits. I was told it’s “hard out there” working for yourself.

It’s funny that the assumption so many people base one of their biggest life choices on is that “working for yourself is risky.”  Now – after 16 years of making a living on my [...] Continue Reading…

I use the ol’ GPS metaphor a lot.

In fact, I found myself doing it yet again yesterday.  And the reason is this:

It works!

Think about it.

You are a walkin’ talkin’ energetically tuned-in navigation system – all rolled into an amazing body!

Here are 7 success lessons from the technological miracle that is called Navigation:

1 – Enter a destination.

Your GPS is useless if you don’t know where you’re going.  It serves no purpose without a destination.

Same goes for you.

So, always ask yourself:

Where am I going?  What do I want?  Who do I [...] Continue Reading…

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It was about 10 years ago.

I bought a ticket to see Oprah Winfrey on one of her summer “Live Your Best Life” tours. I drove 5 hours to Raleigh, NC. I sat with people I didn’t know because none of my friends wanted to go with me.

I listened to Oprah’s 2-hour opening speech in awe. I spent the day going through the journal she gave to the participants – as she encouraged us to face our own “stuff” and get clear about our lives. I [...] Continue Reading…

Flashback lots and lots of years ago:

I’m sitting on a balcony of my apartment building looking at the mountains with my friend Kurt who is visiting me in Asheville. In only three days, I’m supposed to head back to Northern Virginia – as my three month visit to the mountains of North Carolina has come to an end.

I sigh very heavy and very deep.

After one of those long pauses that only the best of friends allow in their conversations, I say to Kurt, “I don’t want to go [...] Continue Reading…