Words, Camera, Action! How beloved movie and TV quotes can spark our creativity, inspire us, and improve our lives. Welcome to a brand new feature on this site. If you know me at all, you know how much I adore movies. Particularly, I love the words characters say. Good screenplay writing will tug at your heart….
How To Keep The Promises You Make To Yourself That’s a tough one, isn’t it? How do we do keep our promises to ourselves consistently? What support do we need to make that happen? Whenever I speak with my coaching clients, I say, “Always tell yourself the truth.” So, if you make yourself a promise, make…
Do You Want to Achieve Something? Here’s How – a “Teleparable.” I strive to achieve my goals through a combination of action and observation. One of my favorite places to learn lessons is from the wisdom of television and movie writing. My friend Dan calls these nuggets “teleparables.” Here’s one that has stuck with me….
Head Games Keep Them From Getting In. That’s Your Space. No matter how hard you try, sometimes, other people, and what they’re doing to succeed, gets in your head. And what’s worse, it messes with your ability to achieve your goals. This episode gives strategies on how to keep them from getting in your head and…
The law of inertia states that a body in motion tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest. So, I who mostly do sedentary things like writing, making music, coaching and even public speaking (which isn’t exactly running a marathon) have decided that I must be in motion…
Morning meditation. I spent some time this morning meditating on the goals depicted in this sculpture I created. I love symbols and totems. I use them as concrete touchstones of my goals, And I visualize those successes as I meditate on the piece. This artwork represents my goals of writing, music, and teaching. I teach…