If confidence will positively impact us positively, the question is, “Can we enhance our lives by turning on confidence, much in the same fashion we flip a switch to illuminate a darkened room?”

Bad news is that problems come in different shapes and sizes and colors and feelings and situations. Good news is that ALL problems can be solved.

Progress is not linear, it’s up and down, back and forth, here and there.

I used to really look up to one of my coworkers. He always had a smile on his face, and was always on the go. I asked him how he did it. He smiled and shared the following secrets with me.

When I was young, my parents being overweight meant that they couldn’t play with me. It also meant that they didn’t have the energy for me. They were often too tired from their day to do more than sit down on the couch at the end of the day.

Our resistance to honor our positives while holding up our shortcomings is derived from our own childhood, being instructed not to be conceited. If you’re like me, you’ve misconstrued that well-meaning life-lesson to mean “hide your light under a barrel.”

The beauty that comes from their instruments – and their spirit – will lift your day. Amazing video.

Work-life balance is achieved by creating balance in several different areas of your personal development, such as your relationships, career and money, health and personal interests. When one area veers off-course, it can make the rest of the components of your life feel off-kilter, too

Perception is reality. If someone feels something – whether or not you do – then they feel it.

When things don’t go as expected motivation can evaporate leaving you with vagueness in everything that you do. You need to refill yourself with it every now and then otherwise you become dry like the trees whose leave shed leaving it barren.

I was a bit put off by the title of the class: Yoga for Stiff People. It sets up an image and it tells you what to expect. However, from an I’m an-aging-guy-who-lives-in-denial-and-refuses-to-admit-that-I’m-getting-older perspective, I considered it too easygoing. After all, I need a “challenge.”

There is no limit to how many times you can “begin” again.

I’m determined to become the kind of man that the fallen-heroes I’ve known would want me to be. I know it won’t be easy, but I’m determined to give it my best shot. Our world offers countless temptations to go astray. We all face situations in which doing the right thing brings unpleasant consequences.