Choose Your Word for the Year

January 4, 2016 By Scott "Q" Marcus

We think in words.

Our thoughts determine our actions, which guide our actions.

Therefore, the words we choose determine our lives.

At the beginning of each year, my wife and I sit down at a local coffee shop and we make plans for what we’d like the year to look like. At that meeting, we:

Set our goals for the year
Determine our priorities
Set our intentions
Picture what we’d do “if money were no object” (I can assure you I’d be writing this from a tropical climate if that came to be)
Determine what we are releasing that served us well in the past but no longer fits (including grudges, resentments, habits, and material clutter)

What might be the most important item on our agenda is choosing a word for the year. Call it a theme if you wish.

In 2014, we chose “Prosperity.” In 2015, we picked “Abundance.”

This year we opted for “Gratitude,” a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.

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Twenty One Years at Goal Weight

September 27, 2015 By Scott "Q" Marcus

I entered the planet at nine pounds 14 ounces.

Assuming that to be normal, thirty years later, as a newly minted father, I panicked when the doctor informed me that my firstborn weighed six pounds six ounces.

Looking me in the eye, attempting to calm my jitters, he replied, “Six-six is normal. I promise he’s fine.”

“But I weighed ten pounds when I was born!” I protested.

“I can’t help it if you were cruel to your mother,” he replied.

Moral of the story: I was born big, and from that moment, packed on the pounds, tipping the scales at ten pounds for every year.

To explain, I weighed 50 pounds at age five, 90 pounds at age nine, and 130 pounds when I was a teen. From there, I accelerated, reaching 230 upon entering high school — poor timing to say the least. Of the 1107 students in my class, I was the second fattest. Further putting this in perspective, that was in the day when childhood obesity was an oddity, rather than unfortunately as it can be today, quite common.

Kids are brutal, so what were supposed to be some of my best years were anything but. Girls ignored me; guys badgered and bullied me.

Physical education was the lowest of the low.

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Envision Success in its Entirety

April 27, 2015 By Scott "Q" Marcus

There is more to being successful that making lists or affirmations (although they help).

In order to really achieve your goals, you need to see them in their entirety. For example, instead of saying “I want to be healthy,” or “I will weight 150 pounds,” take a few minutes and write down how that looks.

An example might be…

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A List: Top 5 Ways to Fail at Everything

February 4, 2015 By Scott "Q" Marcus

I am fascinated by lists.

In college, my “go to” book was “The Book of Lists,” which was, um, well — basically a list of lists.

In today’s digital age, most are on-line. One site I found had the most popular “bucket list” ideas. Some of the trendiest objectives included visiting virtually every locale, jumping into a pool fully clothed, and — I kid you not — covering someone’s car in post-it notes. You scamp, you!

Techcrunch posts the most common Google searches. It contained “Ice Bucket Challenge”, “Ebola,” and “Flappy Bird” (a game). Sadly, the loss of “Robin Williams” generated the most searches.

Finally, Listverse, whose raison d’être is to make lists, presented its most popular of all time. Claiming spots in that prestigious ranking are “Top 15 Amazing Coincidences,” “Top 10 Amazing Facts About Dreams,” and the most popular list ever: “10 Fascinating Last Pictures Taken.”

Different times of year spawn season-appropriate lists. January might bring forth “Ten Tips to Getting Organized in the New Year.” In April, we’re informed of “Most Common Forgotten Tax Deductions.” June could give rise to “Top Wedding Ideas of Successful Brides.” (Of course, I don’t know what an “unsuccessful bride” would be.)

I want my own world-famous list. So, I thought of something no one else has done, which I now unveil: (insert fanfare please)

“Five Things You Can Do to Make Sure You Never Achieve Anything.”

In reverse order (because that makes it more exciting I guess):

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The Traffic Jam of Life

March 21, 2013 By Scott "Q" Marcus

Photo Credit: City Traffic And Mobile Phones by Scott Meltzer

No matter how young or old you are, it’s never too late for your dreams.

Many people feel like they’re not going anywhere in their life. Others feel like they should have accomplished much more than what they already worked so hard for. On the bright side, when it comes to a major situation, the solution is always the same.

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Choose Your Word for the Year

We think in words.

Therefore, the words we choose determine our lives.

This year we opted for “Gratitude,” a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.

Twenty One Years at Goal Weight

I entered the planet at nine pounds 14 ounces.

Moral of the story: I was born big, and from that moment, packed on the pounds, tipping the scales at ten pounds for every year.

Physical education was the lowest of the low.

Envision Success in its Entirety

There is more to being successful that making lists or affirmations (although they help).

An example might be…

A List: Top 5 Ways to Fail at Everything

I am fascinated by lists.

In college, my “go to” book was “The Book of Lists,” which was, um, well — basically a list of lists.

“Five Things You Can Do to Make Sure You Never Achieve Anything.”

The Traffic Jam of Life

No matter how young or old you are, it’s never too late for your dreams.

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