I love cars. I adore driving. After many years in the automotive industry I don’t consider myself a petrol head, but I do notice every one and have an affection and appreciation for that world. Some of the designers are the most talented people I have ever met. One time during the launch of a …
When my son was little and I could see him getting angry I always said to him Brains not Brawn… In other words, use your head to solve the problem, not your fists right? Little boys have a lot of testosterone. Age 4 when the first huge surge hits plus immaturity you have your hands …
Wouldn’t that be nice? Just sit back and allow time to do its job. Get busy time! I’ll be here when you’re finished ready to kick ass again! Time heals everything…really? It’s amazing how many people say this, and I suppose actually believe it. But it really doesn’t make sense. If you sit back and …
Acknowledge the problem exists. Be vulnerable, accept it. Call it what it is. This is the path from adversity to strength.
Have you ever felt so lost and alone that you didn’t know which way to turn? So overwhelmed that you were frozen, not knowing what to do first? I have. Experiencing someone I loved taking his life, altered my perspective forever. My emotions dominated my every thought, sitting on my skin, inside me, all around …
To be resilient today is highly respected. We admire it in those who have it. How do we obtain this elusive trait? Wait for a trauma and hope we bounce back? Put our body to the test? Both, pretty extreme. LATIN: Re:back Salire: jump, leap. A bit later it evolved to ‘springing back’. We aren’t …
Loving yourself is like admiring a piece of great abstract art. It just works, without explanation. It always cracks me up when I am in an art gallery viewing a seemingly ‘simple’ painting and someone says “I could have done that!”. I say well do it then. This is the difference. That person created the …
The season of love is before us. Flowers, chocolates, romantic dinners. To tell someone you love them people go out of their way, on that one special day. Some say it’s far too commercial, others embrace it and line up for flowers. Either way it’s the world we live in. To the men that say …
Aretha said it best. Rodney Dangerfield had fun with it.
But how annoying is it to have a teacher or boss who demands
respect but doesn’t earn it?
