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connect the dots, gratitude, growth, leadership, mindful, positivity summit, speaker -

On family road trips, we would play the alphabet game, roadside cribbage, the license plate game, twenty questions, and connect-the-dots. We were an analog family because analog was the only option. 

Today, I was speaking at the Positivity Summit, and before I walked on stage, it occurred to me that I was playing connect-the-dots. 

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connection, growth, journey, mindset -

When you fill every moment, there's no space, growth, or freedom - only triggers and reactions. But a different path allows you to be present for your everyday moments, live an examined life, and improve the relationship that changes all your relationships and unlocks a secret to happiness. 

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connection, growth, journey, mindfulness -

Consistent with yin and yang, light and darkness, and earth and space, feeding both wolves invites harmony and what Buddhists call the middle way. 

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growth, growth and development, growth mindset, journey -

Going back a few years, a woman arrived at a wide river and needed to find a way to the other side to continue her journey. 

No ferry, bridge, or path could take her there, so she built a raft with the grass, twigs, sticks, and mud around her. Supported by the raft and paddling with her feet and hands, she reached the other side safely. 

As one could imagine, she was grateful for her raft and wondered, since it had been so essential, if she should take it with her. 

What would you do? 

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App, breathe, connection, growth -

Studies show that meditation can help solve some of the predominately male "rocks in the backpack" problems like throwing back one too many, heart disease, maladaptive stress management, and frayed relationships.

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