One is designed to  keep  you in one spot.  The other is designed to drive you forward.  The question is: Who do what type of people do we surround ourselves with, anchors or propellers? Even deeper, are we an anchor or propeller?

How often do we live life like we’ll be here forever?  “I’ll get to it”  Here’s a friendly reminder: we could die today, any day.  It's one of the few things that’s guaranteed in life.  And we don’t get to pick how long our time is on this sphere  BUT we can make the most … Continue reading 346. A friendly reminder 

Defined as lack of knowledge, education, or awareness  Most people don’t know what this word means OR how to use it correctly.  Observing the facts from multiple sources and forming our own opinion is not ignorance Smoking cigarettes with throat cancer is ignorant  Believing everything we hear is ignorance  Listening more and talking less is … Continue reading 345. Ignorance 

Things, situations, circumstances - they can change at any time, without any notice.  Taking away things we took for granted  The neighborhood we’re in  Someone robbing us for a few bucks  Forcing mask mandates  The death of an animal or a loved one Our plans can be destroyed into a million pieces in the matter … Continue reading 344. What’s the cost of ignoring? 

We know the saying “you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with”  And this is true. It really is. Do you believe that?  Someone we spend a lot of our time with is our partner, girlfriend/ boyfriend, wife.. From an objective point of view - no emotions or judgments - … Continue reading 343. Do our partners help us or bring us down? 

So many people (especially those who watch the news) believe what they see or hear is the truth. Are we just listening to what they’re saying and believing it?  Or are we taking the Information that they say, putting it up to the test of what we know , seeing what others believe - and making … Continue reading 342. Do we cross check any Information though? 

Do we scroll social media or distract ourselves?  Work on our craft?  Reflect?  hit a workout? Because those moments of solitude will help us move closer to our goal or further - the choice is ours

We strive to have the good life  Our health, wealth, love, and happiness  A lot of these things are out of control  Terminal illness, unanticipated market shifts, divorce, “all the bad things” We can’t really control any of that  And we like to work on things that we can control.  What’s something that we can … Continue reading 340. That’s something we can count on

We can start living the life we want when we’re ready  When the time is right or once we have more time… And that’s fine But the other side of the coin (there’s always two sides - sometimes 3,4 or 5) is this: Our time here is limited. Can we guarantee we’ll get around to … Continue reading 339. What better time 

People love staying busy But busy is just not having enough time to do what we truly want.  “Running out of time”  So if someone is “busy” ; maybe they’re operating ineffectively?  Their plans are too tight of timeframes, doing too much at once, not having a single focus  Vs the productive person  Who gets … Continue reading 338. Would you rather be busy or productive?