Category: professional growth

  • Advice: Life Skills That Prepare Kids for Real Life

    Advice: Life Skills That Prepare Kids for Real Life

    I have been teaching for a long time and one thing I have observed more lately than in the past is that teenagers are not learning life skills that they will need as an adult. These life skills are needed so they can function and be productive as they get out of school and pursue…

  • Health: Coping Skills- 10 Life Hacks to Cope With Stress and Anxiety

    Health: Coping Skills- 10 Life Hacks to Cope With Stress and Anxiety

    We all face daily bombardments of stress in life. We have stress from relationships, family obligations, work, and other commitments. These can build up over time and eventually shut you down emotionally, physically and spiritually. We must deal with stress and anxiety on the spot so it does not build up and overcome us all…

  • Daily Bread: Five Ways to Grow Your Faith

    Daily Bread: Five Ways to Grow Your Faith

    Today as I was reading my Coaches Bible I wrote down some notes about growing my faith. I have always relied on God and he is a huge part of my personal, family and work life. I seek his guidance often, pray daily and watch for opportunity he provides and doors to open. As I…

  • Americana: Old CR and Rhinehart

    Americana: Old CR and Rhinehart

    When I was in college in the Banner Elk, NC up in the mountains there was a small store in that little one stoplight town. Everyday the local college students would flood that small community store getting drinks, snacks, food and other items to take back to the dorms on campus. Sitting outside of that…

  • Advice: Four Ways to Live Your Best Life

    We all desire to live a prosperous life filled with excitement, fun and vigor. Finding out how to accomplish that is not always easy as we do this daily grind called life. Below are four ways to be on the way to a full life, a prosperous life and wonderful results from it. Live your…

  • Inspiration: Lack of Motivation

    Inspiration: Lack of Motivation

    We all know a few people that just lack motivation in life. Motivation to get out of bed, work, take care of obligations, care for others, take care of the family and generally just be a lump of coal in society. What drives a person to become that unmotivated about living life is the big…

  • Advice: Five Reasons To Surround Yourself With Positive People

    Advice: Five Reasons To Surround Yourself With Positive People

    Being a positive person is hard for some people while most can just make it happen daily. We can all look at life two ways that will guide us and how we live life. We can look at everything as a pessimist (person who finds the negative or problem in everything) or we can be…

  • Inspiration: The Word Impossible Spells I’m Possible

    Inspiration: The Word Impossible Spells I’m Possible

    Impossible is a word we have all heard at some point in our life. This is a very negative and non-supportive way for people to acknowledge your goals, dreams and visions. You will not, You cannot, You might not, That is crazy, What a stupid idea, What in the world are you thinking, How do…

  • Life: Simple Life Rules To Live By

    Life: Simple Life Rules To Live By

    We live our life’s based on our values, morals, and beliefs. These are formed as we live our life going through the different cycles. We learn as toddlers, school age, teenagers, young adults, middle ages and older adulthood. We learn these guiding principals from our parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, friends, school mates, coaches, teachers, mentors,…

  • Inspirational: Words Beginning With H

    Today I am back on my series of blogs postings about the alphabet and words that describe positive, motivating and inspirational people in our lives. I am happy to write this posting and continue the series that has been pretty well read so far. I write these after doing some heartfelt thinking about the people…

  • Writing: Why Writing Is A Healthy and Healing Activity

    Writing: Why Writing Is A Healthy and Healing Activity

    Writing and blogging is a release for many people. I use it as a way to use my mind, talk about things I am interested in and as “writing” therapy. Writing about your life, experiences, good times, hard times and memories helps your inner spirit calm itself. I have published two small books and neither…

  • Relationships: Live, Love, and Laugh

    Today I am writing a quick blurb about living, loving and laughing. We face lots of stress and anxiety in our work and personal life. With this impacting us and our attitude we must find ways to adapt, overcome and excel in life. We can beat these by being a person that lives, loves and…