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Taking Positive Action

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When I was very young in my career, I came across a quote that made me sit up and take notice.  At the time, I couldn't exactly explain why it struck a chord so deeply in me; but it simply did.  It's only as I've grown and lived it's truth that I've begun (yes, only begun) to understand. The quote is from Reverend Vaughan Quinn, the famous (or infamous) plucky Canadian Catholic priest of Detroit's Sacred Heart, and chief personality of the Flying Fathers Hockey team.  It goes like this: "The only way to get positive feelings about yourself is to take positive actions.  Man does not live as he thinks, he thinks as he lives." As a recovered alcoholic himself, and the man responsible for developing an institution to help alcoholics and addicts gain and maintain sobriety, he undoubtedly understood this far more than I ever will. Before I became a life coach, happiness was something very extrinsic to me.  It was based on circumstances, conditions, and all s
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Sunday Night Pre-Game: Beginning with the End in Mind

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Many of those people who know me now may find it incredibly hard to believe that I was once a disaster zone when it came to being organized, planning, and staying on top of things. During my professional career to date, I have been the one who has always been prepared, has followed up with and held others accountable, and has never missed a beat when curve balls came my way! Large, complex projects with a million details that must be addressed, considered, or incorporated? Got it, and no problem! However, getting to that point wasn't easy; it took me years of dedicated learning and understanding that culminated in the development of a system for approaching tasks that worked best for me and how my brain functions. I will never forget the day when I was in fourth grade that my father first came home from work with his brand-new, work-issued Franklin Planner. That was the day that my 25-year love affair with organization and, eventually, Stephen R. Covey (once he came into th
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