Your Life Resources

The life you live is a choice and you should strive to be balanced and happy. What’s the point of being successful if you can’t enjoy it with the people you care about. Sometime we back ourselves into unnecessary corners. When you are working, do your best maximize the value of your time for the benefit of the organization. When you are at home, be present and focused with your family and friends. Know the role you are playing in any given situation and do your best.

Blog Posts

Lasting Lessons from My Dad

June 19, 2022

Sadly, my dad passed away this past weekend. He was 84 and lived a full life. Many times he commented to me that he couldn’t believe he lived this long. When he was a child, he told me, living to 65 seemed like a reasonable expectation. I am glad he beat his own expectations and gave us many more years to be with him. Dad came from a generation where you lived up to your responsibilities. He didn’t complain about it and believed that one of the most important things you could do was to teach your children was to become independent adults. He didn’t coddle us, but also did judge us too harshly. He was always there if needed.

Excerpts From The Road Less Traveled (Life Lessons)

April 3, 2022

A while back a colleague’s comments encouraged me to revisit the book, The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck. I am very glad this happened because it resonated much differently with me twenty years later. I’ve decided to end the year sharing some excerpts from the book which I have found especially enlightening and helpful:

The Importance of Taking Time Off

September 24, 2021

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve grown to appreciate more benefits of time off. Sure, when I was younger, I liked going on vacation, but it was just a chance to blow off steam and have fun. When my kids were little, it also allowed me to spend quality time with them. Now that I am

Recommended Reading

The Universal Rules of Life

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Developed by Dr Nabil Fanous—a surgeon, university professor and sought-after speaker—The Universal Rules of Life offers valuable insights into effective time management, personal fulfillment, and the path to professional success. Discover the easy and smart answers to the following questions that have intrigued you for years: What’s the one sentence that will get you what you want 50% of the time? […]
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Myself and Other More Important Matters

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One of the world’s most influential living management thinkers, Charles Handy has year-after-year been listed alongside business gurus including Peter Drucker and Tom Peters in the prestigious Thinkers 50 list. His views on management — and life — have inspired and enlightened others for decades. Now, in Myself and Other More Important Matters, the bestselling author […]
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A Simpler Life: A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity

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We live in a complicated, frenzied, and noisy world, filled with too much information, too many products, ideas, and opinions. As a result, many of us long for simplicity: a pared down, more peaceful, and less cluttered life. This book is a guide to the simpler lives we crave and deserve. In it, we learn […]
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Favorite Articles

Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want

In corporate strategy projects, executive leadership teams work through a series of questions to determine how their businesses can succeed. Individuals can use a similar process to figure out how to live a meaningful life. It starts with defining what makes a great life for you and then outlining your purpose and vision. You must […]
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Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness

A large-scale study found that well-being predicts outstanding job performance…In short, not only do happiness and optimism matter to employee performance, but they matter a lot, and both predict how well employees will do
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20 Things About Love Most People Learn Too Late In Life

Because life might be filled with a lot of twists, turns, and unknowns, but with these twenty lessons about love, you can feel a bit more certain about where you’re heading:
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Helpful Websites

Death Checklist: Business Owners

A resource to help business owners prepare for and plan for the event of their passing. Sadly, too many leaders don’t spend enough time on the issue, and it can create significant issues for their family members and business colleagues
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Asher Longevity Institute

Asher Longevity Institute’s passion is seeing others live a long, productive, and healthy life. We are committed to bringing the science and easy-to-implement lifestyle changes needed to live a much, much longer life and be totally active well into your 90s and beyond.
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Optmize.me

“Learn the big ideas from the world’s greatest books with 6-page PDFs, 20-min MP3s, and daily 2-5 minute practical micro lessons.”
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Video Favourites

The Real You – Jim Carrey

Video clips of Jim Carrey sharing his thoughts on life and success
Paulo Coelho’s Top 10 Rules For Success (@paulocoelho)

Interview segments where Brazilian author Paulo Coelho (famous for writing The Alchemist) shares his ten rules for success.
I Am Human – Dr. Maya Angelou

Powerful video on what it means to be “human” and what it could mean.

Reading Excerpts

Myself and Other More Important Matters by Charles Handy

Click for hard copy Chapter One – Are You Sure? The two zones of work and friendship operate best when they don’t overlap, because the perceptions of who we are do not become confused. The truth is that we all behave differently, in a way are different people, in different circumstances. Those who claim that […]
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Reflections On Life and Leading Book Excerpts – Part 2

Very few of us have a life curve that is only upward sloping. The difference is that “lucky” people just do not let their periods of adversity define them in unhelpful ways. They just keep plugging away, learning from their mistakes, continuing to believe in themselves, and taking calculated risks anyway. Their worldview is usually […]
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Reflections on Life and Leading Book Excerpts – Part 1

Your Life: I have always thought that the whole concept of work life balance is a bit of an illusion. It is difficult for me to imagine someone who has a life that is always completely in balance. Things don’t always work out this way. It’s like the idea of a fifty-fifty partnership or […]
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