“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have these because we have acted rightly; ‘these virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions’; we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a… Read More
Loving Our Learning Opportunities
The gear heads I know will no doubt be a little disappointed in me upon reading this post. With the cold weather in the last couple of months, I’ve had issues starting my truck when it gets below 10 degrees Fahrenheit. I would go to start my truck, it would crank but not fire up. … Read More
Dealing with Bullies
My eight year old daughter is taking an active interest in my blog. She’s reading the posts and commenting about what she likes and doesn’t. She’s also starting to throw out ideas for posts. One recent suggestion is to write about bullying. At breakfast the other day, our family was talking about bullying and how… Read More
2014 Biz of You Review
It’s always good to see how you’ve done and compare it to what you still have yet to do. Wordpress puts out some good end of the year feedback. If you’re interested in the top posts on this site the links are below. This blog has been active for 12 weeks. Thank you to all… Read More
Knowing Our Intentions
As Yoda said, “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.” Our intention sets us on an ever-changing path. The future is in constant flux adapting to the decisions, choices, and activities of all elements in the system. When we use our imagination to set up a vision for ourselves on time horizons well… Read More
What’s your intention?
The word intention has it’s roots in the Latin Intendere (intend). To intend something is to ‘direct the attention to.’ Our attention is directed by both our conscious and unconscious minds. Unconsciously, our drives, instincts and impulses have a direction with some rooted deep in our psyche’s and part of our genetic programming. Sometimes we… Read More
Our Manageable Properties
The means by which we achieve our desired states like pleasure, happiness and satisfaction, are the properties that we can directly influence. Manageable properties are intrinsic and naturally belong in our lives. A symbol of this is the center of a wheel. By directly affecting the hub, we move all attached to that hub. And… Read More
Seeking Emergent Properties
There have been some people who have questioned why I chose to have a picture of water waves in my header. It’s quite simple. The standing wave in a river is an excellent example of emergent properties. Emergent properties are extrinsic in nature. They unfold or reveal themselves like a wave in a river. The… Read More
The Gift of Accepting our Sexual Nature
Along with the power of our butt, getting moving, exchanging energy and our health in general, another physiological asset is our sexuality. Sex is a fundamental energy of life no matter what we are told by our peers, society or religions. Reproduction is the basis of perpetuating life. This is a biological fact. Sexuality has… Read More
Our Health is an Asset
Whether young or old, when we are active we bring more energy and spirit to our lives. Health emerges from our activities. The types of movements we partake in affects how we think. When we move, do we move with all aspects of our body? When we walk, do we walk with just our… Read More
Business of You 