I came upon this earlier today — U.S. consumers are spending more time alone and more time online. That’s according to the McKinsey “State of the Consumer 2025” report. We allocate nearly 90% of our time to solo activities, including…

I got a helpful formula from Rachel Cruz and it starts with one word — Gratitude — Let’s you and me work on that today, deal? Let’s start with a list of 3 to 5 people/situations/etc on a Gratitude List…for…

From my notebook, copied from somewhere — The billionaire in a private jet misses the old days The millionaire flying in a first class wants a private jet The person in a fancy sports car dreams of becoming a millionaire…

Keith Jarrett said — “Once Miles Davis asked me, “How do you play from nothing?” And I said, “You know, you just do it.” And that actually is the answer. I wish there were a way to make “I don’t…

Sky McCracken, long time online friend and even longer time colleague, drops these gems — There’s a (partial) quote going around social media that’s been picking up steam. It’s one we need to be careful with – as it can…

“We can be Christians today in only two ways: through prayer and in doing justice among human beings.” — Dieterich Bonhoeffer* * Don’t recognize his name? Look him up online. And be both blessed and challenged.

George Kamel summarizes so much about spending some money with this —- Are you doing it with cash and for the right reasons, or are you doing with debt and to impress people? —- Wait, what’s that I hear in…

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.  –— Robert Louis Stevenson And once again, that old guy over at the corner table clears his throat. “But wait! There’s more! Like I wrote…

“Whatever happens, stay alive. Don’t die before you’re dead. Don’t lose yourself, don’t lose hope, don’t loose direction. Stay alive, with yourself, with every cell of your body, with every fiber of your skin. Stay alive, learn, study, think, read,…

…kaBOOM. It’s been awhile since I first read this — Sure, I was always exhausted, but I told myself I would relax when I had finally achieved enough. — Maybe you’ve been there and done that. Maybe you still are.…