awareness – Beyond The Hype

Dilemma.

The fact that Ukraine finds itself fighting for its survival geographically sandwiched between two nuclear giants in a geopolitical turf war should come as no surprise.

To be responsible, we keep our promises to others. To be successful, we keep our promises to ourselves. Are we making a lot of promises we cannot possibly keep? Everyone has broken a promise or two at some point in their lives. But some people do it more than others. Why do people break theirContinue reading “Promises.”

Distractions.

“We must fall in love with our passions, not our distractions.”

Anticipation.

We must dare to visualize a world in which our most treasured dreams have come true.

Self-Talk.

Words matter. And the words that matter most are the ones we say to ourselves.

The Devil Doesn’t Bargain.

“I shall set aside fantasies considering only what happens in fact.” Absurd. Absurd was the only word I could conjure from a hurricane of impressions assaulting my brain. My elbows rested on the top of a thick white wall a dozen feet in the air. Twelve feet high and nine inches wide, to be exact.Continue reading “The Devil Doesn’t Bargain.”

Cycles.

“Our happy endings come after stories filled with ups and downs.” In the bible’s Old Testament book of wisdom, Ecclesiastes, we are introduced to divine cycles. “There is an appointed time for everything and every affair under the heavens. A time to give birth and a time to die, a time to plant, and aContinue reading “Cycles.”

New World Order?

“A strategic inflection point is a time in the life of a business when its fundamentals are about to change. that change can mean an opportunity to rise to new heights. But it may just as likely signal the beginning of the end.” Andrew Grove The global order has been shifting for years. An inflectionContinue reading “New World Order?”

All in.

“Success in any facet of life is only achieved by total commitment. We are either in or we are out. No half-measures.” I stood back and stared at the bench press. My bar was loaded with 505 lbs of iron. As I recall, it was 5 large plates on each side of my bar plusContinue reading “All in.”

Stories.

Tell us the facts, and we’ll learn. Tell us the truth, and we’ll believe. But tell us a story, and it will live in our hearts forever. What is your story? Did you write it? Or did life run you over, leaving tire tracks on your back? After my freshman year at Texas A&M University,Continue reading “Stories.”