We all know that we need to rest, but most of us don’t do it until our bodies demand it of us. Let’s make 2015 about finishing—finishing all the projects we’ve started, but didn't get around to completing.

Out of 7.2 billion people who live in the world today, think about how amazing it is that no one is like you. Pretty amazing, when you think about it.

I don’t know what it is about the holidays that bring the greatest stress to people. If your anger is going to cause you to speak a different language than the one your family is used to hearing you speak, then re-think your outcome, because the damage that it will cause will most likely never be healed or forgotten.

That saying does not appear to be the most comforting phrase I’ve ever read, it is more true than not, and, with that knowledge in hand, I can rest assured that what will happen will happen, and if it is to be so… I can’t do anything about it.

I want to provide a bit of hope in the idea that no matter what you’re going through right now that seems impossible hang on through the difficulties because before you know it – it will be done.

This is my annual poetry show with my friend and poet Jayne Jaudon Ferrer. Listen to the podcast for a wonderful hour of inspiration.

I want you to imagine the timeline of life to remind yourself just how short life is – how briefly we are here to make a difference – to leave a legacy of kindness.

You’ve spent a lifetime talking about your dreams. What would it take for you to get going on them…to live the life you’ve imagined?

I hope you will go and find your copy of How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie and begin to read it for your personal growth and success.

You matter, your words matter, your actions matter. Someone is always looking up to you - don’t you dare let them down.