We often make choices based on what might have happened or what we imagine to be risks, but with completely false data leading to bad decisions and lost opportunities.

What do you do when you're staring at the blank page and it just stares back? How do you find inspiration? Listen to the podcast and find out.

Sometimes we might find ourselves in a place where something needs to be done and we are the ones to do it. Our reaction might be frustration, impatience, or reluctance, but in the end we may find that we were just the right person at the right time for the moment.

I'm volunteering this morning at the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, and it got me thinking about how I used to love working scifi conventions, but no longer have conventions to work. At first this was sad until I realized that there are great local events that I can have just as much fun working right in my community.

You followed your head and heart. Took a huge risk. And it failed. Now what? Thank you to Jeff Tingley for suggesting this excellent topic.

No matter what you do, if you are doing something meaningful, you'll face naysayers. Some are trying to protect you. Others are trying to tear you down. Either way, you can't avoid them, but you can fortify yourself so that they can't take you off your track to success.

Hundreds of events occur every day in our lives. Some bad. Some good. Most have a few major good events and many minor, unimportant bad events, but this can trick us into believing that life is overall bad. But that's just bad math.

Our instinct is to veer away from that which is uncomfortable or painful, but that merely exposes our blind side to it. Look that problem right in the eye and take it down.

It doesn't matter if you're the CEO or the janitor, whether you're performing surgery or shoveling snow, seek excellence in all activities and the rewards are substantial.

Our minds put massively excessive priority on what is right in front of us, whether or not it's relevant right now or even important at all. This thing on your mind: do you need to worry about it now? Do you need to worry about it at all? Maybe. Maybe not.