Bad things happen in life, and none of us are immune to that. Sometimes it may be personal, or in our communities, or even on a national level. There’s been some challenges that I have been facing regarding a recent tragedy in our community, and a near tragedy on the national stage. When these situations happen, I try to use critical thinking to understand and better deal with the situation. On today’s podcast I want to share with you what I mean.

If you have a broken or damaged part on a car, do you keep driving with that or do you replace it with something better? Well, that’s what today’s podcast is about: the idea that if you want to have success, you need to replace things that are harmful with things that are helpful. I’ve got a big list of items so grab some coffee and let’s get started with the podcast!

You’ve probably heard of the book The Giving Tree, but I want to share with you a true story about The Giving Hole that has been in the making for thousands of years. And by the way, I use this giving hole every day. What could it possibly be? Join me for today’s podcast and find out.

Have you ever seen a bed race at a small town festival? Have you been to a tractor pull and been close enough where you felt like you could reach out and touch the tractors as they go by? If not, maybe you need to find one of the small town festivals in your area this summer, because our local town is having one this weekend and fun, happiness, and joy is running high!

This past week has been a busy one, but I found a lot of things in common that center on the theme of discovery. I’d like to talk with you about that today, so grab your coffee and let’s get started.

May is the month of graduations, and I have been to 2 graduations and 3 graduation parties. With all these graduation celebrations I have been thinking back to my own high school and college graduation, I thought I would share some of my thoughts and memories with you today.

Today’s episode is the last in a series of life lessons that everyone should develop. It is based on a list from a March 1933 edition of Harpers magazine.

I am continuing with this series on life skills based on a 1933 article from Harper’s Magazine.

Today I am continuing with part three of my series of life skills from a 1933 article from Harper’s Magazine.