2023-09-27 08:59
A mistake is a lesson, not a loss. It’s a temporary, necessary detour, not a dead end, as long as we learn from it.
As human beings we often make the same fundamental mistakes over… Read More
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2023-09-25 08:59
In the end, more than almost anything else, we regret the special relationships we neglected too often.
Family isn’t always blood. They’re the people in your life who apprecia… Read More
2023-09-23 08:59
Oftentimes you don’t even realize you’re blocking your own present blessings by holding on to everything so tightly.
Closing the door, completing the chapter, turning the page… Read More
2023-09-20 08:59
You can’t calm the storm. What you can do is calm yourself, and the storm will gradually pass.
Over the past decade, there’s a way of being I’ve gradually been cultivati… Read More
2023-09-18 08:59
You won’t always be a priority to others, and that’s why you need to be a priority to yourself. Practice respecting yourself, caring for yourself, and becoming a reliable part… Read More
2023-09-14 08:59
In the end, more than anything else, we regret the little things we wish we’d done differently.
“If only…” These two words paired together create one of the sadde… Read More
2023-09-12 08:59
“There’s a brilliant, beautiful, priceless piece of art hanging right in front of you. It’s sophisticated and meticulously detailed — a painstaking labor of passion… Read More
2023-09-10 08:59
You will never find your worth in another human being — you find it in yourself, and then you will attract those who are worthy of your energy.
Sometimes we try to show the world we… Read More
2023-09-07 08:59
The goal is to change your response to what you can’t control. To grow stronger on the inside so less on the outside can affect your inner wellness without your conscious permission… Read More
2023-09-05 08:59
Oftentimes the hardest part of the journey is simply believing you’re worthy of the trip.
“Life hasn’t been the easiest on me lately. I won’t get into all the deta… Read More
2023-09-01 08:59
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
– Annie Dillard
Are you willing to spend a little time every day like most people won’t, so you can… Read More
2023-08-29 08:59
“In elementary school my parents told me it didn’t matter what I did when I grew up, so long as it made me happy. ‘Happiness is the whole point of life,’ my father s… Read More
2023-08-26 08:59
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
— Mae West
Twenty years ago, I was lucky enough to witness the humble, elegant, peaceful passing of my 89-y… Read More
2023-08-21 08:59
When I was a high school freshman, a 260-pound freshman girl showed up for track and field tryouts right alongside me. Her name was Sara, and she was only there because her doctor said her… Read More
2023-08-18 08:59
We’ve come a long way, and we’re still learning and growing. Let’s be thankful for the lessons. Let’s take them and make the best of things today.
For my 18th birt… Read More
2023-08-15 08:59
The truth does not disappear when it is ignored or forgotten.
You know how you can hear something a hundred times in a hundred different ways before it finally gets through to you? The te… Read More
2023-08-11 08:59
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
— Abraham Lincoln
As you age you will learn to value your time, genuin… Read More
2023-08-05 08:59
Even when the struggle is real, remind yourself that it almost always feels better to be exhausted from taking tiny steps forward, than it does to be tired of doing absolutely nothing.
In… Read More
2023-08-02 08:59
There’s something to be said for slow and steady progress. But there’s also something to be said for decisive and sweeping action. When it comes to negative social habits, there… Read More
2023-07-30 08:59
“Head up, heart open. To better days!”
— T.F. Hodge
Struggling to find your motivation? Feeling unsure about the next steps?
There are just a few things you need to know… Read More
2023-07-26 08:59
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it; they just saw something… Read More
2023-07-23 08:59
Happiness doesn’t start with a relationship, a vacation, a job, or money. It starts with your thinking and what you tell yourself daily.
The best lessons we learn in life are the le… Read More
2023-07-21 08:59
“Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.”
— Catherynne M. Valente
Ever feel a little overwhelmed? Or really overwhelmed?
This quick read is for YOU…
Once upon a… Read More
2023-07-18 08:59
The most practical changes happen when we choose to take control of what we do have power over, instead of craving control of what we don’t.
Holding on can be painful. Holding on ca… Read More
2023-07-13 08:59
“If only…” These two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language.
In the end, more than anything else, we regret the small chances w… Read More
2023-07-10 08:59
May your actions speak louder than your words. May your life preach louder than your lips. May your success be your noise in the end.
The result of enormous success is often pretty noisy… Read More
2023-07-07 08:59
Let’s cut to the chase today. What you ultimately do in life comes out of who you believe you are. You have to practice believing in yourself and ignoring the naysayers. Because while… Read More
2023-07-02 08:59
You ultimately become what you repeatedly do. If your habits aren’t helping you, they’re hurting you. Here are some fairly common and widespread examples of the latter that will… Read More
2023-06-27 08:59
A good morning, and thus a good day, aren’t just experiences that magically happen — they are created consciously.
Most of us are distracted from the get-go every morning. Tri… Read More
2023-06-25 08:59
Perhaps it takes courage to raise children…
Our youth can’t possibly know how age thinks and feels. And likewise, as we age we are often guilty of being so busy-brained that… Read More
2023-06-22 08:59
The truth does not cease to exist when it is forgotten.
You know how you can read or hear something dozens of times in dozens of different ways before it finally sinks in? The little trut… Read More
2023-06-20 08:59
Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.
If the grass looks greener on the other side…
Stop staring.
Stop comparing.
Stop complaining.
And START watering the grass y… Read More
2023-06-16 08:59
by Courtney Carver, author of Project 333
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”
— Hans Hofmann
Because I wrote a b… Read More
2023-06-14 08:59
The most powerful weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought or action over another. Train yourself to see and be the good in this day.
A couple thousand years ago in anci… Read More
2023-06-11 08:59
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
– Nietzsche
The wisest, most loving, and well-rounded people you have ever met are likely those who have been shattered… Read More
2023-06-08 08:59
One of the strongest signs of your growth is realizing you’re no longer limited by the beliefs that once used to drain you.
Marc and I received a thank you email recently from a lon… Read More
2023-06-05 08:59
If it keeps you busy or entertains you now, but will hurt you someday, it’s a distraction. Don’t settle.
What is the opposite of distraction?
Traction — you want to crea… Read More
2023-06-01 08:59
Patience is not about waiting, it’s the ability to maintain a positive outlook while working consistently for what you believe in.
Have you ever told yourself that you’re goin… Read More
2023-05-28 08:59
Do more than just exist. We all exist. The question is: Do you live?
Throughout a decade of life, relationship, and small business coaching, Angel and I have witnessed people reinventing… Read More
2023-05-23 08:59
There is a big difference between empty fatigue and gratifying exhaustion. Life is too short not to focus more on what matters most.
Before you know it you’ll be asking, “How… Read More
2023-05-19 08:59
This morning I was reading a book outside my favorite beachside coffee shop when an 18-year-old kid sat down next to me and said, “That’s a great read, ain’t it?” So… Read More
2023-05-16 08:59
It only takes one person to make you happy and change your life this summer: YOU.
I am endlessly fascinated by the link between the way we choose to live our lives and the happiness we en… Read More
2023-05-12 08:59
Some people wait all day for 5pm, all week for Friday, all year for the holidays, all their lives for happiness. Don’t be one of them. Don’t wait until your life is almost over… Read More
2023-05-09 08:59
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
When you can no longer think of a reason to continue, you must think of a reason to start over. There’s a big differ… Read More
2023-05-07 08:59
When my grandmother, Zelda, passed away fifteen years ago at the age of ninety, she left me with a box of miscellaneous items from her house that she knew I had grown to appreciate over the… Read More
2023-05-03 08:59
Oftentimes you don’t even realize you’re blocking your own present blessings by holding on to everything so tightly. It’s time to start letting go.
Letting go is not giv… Read More
2023-05-01 08:59
They always say time changes things, but oftentimes you actually have to choose to change them yourself.
Maybe it’s the life lessons I was forced to learn the hard way, or the toll… Read More
2023-04-27 08:59
If you worry too much about what might be, or what might have been, you will ignore and overlook what is. Remember this. On the average day happiness is letting go of what you assume life… Read More
2023-04-25 08:59
Busyness… is an illness.
On a chilly January morning just inside the entryway to a Washington D.C. subway station, a young man took his violin out of its case and brought it up to… Read More
2023-04-23 08:59
Be OK with walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject what’s not right for you.
As you look back on your life, you will realize that many of the times you thought you were be… Read More
2023-04-20 08:59
You don’t need to justify anything. You don’t need to change just so someone will like you. Be your best self and the right ones will love the real you.
Your life is yours alo… Read More
2023-04-16 08:59
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
— Margaret Mead
Our children grow up so fast. Before we know it they’re out there somewhere in the real… Read More
2023-04-12 08:59
“One day you will look back and see that all along you were blooming.”
— MHN
Twenty-seven years ago, when I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher gave my cla… Read More
2023-04-10 08:59
Where you ultimately end up is dependent on your daily attitude and response.
This morning one of our course students, Monica — a recovering victim of a fairly recent and debilitati… Read More
2023-04-06 08:59
The most common reason for our collective suffering on an average day is our resistance to the truth.
Sometimes it’s brutally hard to accept life’s greatest lessons, and yet we… Read More
2023-04-03 09:00
As human beings, we subconsciously tell ourselves stories pretty much every waking minute of our lives. And these stories we tell ourselves don’t just change how we feel, they actuall… Read More
2023-04-02 08:59
Be yourself. Trying to be anyone else is a waste of the person you are. Embrace that individual inside you that has ideas, strengths, and beauty like no one else. Be the person you know you… Read More
2023-03-28 09:00
“If only…” These two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language.
Here are ten life choices that ultimately lead to that phrase… Read More
2023-03-26 08:59
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.”
— Benjamin Franklin
I recently received a thank you email from a reader and… Read More
2023-03-24 08:59
When you try to control too much, you enjoy too little. Sometimes you just need to let go, relax, take a deep breath, and love what is.
This morning I met up with an old friend, someone w… Read More
2023-03-21 09:01
Too often people overestimate the significance of one big defining moment and underestimate the value of making good decisions and small steps of progress on a daily basis.
You’re p… Read More
2023-03-19 08:59
Oftentimes the hardest part of the journey is simply believing you’re worthy of the trip.
This short article was inspired by an email we received recently from a new course student:… Read More
2023-03-16 08:59
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
— Mae West
This morning a close neighborhood friend, Alison, passed away far too early. While Marc and I ha… Read More
2023-03-14 08:59
God willing, you will be gifted another decade or more of life experience.
But even if you aren’t, the core principle of this article remains relevant:
As you age, you will learn to v… Read More
2023-03-12 08:59
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
— Helen Keller
Character and wisdom are both sculpted over time. These qualities come with loss, lessons, and triu… Read More
2023-03-06 08:59
If somebody is working on themselves and changing for the better, it’s unnecessary to keep bringing up their past. People can change and grow. You know that’s true. But have you… Read More
2023-03-03 08:58
When I was a high school freshman, a 260-pound freshman girl showed up for track and field tryouts right alongside me. Her name was Sara, and she was only there because her doctor said her… Read More
2023-03-01 09:00
Daily journaling is a voyage to inner peace.
Oprah keeps a journal. Taylor Swift keeps a journal. Eminem keeps a journal. Successful people all over the world — those who consistent… Read More
2023-02-26 09:00
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
— Mae West
Twenty years ago, I was lucky enough to witness the humble, elegant, peaceful passing of my 89-y… Read More
2023-02-24 08:59
Lying to others is wrong, but lying to yourself is an absolute tragedy.
“Earlier today, in the last few hours before she went into a coma, she told me her only regret was that she d… Read More
2023-02-21 09:00
We waste our time waiting for the ideal path to appear. But it never does. Because we forget that paths are made by walking, not waiting.
Twenty years ago he walked into my dorm room on t… Read More
2023-02-19 08:59
You’d like Michelle a lot. Most people do. She’s the kind of person who listens when you talk, who smiles often, and who says things that make the people around her smile. She&r&helli…Read More
2023-02-15 08:59
It’s time for a quick story about life, gratitude, and inner strength…
Once upon a time there was a woman in her mid-sixties who noticed that she had lived her entire life in t… Read More
2023-02-13 08:59
“In elementary school my parents told me it didn’t matter what I did when I grew up, so long as it made me happy. ‘Happiness is the whole point of life,’ my father s… Read More
2023-02-10 09:00
Practice focusing on what truly matters, and letting go of what does not. Use your frustrations to motivate you rather than annoy you. You are in control of your focus and how you choose t… Read More
2023-02-09 08:59
“If only…” These two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language.
Today is my late grandfather’s birthday. He was a great man… Read More
2023-02-07 08:59
A metaphor is not an ornament. It’s a necessary lens of perception that allows us to experience and think about ourselves and the world more clearly. Metaphors have a way of relating… Read More
2023-02-05 08:59
In most cases you can’t calm the storm. What you can do is calm yourself, and the storm will gradually pass. So breathe when stress or negativity surrounds you today. Let calmness be… Read More
2023-02-03 08:59
May you truly live every day of your life.
The Girl Who Didn’t Make It
Alyssa was my best friend. She was a talented musician, a graceful gymnast, a brilliant writer, and a deeply p… Read More
2023-01-31 08:59
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
– Annie Dillard
Are you willing to spend a little time every day like most people won’t, so you can… Read More
2023-01-27 08:59
You’ve come a long way, and you’re still learning and growing. Be thankful for the lessons. Take them and make the best of things right now.
For my 18th birthday, many moons a… Read More
2023-01-23 08:59
The truth does not disappear when it is ignored.
You know how you can hear something a hundred times in a hundred different ways before it finally gets through to you? The ten truths abou… Read More
2023-01-19 08:59
Focus on small steps throughout the year. And even when the struggle is real, remind yourself that it always feels better to be exhausted from taking small steps forward, than it does to b… Read More
2023-01-17 08:59
Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in your journey.
It’s always necessary to accept when some part of your life has reached its inevitable end. Closing the door, com… Read More
2023-01-11 08:59
Life enlightens you gradually as you age. You realize how much nonsense you have wasted time and energy on. And you begin to understand what it means to let go.
Holding on can be painful… Read More
2023-01-09 08:59
I don’t regret the things I’ve done; I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.
In the end, more than anything else, we regret the chances we didn’t ta… Read More
2023-01-05 08:59
QUICK UPDATE: Angel and I are teaming up with Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist to host The Live Well Tour. Come see us in Houston, TX along with special guest Preston Smiles on Feb. 25… Read More
2022-12-31 08:59
“What day is it?” asked Pooh.
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.
When you first awake, be mindful and take a second to… Read More
2022-12-29 08:57
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers. Because asking the right questions is often the answer.
In a recent email newsletter I wrote: “Quiet your mind. Don&rsq&hellip…Read More
2022-12-28 08:59
QUICK UPDATE: Marc and I are teaming up with Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist to host The Live Well Tour. Come see us in Houston, TX along with special guest Preston Smiles on Feb. 25… Read More
2022-12-26 08:59
Happiness doesn’t start with a relationship, a vacation, a job, or money. It starts with your thinking and what you tell yourself on a daily basis.
The best lessons we learn in life… Read More
2022-12-23 08:59
You are GOOD enough, SMART enough, FINE enough, and STRONG enough. You don’t need other people to validate you; you are already VALUABLE.
Sometimes we try to show the world we are f… Read More
2022-12-21 08:49
It happens to all of us gradually as we live and grow. We discover more about who we are and the way life really is, and then we realize there are some changes we need to make. The lifestyl… Read More
2022-12-19 08:59
QUICK UPDATE: Angel and I are teaming up with Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist to host The Live Well Tour. Come see us in Houston, TX along with special guest Preston Smiles on Feb. 25… Read More
2022-12-16 08:59
QUICK UPDATE: Marc and I are teaming up with Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist to host The Live Well Tour. Come see us in Houston, TX along with special guest Preston Smiles on Feb. 25… Read More
2022-12-14 08:59
QUICK UPDATE: Marc and I are teaming up with Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist to host The Live Well Tour. Come see us in Houston, TX along with special guest Preston Smiles on Feb. 25… Read More
2022-12-11 09:01
Ready for a quick, humbling true story about life?
Tragedy strikes a woman who isn’t yet old. A minivan traveling toward her on a dark mountain highway hits her car nearly head-on jus… Read More
2022-12-03 09:01
Think a little less about managing your problems and a little more about managing your focus.
Ready to finish the year strong?
Inner peace and progress are both built through small daily… Read More
2022-11-23 09:01
Even in uncertain times, it’s always important to keep things in perspective.
True wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
– Henry David Thoreau
You are alive.
You are… Read More
2022-11-02 09:01
Learn to love yourself first, instead of loving the idea of other people loving you.
“Today I lost the respect of a few people I love, and the desire to kill myself, when I finally… Read More
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