Building Character

When it comes to abundance - feeling it, having it, experiencing it - I’ve found there are two surprising prerequisites involved: letting go and saying, “No.” Now, that might sound crazy, at first, but bear with me and I’ll show you why. Creating abundance in your life is as much about removing what you don’t want from your life as it is about attracting what you do want. Removing what you don’t want is pretty hard to do while you’re hanging on to it or continuing to say ‘yes’ to more of it...Read Full Story

Monday, Tom over at Delightful Work wrote about Screw-ups, Fresh Starts & Comebacks. Reading it, I was reminded of the egg I’ve worn on my face so many times, and how, thankfully, I have learned how to do as he recommends and give myself a break. “Progress, not perfection” is my mantra these days. This doesn’t mean you abdicate responsibility for yourself - not by a long shot. But I submit that you can be responsible for yourself, hold yourself accountable for your thoughts, words and deeds...Read Full Story

Character Counts is the most widely implemented approach to character education, reaching millions of youth, in schools, communities, and in business: both for-profit and non-profit. Character Counts uses a framework based on basic (core) values called: The Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. You can implement this program with the help of the Character Counts website. It works, it matters, and it COUNTS.Read Full Story

If you want to find out what someone’s priorities are in life, check out what they do, not what they say. Does their walk match their talk? Actions really do speak louder than words, and people in your life are paying attention, whether you know it, or not. Others can see your priorities, can you? On the group coaching calls yesterday and the day before, we talked about how to manage multiple priorities, and discovered in the process that it’s really easy to get waylaid by other people’s...Read Full Story

One of the more difficult tasks we face in this life is how to rebuild trust in a relationship. Once trust is compromised or broken, there’s a suspicion present that wasn’t there before, and it’s palpable - everyone can feel it. Where before you would never have questioned, now you think twice. That doubt, that hesitation is the barrier to effectively rebuilding the trust that was once there, so, what can you do? Are you just stuck until it goes away? How’s that just going to magically happen...Read Full Story

The Internet is an interesting place. It allows us to travel throughout the world without ever leaving our home town. It provides ways of building bridges without ever pounding a nail. It opens doors of opportunity to meet people who speak a different language or live under a different set of stars. Yes, the Internet is an interesting place. Given all of these incredible possibilities to create unlimited growth in life what do most people do? Hide behind a fake moniker. I understand that...Read Full Story

I have uttered these words twice in the last week, once to a coaching client and once to myself, both times in conversation about being a parent. What is the purpose of a lighthouse? Webster says a lighthouse is: a structure (as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent signal to navigators. According to Wikipedia: Lighthouses are often interpreted in dreams as beacons of truth. As a parent, particularly as our children reach adulthood, I find my role becoming...Read Full Story

As many of you know, I substitute teach in the public school system. I do it because I love to teach, I love making a difference and because I can - since I set my own schedule, I can move things around to make room for a day of classes. Every now and then I get the feeling that I was “supposed to be here at school”, and today was one of those days. I was at my son’s high school, so many of the students (including almost all of the football program) know me because of him. My fourth hour...Read Full Story

Figuring out who you really are is a life-long discovery process that, if you pay attention, is all the ‘entertainment’ you’ll likely ever need! When you ask yourself, “Who am I?” what answers come to mind? If you’re like most people, your answers are based on (and probably limited to) the roles you play in this lifetime, not who you really are at the core of your Being. Have you ever tried to separate the two? I have, and I found it to be a liberating experience, to say the least! Ask...Read Full Story

This is our group blog, which is unique because any Zimbio member can post an entry to it. Some members blog about recent news and trends related to the portal topic, others recount relevant personal stories. You can also comment on and rate existing blog entries, to voice your opinion and to help the community identify which members and entries on the portal are must-reads. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this portal? Well, then put on your journalist's cap...Read Full Story