Today is the first day that I’ve really felt the pressure of going on record to create a new daily habit and feeling...
Personal Growth Articles
Know Your Roles and Goals
Here are two resources that you’ll find incredibly helpful in your life. Every Year has New Goals (and Roles) Each...
Learn by Doing
I believe that what you think you know about doing things... is refined and made real... when you actually do them....
What is your New Years Mindset? for me ‘Be Helpful’
What are your top of mind priorities, your focal points for this new year? Are they clear? A new year is the perfect...
New Year Notes
In starting off the new year, I was making some notes and thought to share this process that I've found that has been...
New book: Love your kids
I constantly pray that I will be a good husband and father. I am always trying to listen, learn, read and grow in this...
A list of West Virginians of the Year
Here is an inspiring list that the local newspaper shared. It highlights some amazing people that have been selected...
Army Physical Fitness Standards – Back to Basics
Sharing my thoughts about using my experience with the Army Physical Fitness Test (AFPT) to measure my 2017...
Annual Weigh-In
194.8 is my starting point for 2017. This past year I hit 200 for the first time. My goal is 185 and to be much more...
Andrew Carnegie’s 10 Rules of Success
Here’s a synopsis of the rules, which appear in Hill’s The Science of Success: Which rules do you feel matter most? 1....
Day Lilly
I didn’t know this at first but Day Lilly’s only last… One day. They bloom in the morning and wither up at night. Just...
The Soldiers Creed
I still remember it from my Army days.... inspiring. The Soldiers Creed I am an American Soldier. I am a Warrior and a...
This is the kind of day I need to have to start losing weight
Day 1. More active. Less eating. And eating better. Drinking more water. 10,000 steps a day is a stretch from...
This year is half gone. Goal oriented questions to ask yourself
It’s hard to think about, but half of the year is already behind us. It seems like just the other day we were...
200lbs for the first time in my life. Unacceptable.
Most of my life I’ve been a 165 to 170 lb guy. In my 40s that changed to 180–190 pounds. Yesterday I crossed a line I...
Setting Goals for 2015
Do you set goals each year? I do. Every year. For as long as I can think. I take time before the year ends to 1) look...
Optimism is the best way to see life!
I am a "glass half full" guy. I always look for the best in people and the positive thing in every situation!
3-6 Miles a Day at Lunch – My New Cardio Commitment
My workout routine got crushed in January and February with all of the snow, ice and the water crisis. It is taken me...
Half Full
Half Full... Optimistic, Positive & Encouraging. This is how I roll... Life is Good.
Reflections: My favorite books when I was 10 years old
I remember reading these little books cover to cover, over and over again. My mother had kept them safe and gave them...
When willpower fails
Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues
Inspired by Emily Bennington post on "Being Goal-Driven Actually Drives Me Crazy". — I always remember Steven Covey's...
Inspiring and motivating video “Secret To Success”
Eric Thomas speaks to young college students at Michigan Student University about having a desire for success. via...
A Year Later, the Man With the Golden Voice Has a Golden Life to Match
A year ago this week, Ted Williams, the ex-radio announcer from Ohio with the velvety voice who was living on the...

























