Holidays, a break, and a new lease on life!

Hola Heroes!

It's been a while! I thought about apologizing for that, but it's been a good break for me. I've been weeding out the unnecessary and figuring out what is important in my life and career. Yep, just like the year, out with the old and in with the new.

It's a great thing to take a long hard look at our own actions and agendas sometimes. To question our intentions. To make sure that we haven't bitten off too much or if, just maybe, we're being too cautious. To make sure that our plans still reflect that burning belief that formed them in the first place.

Are you spitting your truth, or are you playing a game? Are you living your dream or are you playing pretend? Life gives us little hurtles and road blocks sometimes as a reminder to check our course and make the needed adjustments. To get us back on task so that we can accomplish what it is we've set out to do, and friends, I'm back on course.

How about you?

I know that I've talked about this idea of self diagnostics before, but I can't help but be a firm believer. To borrow a phrase from Russell Simmons, make 2010 the year that you "Do You!"

Later,

Use every moment

Hey Heroes,

So, I've talked before about taking every opportunity, and making the best of it. Let's talk a little bit about taking a moment, just every now and then, to evaluate our own progress and make the little tweaks needed to get ourselves steering true.

The greatest thing about having come out of a punk background is the solid need to question everything. Couple that with several years of Buddhist study, and I've also developed a strong need to question even my own motives. Kind of a constant self diagnostic test. What do I really think, and why? Does my answer hold water with me, or have I been fooling myself again? Yep, it happens. A lot, sometimes.

What it comes down to, for me, is the need to evaluate where my activities have lead me and determine if I'm on the road to where I want to go. It takes just a little bit of time each day, and yes, it's another EVERY DAY thing. In case you haven't figured it out yet, all of my solutions are a never ending, every day, necessity.

Take just a minute to really look at your progress. Are you reaping the benefits you expected? Is there one aspect of your plan that's keeping you from achieving your goal, or is the plan even working at all? By doing this daily evaluation it allows you to realize any shortcomings early in the process, and make the changes you need, and it might even save you a lot of wasted time and money. Resources that most of us don't have a lot of.

So, make your plans and check on them often, make changes as needed and save yourself time and money. I like it.