Laughter is the best medicine

A study came out this week that said one out of four American workers is angry at work. And the other three save it for the loved ones at home

When a man's wife learns to understand him, she usually stops listening to him.

Politicians and diapers have one thing in common:

They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.

I don't mind going nowhere as long as it's an interesting path.

Some People Prefer To Be Miserable Rather Than Risk Being Happy

Deja Moo is the feeling you've heard this bullshit before.

Teachers are paid too much! I'm fed up with teachers and their hefty salaries for only 9 months work! What we need here is a little perspective. If I had my way, I'd pay teachers babysitting wages.

That's right. Instead of paying these outrageous taxes, I'd give them $3.00 an hour. And, I'm only going to pay them for 5 hours, not planning time. That would be $15.00 a day. Each parent should pay $15.00 a day for these teachers to baby sit their children. Even if they have more than one child, it's still cheaper than private daycare.

Now how many children do they teach a day - maybe 20? That's $15.00 x 20 = $300.00 a day. But remember, they only work 180 days a year! I'm not going to pay them for all the vacations: $300.00 x 180 =$54,000. (Just a minute my calculator must need batteries.)

What will teachers say about those who have 10 years of experience and a master's degree? Well, maybe (just to be fair) they could get the minimum wage.

We can round that off to about $6.00 an hour, times 5 hours, times 20 children. $6.00 x 5 x 20. That's $600 a day times 180 day. That's only $108,000.

Wait a minute! There is something wrong here...

I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.

I have gotten that dreaded furniture disease ... that's when your chest

is falling into your drawers! 

It's a small world after all

I train or more precisely new facilitators come to my workshops to watch and learn, I hope what they should and should not do. Most of the time I hope they see how they should approach the workshop not what they should not do in the workshop. Don came to a workshop I was giving on Personal Planning and at the beginning introduced himself and gave me his card, I glanced at it and put it in my pocket as I had still not quite set up the equipment.

The workshop went well, but it was a bit longer than normal and after Don and went for a coffee, to debrief. As we were talking I took out his card and actually read it. I was impressed, on the card it gave his name and the following information: World Citizen, Educator, Traveller. I asked him and he told me he had taught in China, worked in Africa, and traveled to many, many countries so when he retired he thought he would make this card. 

We had a great conversation about his travels, his teaching experience and the fact he was raised very close to where I now live. The world is small and we all have much in common when we take time to talk and to listen to each other

Walk the walk, talk the talk

"There is a difference between knowing the path & walking the path."

This is a modern version of a very old quote. The basics of the quote are twofold. It is one thing to know the path to take. It is another thing to actually walk that path. Knowledge and Action are two different concepts. One of the keys to understanding this is to realize that if you know the correct path, it may take courage and integrity to actually walk the path

Integrity is defined as “Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.” Also, it can be defined as “The state of being unimpaired; soundness.” And finally, it can be defined as “The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness.” All three apply to the quote.

How often do you find yourself in a situation where you know what you should do (or at least you have a plan), but you just can't seem to do it?

Maybe you just can't get started. You're falling into the "tomorrow is a good day to start" trap.

If this is the case, then your situation is described by the quote above. You know the path, but you're not on it. It's a question of integrating the path into your life.

Or maybe you've started a million times but have a hard time staying on track and sticking to it. Somehow, you just keep sabotaging yourself.

In this case, you get on the path - but you're not properly aligned with it, so you'll eventually stray from it. We need to get aligned and make the necessary adjustments to stay aligned.

Two simple, steps:
Know the path 
Walk the path 

Simple, but not easy. No one ever stays on the path all the time. We all wander off from time to time. The trick is to notice when you’re off and work on getting back on as quickly as possible. 

What can you do to help keep track of how well you are staying on the path? The sooner you detect that you’re off, the sooner and easier it is to get back. 
Not easy, but totally worth it.

Have you ever broken a promise to yourself?

Was there was a commitment you made to yourself and not followed through with?
Maybe about your health and fitness 
Maybe around your job or in your family life 
Maybe around a habit, you'd like to change 

Soooo?

Well, have you thought about why?

If you didn't... how did you will feel about that?

When we make a commitment to someone else we usually if we can follow through. However, if it is a promise to ourselves we do not always follow through. 

Well, a commitment is a commitment no matter to whom it is made. When you make a commitment there should be no difference in your desire to keep that commitment. it's not about keeping a commitment that you gave to someone else.  

It's about keeping a promise you made to yourself which is just as important as that commitment to the other person.