“You’re lucky you’re healthy”

Yes. I'll readily concede that there is a little bit of luck involved. I know a girl who died at the age of 24 because she went to school in a toxic waste dump and that area should really be a superfund site. If you don't know what a superfund…

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Are you the New Years Resolution type?

I have nothing against New Years resolutions. If you make them, great. What matters though is you stick to them. I've heard arguments for and against goal setting. You know what really matters to me? Results. Either you get them or you don't. As I've said many times, I'm not…

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I’m not competing against you…

...I'm competing against last year's version of me. Yes. That's become very cliché with self-improvement types. But if you haven't heard it a million times already, there ya go. How are you doing? Well? Great! If you got something to teach me, I'm all ears. Poorly? Then get better. How…

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Break it down

I used to think I was musically retarded. I was the absolute worst person in orchestra as a kid. I played the cello and I was terrible. Then, Mom got me into piano lessons. And once again, I was terrible. I learned how to play Chopsticks and some other easy…

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Listen to old people’s problems

A life hack I figured out from my 20s is rather than making fun of old folks like my peers did, I listened to them. I specifically listened to two things - their successes, and their failures. I also worked at a retirement home and noticed who lived and who…

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