Start with Yourself: Get Moving
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” –Lao Tzu This post is the sixth of a series called “Start with Yourself,” a how-to guide to living […]
Start With Yourself: How to Get into the Arena
“All serious daring starts from within.” –Harriet Beecher Stowe This post is the fifth of a series called “Start with Yourself,” a how to guide to live like a […]
Start with Yourself: How to Begin
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off […]
Start with Yourself: How to Say Yes to Adventure
“Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.” -Victor Frankl […]
Start with Yourself: Why We Refuse Our Calls to Adventure
“An acorn turns into an oak tree…it’s extraordinary. … The difference between you and me, and the acorn, is that we can say no.” -Marianne Williamson, in this interview with […]
Start with Yourself: Listen for Your Call to Adventure
“We shall only have to follow…heroic figures through the classic stages of the universal adventure in order to…understand…the singleness of the human spirit in its aspirations, powers, vicissitudes, and wisdom.” […]
Nelson Mandela’s Greatest Gift
“Mandela understood the ties that bind the human spirit. There is a word in South Africa — Ubuntu — that describes his greatest gift: his recognition that we are all […]
Birthday causing an existential crisis? Join the club. (Birthdays, Deadlines, and Change)
“A deadline is, simply put, optimism in its most kick-ass form.” -Chris Baty in No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days […]
A True Thanksgiving Story
Today we give our thanks, most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers–for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of […]
Changing the World? Start Here.
“My life is my message.” -Mahatma Gandhi To change the world with intention, with purpose, we have to start how and where anyone who has ever changed the world has […]
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