OOOCZ Day! Thank you to Lenny Houweling for this amazing guest blog post! Let’s set the stage. It's two days before Mother's Day. I am invited into a secret family meeting by my four children (no moms allowed) to plan the upcoming special day. I observed quietly as...
Are You WILLING To Be Happy? Me: Are you willing to be happy? You: Of course. What kind of stupid question is that? Me: Are you happy? You: Sure Me: Are you ALWAYS happy? You: ____________________ If you’ve been in our High5 space at all, you’ve...
The Way You Do Anything Is The Way You Do Everything Do you agree that the way you do anything is the way you do everything? Let’s take a look at where it might be true for you. When you have the opportunity to voice your opinion,...
"The times, they are a changin'." How To Bridge The Gap With Millennials Over the last year, I've spoken at a number of conferences and worked with a variety of companies and clients. During these meetings a common topic of discussion is the current challenges with...
Live For The Moments! I am a huge believer in setting big outcomes for my life, committing to them, and then making the choices that move me towards those outcomes. I will readily admit though, in the past, I was so focused on my outcome that...
What’s the magic number? You know, the magic number that after you fail that many times, it means it’s time to give up. Yes, that is the magic number we are talking about. What is it for you? Once? Three strikes and you’re out? Five?...
I am fascinated that we can literally change our brains. For so long neuroscientists held fast to the belief that the adult human brain was a fixed system with limited capacity for growth or change. How depressing was that? Thankfully, research and experience have shown...
I absolutely believe that life is a journey, not a destination and that my responsibility is to be happier and add more value to the world today, than I did yesterday. That said, I also believe that we don't have to work on "getting there", we can just claim...