May 2011

The Most Important Kindergarten Lesson We Never Got

May 31, 2011

As a child, how many times were you told “If you don’t have something nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all?” A dozen times? A thousand? I guess it depends how bad you were as a kid. But what if the teachers and adults in your life had said “If you have [...]

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Can You Really Make A Difference?

May 29, 2011

This was a question Holocaust survivor Hilde Back probably asked herself in the mid-70′s when she donated to an organization that helped pay the schooling fees for poor Kenyan youth. Hilde had no idea just how much of an impact she would be making. Hilde’s donation sponsored the education of Chris Mburu. Chris’s family could [...]

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Learning What’s Important As Your Plane Crashes

May 26, 2011

Too often we realize what’s important after it’s too late. But what if you could jump into the future, figure out what’s important, and then come back to the present day? That’s how Ric Elias, passenger on the US Airways plane that crashed into the Hudson River, described the experience. In the TED video below, [...]

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Live For Today – Carpe Diem

May 24, 2011

We’ve been told that being responsible means saving for retirement or for a rainy day. Sure, you need to be responsible. But you also need to live! This doesn’t just apply to money. It applies to everything. As you maximize experiences and minimize things, really do your best to experience life. If it’s a nice [...]

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What Is Your Purpose?

May 22, 2011

Have you thought about what your purpose is in life? Too often we go through life purposeless and wonder why we aren’t then satisfied with life. How can you be satisfied when you have no purpose? Against what can you measure your progress, happiness, and satisfaction? What greater good are you working toward? Happiness From [...]

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Pour Love Into Everything You Do

May 20, 2011

As I have said before, love is one of the few things in life that you have an infinite amounts of. You can give out as much love as you want and you won’t run out it. So why don’t we pour love into everything we do then? For example, cooking is not a chore. [...]

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Happy Nomad Tour Update 19-May

May 19, 2011

The Happy Nomad Tour is only 84 days away. I’ve tentatively and arbitrarily picked August 10th as my departure date. It could change plus or minus a few days, but I will leave around then for sure. I haven’t planned much for the actual trip yet. This is intentional though. I am a master at [...]

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How To Erase $70k In Debt

May 18, 2011

Yes, you read the title right. Though I already wrote a post about getting out of debt, this story is truly remarkable. Let it serve as inspiration if you are personally struggling with debt! To me, debt is the opposite for freedom. Too often we don’t pursue our dreams because we can’t afford to take [...]

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The Happiness Plunge Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint

May 15, 2011

There have been two posts recently about marathon runners. The first was about Clarence Hartley, an inspirational man defining perseverance. The other was about Gladys Burrill, the oldest marathon runner in the world. Their stories are inspirational on their own, but there’s a reason why I looked at marathons as a source of inspiration. Life is [...]

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