It’s especially critical when you’re 78 — Where do you want to be at 78 — wallowing in nostalgia and growing weaker by the day? It’s easy to go astray. Take it easy and live life to the fullest because you only live once. Eat heartily, and drink plenty of wine, for tomorrow you will die. Many…

#7 — Change your mind — Juggling Is often used as a metaphor for multitasking: “You gotta keep a lot of balls in the air,” and so on. But if you look carefully at a skilled juggler doing three balls, you’ll notice only one ball is in the air at a time. Here’s a little animation…

And it’s free. Try these two easy stress-reducing meditations — Very few people meditate every day — why? A minuscule percentage of the population meditates daily (I found no statistics on it.) even though “Meditation can wipe away the day’s stress, bringing inner peace,” says the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic is not some woo-woo fringe cult. I’m not sure…

Don’t try to control your wandering mind — exploit the hell out of it — The default setting for our minds is wandering. Whether we’re trying to get our work done or sitting in meditation, our minds are all over the place. Is that a bad thing? Or is it just a standard feature of the human creature? It’s how we humans roll. One thing’s…

A plan for building a meditation practice that lasts — Most people fail at the simple practice of meditation for one reason. They suck at sitting still. This is because meditation is not relaxing and peaceful at first. Your mental pond is muddy, and it may take weeks or months to become clear so you can experience stillness. …

An accountability update that may help you too — New Year’s resolutions are a bitch. I usually don’t make any because of my terrible track record. And it’s not just me — the stats are discouraging. 9% of people successfully keep their New Year’s resolutions. 23% quit by the end of the first week, 64% quit after the first…

This simple prompt from a Beatles song will help you let go of troubling thoughts — If there were a Human Being User Manual, learning to let go would be one of the most valuable instructions. If we could learn how to let go of worries and troubling thoughts, our lives would be easier. …

Time and tide wait for no man — so get off your ass! — Dude, you need to clean up your act in 2023. Self-help is not something written by someone else — it’s something YOU do. So here’s a 3-month Self-Help Bootcamp to ensure you do it. It’s a tough, grab-you-by-the-collar-and shake-some-sense-into-you program. Just what you need. But hear me, brother — the keyword in the above headline is Love. I designed this program with love…

And let’s discuss the pitfalls of New Year’s resolutions — New Year’s resolutions are an invitation to failure — they often smell of desperation. You’ve wanted to change something all year, procrastinated, and now time is running out. You gotta do something fast! …