This is the conclusion to the six-part series on practice. Please see also Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. photo courtesy of Louish Pixel (Flickr-Creative Commons) Over the preceding weeks, we’ve covered the three basic…
The Art of Practice, Part 5: Fighting Gravity, One Word at a Time
This is the fifth of a six-part series on practice. See also Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Surprisingly enough (or perhaps not so surprising) my last post on writing practice didn’t get to everything I had to say on…
The Art of Practice, Part 4: I Am a Writer, and I Practice Like One
This is the fourth of a six-part series on practice. See also Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5. Of all my daily practices, this one is the hardest. It was the hardest to start, and it’s the…
The Art of Practice, Part 3: Walking Man
This is the third of a six-part series on practice. See also Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, and Part 5. On most days, after I’ve done my morning meditation and after I’ve ushered my son off to school, I strap…
The Art of Practice, Part 2: Meditation and Mindfulness
This is the second post of the six-part series on practice. See also Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. Last post, I talked about how initiating three small practices into my day have made a big difference in…
The Art of Practice, Part 1: Why Should You Practice?
This is the first of a six-part series on creating practices in your life and putting them to work for you. I took piano lessons when I was a kid. For many years, actually. And I enjoyed them. I…
The Power of Dreams and Believing in Yourself
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. –C. S. Lewis I Can Do Anything! Do you remember as a kid when adults asked us: “What do you want to be when you…
We Are All Heroes
We all have heroes we idolize. People we look up to because they excel at something, whether it’s sports or business or adventuring. People who’ve done great things for their community, their country, their society. People like soldiers and firefighters…
What If It’s Already Been Done?
Have you asked yourself this question? I used to—a lot. It’s right up there with “Who am I to be writing on this topic?” and “What if nobody reads it?” “Well, big-name-author-blogger-speaker already said something similar to this,” I’d say…
How to Get Your Brave Up
Today’s post is a meditation on fear and bravery, in three parts. Part One: Get Your Brave Up Back when the kids were younger, and liquid medicine was the order of the day, our family practiced a sacred ritual…