Wayne Dyer uses a boat as a metaphor related to focusing on our future (the course ahead), as opposed to focusing on the past (the wake left behind).

Mari Smith recently Tweeted this quote:

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." ~Carl Bard

These two ideas converge in my mind, this day, in this instant, and inspire my thoughts on the "power of now."  

I set my focus on now and tomorrow--and all…

I'm doing something more and more these days that makes me feel fantastic.  But it's because of what this something does to others that I feel fantastic.  What is it?

I treat others with unexpected courtesy, respect, and appreciation.

Servers in restaurants. Drivers on the freeway. Hotel desk clerks. People on the street. People at work. People on the phone.  People everywhere.

I take a lot of pleasure from cheering up someone's day. …

I am transitioning from my current career to the next…and along the path--discovering ways to bring my passion for developing myself and those around me to become the best that we can be.  My Coronado friends made a significant impression on me and I am greatful to know you all.

In Coronado, you may remember Rod revealing the term "miserably content" to the theater when it was his turn to stand up and introduce himself.  I adopted the term immediately as my own way to describe a particular place I was in my professional life.  Miserable but content.  

Just two weeks later, after using the term frequently to describe my situation yet gaining confidence in making a change in my life--I dropped the word "content" and just reverted to "miserable."  Which…