"Eureka," I exclaimed as I typed the above title. We all hope one day to make up a word that will become part of the standard lexicon. In fact, we might even be a "hope-temist!" Aha, there is another word I made up. Not to be confused with a Hoptemist, which is an obscenely overpriced...

The wind howls tonight. It's wild, this winter New England wind. It looks intimidating, evidenced by the spastic whipping I see from the several flags outside my window. It sounds worse, with its off-distant, low-level roar and its climactic howling crescendos. It can't be controlled. Yet, I love...

I can't believe I missed writing this post last week when Groundhog Day was upon us. Someone employing a fixed mindset might say, "ah well, it wasn't meant to be," while someone using a growth mindset might say, "you know what, I'm going to blaze forward because I see an opportunity here,...

Look at a life, your life, as a work in progress. It's a W.I.P. It's a W.I.P. in perpetuity. That is the essence of the High-Performance Lifestyle. Those of us who are always working, always striving, always growing are living an Optimized Life. This is a life defined by Full Engagement, Maximum...

The decks are cleared. It's a new decade. The year is 2020. My perspective is "2020." This is my MEME. (What the heck is a MEME?) I can see things for what they are. I know more than ever what I am doing this year. It took all of December for me to get here. And what a December it was! There were...

This one seems pretty obvious, doesn't it? I mean, "Always do your best" has been told to us from time immemorial, or for me since Father Dowdell would take me aside, my lungs filled with pain, defeated that I couldn't keep up in cross country, and he would say "my friend, my friend, as long as...

Two years ago, I was fascinated by the impactful stories attributed to ingrained habits when I read the book “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg. In it, he recounts countless examples of the negative and positive impacts of the habits we nurture or permit. At the time, I was mostly...

There is not a person on the face of the earth that does not want to get more done, or better said, to have another day in the week to get more done. Alternatively, perhaps that other day would be to lounge, laugh and luxuriate. An eighth day in the week. Only if. Then, you would want a ninth; I...

“Once in awhile you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.” 

Epiphanies happen. And they happen all the time. You will see them if your eyes are open and you are present. While at a wine tasting in Boston’s North End, a young lady came...