The rate of technology which is known as “The Law of Accelerating Returns” is getting faster and faster. The computer chip continues to increase in power while declining in size and cost. I went from having to delete apps, videos and pictures on my cell phone for memory sake to not even getting close to full with my last cell phone upgrade. It is an exciting and fantastic time to be alive and be part of all that is happening. Of course you have those that continue to talk

I can’t even count the times where I’ve gotten an idea...a good idea and immediately started thinking of all things I would need to do to accomplish that idea. I would get so infatuated with the accomplishment of that idea that I would narrow my vision right to the end result. I’m going to stop right here and tell you, there are millions of dollars made in self help material that will tell you that this method is essential to you ringing the bell at the completion of your id

Hey bud, you just got home from a school assembly with that rock band where your buddy got inspired to start a band and asked you to join. Enjoy that while you can but understand that this is only the beginning for you. Your love for the guitar is going to increase with every hour of practice you put in. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t make it as a guitar player, because you did. When you hit a bump in the road, lean into getting better at what you love. I do have

You’ve heard, “getting up on the wrong side of the bed” or “starting off on the right foot” as sayings used to describe a following behavior linked the those one of those sayings as the cause. For years I gave very little thought to either of them because I didn’t understand the weight of impact either could have. We all have our morning routines that rarely take any thought. We are normally functioning out of a half coherent state of being until our morning coffee or in my

Is your “BUT” working against you? BUT is a word that can either help you move to a better place or take you the opposite direction. Ideally, I would do better to just remove “BUT” from my language altogether. BUT, that is probably unlikely. Ahhh, see what I did there. We hold ourselves in places of lack, hurt, pain, etc from continually negative talk and thought. “BUT, wait a minute”, you say. “I’m not negative all the time”. The more I dove into this in my own life th

If I can do it by myself, my vision is too small. There are lots of things we can do in life that allow us to stay in our bubble of a comfort zone and maintain what we consider to be control of our lives. We create our lists, start at the top, and work our way to the bottom so to feel like we have accomplished the great task of self worth by the end of the day. Don’t get me wrong, I use lists too. Today, however, they serve a different purpose than they use too. I certai

It was 2am the last time I looked at the clock and then 4am when I woke. I pretty much just laid there trying to quiet my mind long enough to get more than 2 hours of sleep before driving to Des Moines for our next show. But that’s all I got. This has happened to me before when I knew I really needed the sleep because of the schedule and caused myself to struggle to sleep even more because of how much I needed it. It’s these times I have had to learn that I will do better

If I was tuning in for the first time and read that title, I would wonder what the author is smoking. Especially if I was coming from a place where everything is not always working out for me. So let me explain. The phrase “everything is always working out for me” is a mantra I adopted not all that long ago, but did so immediately after I heard it the first time. It took a bit to turn it into a habit that would become a natural response to when things didn’t seem to be wo

Most of us have heard the term type “A” personality. A number of years ago someone told me they were a “recovering type A”. I remembered thinking, I wanna be that. Types A’s are known for going after what they want and not letting anything get in the way, including other people. I’ve been one for years and after a while, it’s just exhausting. As I look back on my childhood, I realize that was probably the reason I liked and thrived in x-country. Even though x-country has

About a year ago, my wife and kids started “hounding” me for a new dog. Our previous dog had passed over a year before that. She was a little Maltese that had been around since our kids were little and was a big part of our family. She was given to my daughter as a gift when a family needed to downsize to an apartment. She went on every family trip to my family and my wife’s family in SD. Even though my wife’s dad wouldn’t admit it, he was pretty found of her too. When