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During November our Wellness Wednesday messages have been focusing on what is possible and establishing the conditions that make what’s possible possible. Last week we focused on commitment as one of those necessary conditions. When we are committed and persevere,...

Here’s the realization we considered in last week’s Wellness Wednesday: Although we don’t know what’s possible, we can establish the conditions that make what’s possible possible. One of those essential conditions in attaining what’s possible is commitment. This...

At Top 20 Training we are driven by questions. The question that drives us the most is WHAT’S POSSIBLE? After years of struggling with this question, a bit of wisdom has come our way: We don’t know what’s possible. Imagine the Wright brothers asking that question as...

I’m writing this week’s Wellness Wednesday on a flight from Portland to Minneapolis. As we were about to take off, I remembered a flight I took with my mother some years ago. It was a beautiful March day. As we headed down the runway, I looked at mom sitting next to...

I’m noticing that I am taking some things too seriously. Lately one of these has been what’s happening to my tomatoes. I bought eight tomato plants in May, planted them in my garden, and have watered them every day since. But as tomatoes began to ripen on the plants,...

My daughter sent to me what appears below. It was written as a blog by a recent college graduate who she knows. There is nothing I can add to it other than to express my gratitude for his willingness to share his challenging and beautiful journey. "Saturday, August...

In the movie Jerry McGuire, the main character reminds us that we live in a cynical world. Cynical is defined as believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity. You can believe that we live in a cynical world if you...

Our last two Wellness Wednesday focused on hanging on to what we ought to hang on to and letting go of what we ought to let go of. When we seriously examine what we are hanging on to and what we are letting go of, we are practicing self-reflection. I practice...

In last week’s Wellness Wednesday, I shared the inspiration I experienced in watching my friend Christine Van Loo perform as an aerial gymnast. The principle underlying Christine’s beautiful and athletic performance is necessary if we are going to flourish in our...