Category Alternative To The Rat Race
Simplify And Declutter Your Life.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.~Hans Hofmann Too Much Stuff Destruction, in the sense that we’ve been talking about it, doesn’t have to mean actually physically breaking something. It can also mean getting rid of something that isn’t adding value to your life. Physical objects take […]
Searching For Gems In The Junk.
Everything in my house was either free or under 40 bucks, and people come to my house and can’t believe that I picked up everything on the street or in a thrift shop.~Elle Varner We’re a re-purposing type of family… We love going to flea markets, yard sales, and thrift shops. I’ll even admit to […]
Networking With Your Past.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. – Dale Carnegie Don’t forget the old you Doug and I have spent a lot of time reviewing our old roles in life, and the jobs […]
Disorder In Life And Back Again.
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung. ~John Milton Where is my white picket fence? Disorder and unexpected change are a part of our lives. There’s a shift occurring… in society, in business, in spirituality… […]
You Gotta Love What You Do.
Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined. ~Johnny Carson Who inspired you? Who encouraged you to dream about a […]
Have You Ever Had A Career Path?
Basically, we’ve grown up very focused on the institution. The institution tells me what to do. It tells me where to go. It tells me what my career path is, and then I, sort of, attach my own personal desires, my own personal interests. I think we’re living in a time where we’re going to […]
What Is Your Work Style?
I think the person who takes a job in order to live – that is to say, for the money – has turned himself into a slave. ~Joseph Campbell Where do you fit in? Do you fit in? Doug and I decided to focus on our work style. Career-wise, we all know what we’ve done […]
Anxiety Means New Opportunities Are Approaching!
Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within. ~David Duchovny I know what I want. Why am I scared? We know what we want to do with the rest of our lives now, at least in a […]
Doing What You Love To Reach Contentment.
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.~ Al […]
Doug Does Life 