In 2008, I installed a pull up bar at the entrance to the stairway of my office. My simple goal was to be able to crank out 10 pull ups without stopping; not too impressive I realize, but a person has to have a goal. My 7 year old son, Caleb, immediately gave it a try and was able to crank out 3 in a row. Later that day I heard him begging, “Mom, can we go to Chuck E. Cheese?” This was pretty persistent throughout the day so… we came up with his goal, if he did one thousand pull-ups, … [Read more...]

Happy New Year,Usually I start every year with a very large list of goals broken down into categories like: spiritual, family, business, physical, etc. This year, with premature triplets born 12/3/09 at home, it seems almost crazy to think in longer terms than one day at a time. I find my goals much more basic and down to earth this year. For instance – things like: work hard and do the best with each day I have, daily enjoy and love my family as much as I can, make as many good healthy … [Read more...]