A couple weeks back, Max was having his weekly sleep over at our place. As we’re getting ready for bed, he comes racing downstairs, heads to the freezer, grabs an ice cube, looks up and asks,

"Can I have a spoon ?"

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I’m in my office and a text notification from my wife appears,  <more>

One of the precious gifts of being a grandfather is that greeting cards include special messages from the grandkids—no matter their age.

It’s a couple weeks back, Max arrives with my birthday card but he doesn’t seem his normal upbeat self.

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A couple weeks before Christmas, Lyn says, "Did you see that the rates for safety deposit boxes are going up ? Do we still have ours ?" <more>

Our daughter Stef reminded me of a treasured experience over the holidays as she was dealing with sick kids.

"Remember that night at the hospital Dad ?"

"What night ?" <more>

Have you ever seen what happens in an airplane after the very last passenger deplanes ?

In an effort to be helpful on a recent flight, I put my carry-on bag under the seat in front of me. While doing so, I am as loud and as attention getting as possible to ensure <more>

There is a lot to be grateful for that is impossible to attribute to any other human being. As a result, we tend to acknowledge and thank God, a Higher Power or perhaps we may attribute our good fortune to serendipity. For example, think of the gift of being alive today ! Life truly is a miracle that is difficult to fully understand.

A recent experience made me realize <more>

Whether you realize it or not, your brain is a magnet. It notices and attracts whatever dominates your thinking. 

If you worry, focus on what could go wrong, ruminate over past mistakes or an unpleasant future, your brain is going to <more>

Last week I received an email from an audience member who participated in one of my programs on the previous day. He had a question:

I’m writing my gratitudes today and they don’t look much different than what I wrote yesterday. How do you avoid your gratitude practice becoming mechanical ? 

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For the past year our two-year old grandson Liam has been having a weekly sleepover at our place. I just discovered that after Lynda drops Liam at preschool in the morning, she sends a text to his parents - and she does so as if Liam is sending the message.

Before you read Liam's text, one thing you need to understand is that Lynda’s gramma name is "Me". Yes, it is very confusing and we blame that on our oldest grandson, Max who coined the name Me. 

Anyhow, here is Liam's most recent message to his Mom and Dad,For the past year our two-year old grandson Liam has been having a weekly sleepover at our place. I just discovered that after Lynda drops Liam at preschool in the morning, she sends a text to his parents - and she does so as if Liam is sending the message.

Anyhow, here is Liam's most recent message, <more>

Last week, a participant in a program asked a very powerful question,

Can I be grateful while I’m experiencing a lot of grief - like I am right now ?

My response, <more>

We recently got approved for financing to add solar panels to our home. It’s a pretty sweet financing arrangement and I wish I could say the process went as sweet.

Let’s back up.

I’ve got everything entered into the online system and <more>

Reading other people’s gratitudes is an important habit to cultivate to build a world class mindset. To support people with this practice, I send a weekday email that has 6 gratitudes—3 from me and 3 from a guest and each week we have a different guest.

For the past 5 years I’ve been accompanying my Dad at appointments with his Ophthalmologist. Having had 3 cornea transplants, now blind in one eye and very poor vision in the other eye, the doctor follows Dad closely.

For at least 4 years, Dad has been <more>

Think back to June 2020. We’re 3 months into Covid and I’m out on the street playing with our 5-year old grandson. We’re having a ball but I can tell he’s distracted. For starters, he can <more>

A couple weeks back I’m dropping off my car in for regular service and the Service Advisor says, "Are you in the aviation business ?" He catches me off guard because I'm in my running gear and about to run home. So I give a rather short reply, "No." Looking back, I might have been a tad curt.

Grinning from ear to ear, he asks, "So what do you do ?"

I say, <more>

Our 9-year old grandson attended a golf camp last week. I was particularly keen to see what skills they would be teaching the kids and when I saw what they were taught, I was flabbergasted.

I was expecting <more>

As part of a conference where I spoke last week, the organizers featured a comedian at the gala dinner. The conference was in the beautiful town of St Andrew’s by the Sea, New Brunswick and the comedian was <more>

One of the biggest challenges leaders face in trying to implementing gratitude into the fabric of their culture is that they have a limited scope of responsibility and that higher level leadership isn’t fully supportive. I know this as I frequently hear this is challenge for many leaders. In these situations their question is, "So what should I do ?" 

My answer begins with a story. <more>

Have you ever witnessed someone go from fully engaged at work to within a few months, all out rebellion ? This happens because of what I call, Misplaced Mindset - and unfortunately <more>