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Have you ever wanted to change something about yourself but found it harder than you expected? Maybe it is a habit you know is not good for you. Maybe it is the way you react when things don't go your way. Or maybe it is simply the way you have been living your life. Whatever it is, positive change can turn a negative habit into something that gives you strength. When we decide to change, we start looking at our lives differently. We begin asking ourselves, Where am I going?

Take a Breath! Everyone has an idea of who they are. We may be tall or short, a mom or dad, good at some things and not so good at others. We may be happy or sad, rich or poor, and have many friends or just a few. We all have dreams and goals, and we share some of them with others. We share our good times and bad times with people we trust, or we keep everything close to the vest because we have trouble trusting others. We all have things we care about and want to hold on to,

Building Life Foundations | Blog Post 8 of 8 (Success Without a Blueprint series) _________________________________________________________________________ Ask for directions in a small town and you won't get a street name. You'll get a memory. "Turn left where the water tower used to be." Used to be. Not is. Used to be. I grew up on directions like that. Norman, then Woodward, then Noble, then Slaughterville — every town smaller than the last, and every single one of them ra

Some decisions can shape where you’re headed. Maybe you’ve been thinking about one for a long time, or maybe it’s coming at you fast. Either way, it might affect only you, or it might affect the people around you too. Everyone has made a decision they wish they could take back. Everyone has also skipped something they wish they’d gone for. That’s part of being human. What matters is learning from it so the next choice is a little better. When you’re thinking about a big chang

Building Life Foundations | Blog Post 7 of 8 (Success Without a Blueprint series) You can carry a load for a long time before you stop and ask where it came from. That's true on a job site and it's true in a life. You get handed something heavy, you grip it, you adjust your stance, and you keep walking. Nobody ever really stops to check the manifest. You just assume if you're the one carrying it, it must be yours. A lot of it isn't. Some Weight Gets Handed to You Without Aski

Building Life Foundations | Blog Post 6 of 8 (Success Without a Blueprint series) _________________________________________________________________________ Nobody hands you a price tag when you're born. You spend your whole life figuring out what one number, roughly, ought to be — and most of us are stuck using numbers we picked up secondhand from people who had no business setting them. Nobody sits a kid down and says, "Here's what you're worth, and here's how you'll know wh