On a previous episode I mentioned a book called “The Power of Truth” by the author William George Jordan, written in 1902. It was so jam packed and striking to me that I have decided to share a principle or two from the book on an ongoing basis from time to time. In the chapter …
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Sarcasm, cynicism, minimizing significance or achievements or value, is a bad habit. Making something that is sacred or exciting or valuable and amazing or heroic or honorable to someone seem cheap or stupid or idiotic and misguided is cheapening it. Its a power that people think makes them funny or safe from the people and …
Its easy to find reasons to not share our thoughts and lessons learned with the world. One of those being fear of judgement. Or in other words fear of being seen as a hypocrite. In this episode I offer my simple strategy for moving past that obstacle. Connect or share your thoughts: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wayofthebonfire/ …
Special thanks to my older brother, “The Professor”, Bret Riggle, for breaking the complexity of so much of this down into understandable concepts for me. Time, is the variable that we can’t ignore if we care about connection and fulfillment. In this episode we get into broadening perspective on what it is beyond just being …
Installment number three in the ongoing “Lessons From Everywhere” series, I share lessons learned from several conversations I had sitting on a bench with blind and visually impaired people waiting for the same train as me outside a center for the blind at one of the stops on my daily commute. Sometimes the people with …
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Quick concept today. Before Dory ever said “just keep swimming” on Finding Nemo, I had learned the simple concept of how to navigate on an island. “Keep Going, Keep Going.” Its kinda silly, but it sure helps keep you in motion and tends to work to get your bearings when you feel lost in anything. …
Today is story time. Climbing a mountain with my brother and the unexpected lessons I learned about people on the way up and down. Its a good episode for anyone who feels they aren’t as good as they once were, to see a perspective that shows there are better things to think about. —– If …
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This challenge is almost too simple. Go put more fun into everything you do. Be more fun this week. Switch your daily fun percentage from 10% of the time, to 90% of the time. And consciously pay attention to the difference it makes in everything else. Let me know about your experience with this challenge …
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The second installment in the ongoing “Lessons from everywhere” series where we believe you can learn valuable lessons from just about anything. A lifetime of fishing has brought me way more lessons than just the 13 + 1 in this episode, but this should distill a good bit of it down into some solid nuggets …
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Sometimes we think the people who have given us great advice and guidance are always right. Its a weird shortcut we take once we have a little trust built up. Is any human ever always right? Well then that would make them not human wouldn’t it. On this episode I share lessons learned from taking …
