Posts Tagged ‘move forward’

4 LIFE Lessons I Learned by Starting a New Business in an Uncertain Economy

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

“In this economy?!” my wife and I thought to ourselves as we debated whether or not to open her new business in 2008. After having our second child, my wife wanted to go back to work.  But not to just another job.  She wanted work that allowed her to have time with our kids and [...]

6 Ways to Know You Had a Good Day

Friday, November 9th, 2012

Sometimes we try to go to sleep and we can’t.  We wonder if our day was a good one.  I’ve wondered it a number of times hours on end.  I looked back at the times when I thought I had a really good day and made a realization…just as a child wants to repeat a [...]

Move Forward Because One Thing Always Leads to Another

Monday, October 22nd, 2012

The kids were driving me crazy!  I needed to get their energy expressed somehow but it was very windy and cold outside.  I just couldn’t take their whining anymore and needed some air.  So I took them for their first ever, “run” in a nearby park.  By chance, I grabbed some bread on our way out, for the deer [...]

Tears in Her Chair Keep Her Moving Forward

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

My wife is an Optometrist (an eye doctor) and has a practice she started at the height of the economic doom and gloom in October 2008.  Since she began, she has dealt with uncertainty in the economy, hiring problems, surprises by competition and the day to day chaos of running a small business. As her [...]

The Scars of Life Serve a Purpose

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

I took my 7 year old daughter bike riding the other day in the beautiful spring weather.  Sun was shining late into the afternoon and the air was warm with a hint of the coming summer.  She moved forward swiftly on the sidewalk in our neighborhood showing off her skills with a happy smile. Then [...]