Stage 4 Thor

My last post got a lot of positive feedback but left a lot of questions as to how... How does one eliminate the noise and distractions in their life? Being overwhelmed might be more of a problem for organized, focused people than you would think. In my case, I started with a focused purpose, but as my resources increased, more opportunities and options came my way, making it harder to stay on task and ultimately diluting me in any one area. The minute you start to be the "go-to" guy for people, the more demand for your time exists. From there, you can easily become distracted from what your priority was or should be. You can see how this can be a slippery slope for people with the best of intentions. How can you begin to discover your priorities and/or get refocused on what is important? I was jettisoned into a desperate situation where I was quickly... continue reading

If you don't prioritize your life, someone else will. The word "priority" came into the English language in the 1400s.  It was singular and remained so for 500 years.  Not until the 1990s did it start to be used in the plural.   We literally changed the meaning and use of the word to illogically use it as plural which takes the meaning of priority and throws it right out of the window!  You cannot have multiple priorities.  Something is a priority or it is not.   When you have multiple priorities none of them are a priority at all  For a long time in my life, I was married, running a marketing company, buying and managing real estate, and to make things even more sticky, went out and purchased and operated a hair salon.   As you can probably imagine my efforts were not ever focused in one place and therefore they all suffered.  I lost my marriage, and my business partner, which resulted in more and more fallout across the boa...