The Viable Alternative

Once upon a time, you were a little child, completely helpless and dependent on your parents or caretakers for life itself. They knew it, and equally as important, YOU knew it. Read more…

One of my goals for this year was to overcome lack in my life in the area of my finances. As I put the intention out there to overcome this challenge, I’ve been having some interesting lessons and insights. Read more…

Last week I talked about how I finally was able to get how I needed to change my story about money, but, how am I doing it? Read more…

It is often taught by success coaches and successful people that if you’re unhappy about a particular area in your life, you have to change the story you tell yourself. Read more…

I was inspired to write this poem a couple of weeks ago and put in on social media: Read more…

I believe that many people confuse having confidence and having self-esteem as one in the same thing. I used to be one of those people. You can have confidence without having any self esteem and you can have self-esteem without having any confidence in a particular area. Obviously though, it’s good to have BOTH. Read more…

It’s that time of the week where I write about something else I’ve noticed over the years that utterly fascinates me.

Everybody walking this planet has some unique gift or talent that if they harnessed fully can change the person’s immediate surrounding, or his family, community or the world at large, not to mention his (or her) very own life. Read more…

A friend of mine called me the other day from the JFK airport while waiting to board a plane to Europe that was delayed indefinitely due to mechanical issues. The trip he was making was a gift to himself for his 40th birthday. Since he had ample time to spare we had plenty of time to catch up.

During the conversation, one of the subjects we discussed was the fact that he was traveling to Europe totally alone, without the company of family, friends, co-workers or a significant other. Read more…

As of recent I’ve been thinking a lot about how fame and success, its allure, and how it’s portrayed in the mass media, especially when it comes to “Hollywood success.”

Unless we hear news of a celebrity going into rehab or getting into trouble, most of the time when we hear of celebrities, we see images or footage of them on the red carpet for some movie premier or awards show, or on some ad in a magazine, newspaper or billboard, or in a movie, or in pictures at some high end, VIP celebrity party. Or, we see pictures of them dating some other celebrity, or getting in or out of their luxury sports car or in their multi million dollar mansion. Read more…

I credit the book, “The Way of the Superior Man,” by David Deida as one of the books I’ve read that changed my perspective on life. However, over the years as I’ve reread it, the one chapter I tended to skip was titled, “Live as If Your Father Is Dead.” To me, the title sounded kind of harsh. I mean, after all, who would want to think of one of their parents as being dead? The title made me uncomfortable so despite my desire to soak up knowledge and gain insight, I avoided this one altogether. Read more…