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A Good Night's Sleep: Part I

Early to bed and early to rise

Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

- Benjamin Franklin

What’s All the Fuss About?

It seems like everywhere I go these days, everyone is exhausted.  There just are not enough hours in the day to get everything done.  [...]

As Seen in Milwaukee Magazine

I just moved to Milwaukee six months ago so I was thrilled to talk with Tim Cigelske for his recent Milwaukee Magazine column.

Tim is a great example of turning a passion into a trade. It’s a worthy goal really. Tim writes a column for Milwaukee Magazine called Training With Tim in which he shares the [...]

A Lighter Load

Recently my niece asked me to read to her.  She chose a book called Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth.  In the book, a wise Panda named Stillwater tells individualized stories to each of three siblings and helps them to understand certain Zen principles that help them to get along.  I was particularly [...]

The Finish Line

Last weekend was the Lakefront Marathon in Milwaukee and next weekend is the Chicago Marathon.  I would love to be writing about how well I did in either of these marathons but that would be a work of fiction or a humor piece and we are focusing on the realities of self-improvement here.  [...]

The Best Investment

I woke up this morning to a radio announcer lamenting that our economy is a mess and that we all may be living in tents by the end of next week.  Last night my father told me that one of the few stocks that is up these days is Campbell’s Soup (we all have to [...]