I’m in NYC right now and today my sister Karin joined me here. She brought a book with her called, “The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation” by Michael Matthews. I chose to read a section called “Do the Work” and Michael talks about you can fight resistance now or hate yourself later. And he describes “Resistance” […]
I read from “Hard-Won Wisdom: True Stories from the Management Trenches”. It’s written by my friend Jathan Janove, whom I met in my mastermind group and has now become my relationship coach. He uses a lot of the principles in this book and other tools to coach me. One of those tools would be this: don’t […]
Today I read but it was strictly for fun. I read through this book that one of my friends gave me a couple of years ago because he knows how much I love rap. The book is “Understand Rap: Explanations of Confusing Rap Lyrics You and Your Grandma Can Understand” I don’t really have any […]
Once again this is book from a friend. Eldridge J Broussard III wrote an AMAZING book called “The Challenge to Change”. He gave me the youth edition because it’s a workbook. It has a powerful quote for each week and then daily exercises that are related to the quote in a section he calls “Making It Work […]
Today I picked up one of the many books in my office that probably belongs to Lou Radja! The book is “Emotional Intelligence” by Dr. David Walton. The first chapter is on self-knowledge. Understanding yourself is the starting point for emotional intelligence. It’s about understanding ourselves and know what pushes us and why. Our past and […]
Today is the half way point! I was at my brother’s house for family day so I had to go through his books to find one to read. I picked, “Eat to Live” by Joel Fuhrman. M.D. The whole premise of the book is that your diet is your first line of defense for your […]
Today I read from a book that my sister Karin got me, “I Can’t Make This Up” by Kevin Hart. I was reading from the chapter “Life Lessons From the Grind”. And no one grinds more than Kevin Hart. He was talking about one of his first “big breaks” where he took over a club call Sweet […]
Today I read from a beautiful friend of mines book (Yes, I know a lot of people who have written AMAZING books!) “I Dare Me”‘ by Lu Ann Cahn is a book everyone should read. Lu Ann took on a challenge by her daughter to do 1 new thing every single day for a year. The things […]
Today I read from, “The War of Art”. It’s a short read with some powerful lessons for all of us. But especially for those who practice and/or work in the creative world. Here are 3 cool things I took from this book today: 1) I was reading a section called “The Magic of Making a […]
Today I read from, “Choosing Happiness”. It’s a compilation book from many authors on how they chose their happiness. My beautiful friend Linda Bard wrote a chapter on letting go. It was so fantastically written and these words struck me… As the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu said, “When I let go of what I am, I become […]