Hi, my name is Ed Kalaher. I’m a father, a son, an entrepreneur and a student…and I’m determined to live my BEST life. In fact, an exceptional life.
But like many, I struggle. I struggle to maintain my positive rituals. I get off track, I get discouraged…you know, right?
This blog helps me, and I hope that it might help you too.
I believe we all enter periods of reflection. Times where we take stock of our life. And I believe that a daily ritual, a simple shift in our point of view or perspective, can produce incredible transformation. The choice is ours.
Recent Articles:
I Suggest You Quit Your Job Immediately
What compels people to ACT? What compels YOU to take action? ANSWER: Emotion. Logic (which I love), can certainly prompt you to act. You can have a moment of logical clarity that leads to excitement and action. But...real action...SUSTAINED action, only...
What the Polar Vortex can teach us about Achieving Our Goals
There’s a message that I’ve heard (often) from various ‘thought leaders’ about goal setting and personal achievement, which I think can be both aggregated and summarized as such: RAISE YOUR STANDARDS. I.E. - Set your goals higher than they currently are. Set your...
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I’m afraid of my Email Inbox – [ The War of 1812 ]
While at war with Napoleon's France, the United Kingdom constructed a naval blockade to choke off their international trade. This was a cunning economic wartime strategy, but there was one problem...they needed more manpower. So...in order to maintain the blockade,...
One Middle-Aged White Guy’s Thank You Note to Martin Luther King Jr
I must admit this: I don’t know very much about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I certainly know that he was an integral figure, to say the very least, in the civil rights movement…and I know that he was assassinated several years before I was born. There are some other...
What I Learned at the Second Grade Spelling Bee
Inch-by-Inch is a Cinch, but Yard-by-Yard is…HARD.Remember that saying? Well if there is one principle that I wish I had learned sooner, it is this.And as I think about it, there’s probably a better way to say it. Let me rephrase:If there is one...
The Philosophy of Smokey and the Bandit
Closing the gap between the man I am, and the man I'm capable of being, requires URGENCY.Maybe not for some, and certainly not for the young. But for me, the flames of this Mid-Life Analysis burn brightest when I douse them with a daily dose of...