http://www.josephlyons.com Work full. Playful. Live Full. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:58:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And unlike what the news says, I don't believe this is the most important election I've ever voted in. That was my first one - when I cast my ballot for Bill Clinton in 1992, shut my eyes, crossed my fingers, and hoped for the best. If the election hadn't ... http://www.josephlyons.com/today-i-voted.html I had a my thyroid removed two years ago due to cancer. This type of thyroid cancer is very treatable yet life threatening if I hadn't had the surgery. I was told that all I would need is a small pill once a day to replace the hormones generated by ... http://www.josephlyons.com/choose-life.html Lately I've been reading over some previous blog entries and through my journal. I've had wonderful awareness over the past several months. Some of my entries, however, seem like they were written by another person. It's like I experience a part of myself and allow it to fly away from ... http://www.josephlyons.com/progress-and-growth.html I've just ended a call with a Master of Coaching, Steve Mitten. Along with at least 20 members of the NW Coach Association, I coordinated this call that brought one of the leaders of the coaching industry directly to our organization. I was nervous, anxious, worried, and fearful that it ... http://www.josephlyons.com/what-you-can-learn-from-a-master.html A few years ago when I decided to become a coach I joined my local professional coaches association. The NW Coaches Association is a local chapter of the ICF, or International Coach Federation. Within just a few months I had joined a group to develop projects and programs and now I ... http://www.josephlyons.com/tomorrow-i-meet-a-master.html I have a favor. Please, for the next two months at least, please don't use the phrase "lesser of two evils." I've heard it every four years in terms of the election of our President since 1992. I don't want to hear it this year. I'll tell you why, and ... http://www.josephlyons.com/lesser-of-two-evils.html I went to the gym this morning and all I could think as I got ready and moved towards the treadmill was how much I'd rather be anywhere else. I wanted to cry, pout, complain, and wiggle my way out. By the time my 5k was up, again I wanted ... http://www.josephlyons.com/kid-at-heart-adult-at-mind.html I guarantee that if you've done any reading or listening to self-improvement that you've heard to live every day like it's your last. Then you could say I love you, do the things you've been hesitating to do, and feel free. That's wonderful - yet it's not the whole story. I ... http://www.josephlyons.com/live-every-day-as-your-first.html Quiz: You can create the energy needed to accomplish a task. True or False. If you answered true, I love you, you optimist. And what you experience may appear to be a creation of energy. What you see, feel, and sense is actually a transformation of energy. The law of conservation of ... http://www.josephlyons.com/creating-energy.html Some of you may be totally unaware about the 17 Signs of Good Luck. They have been passed down in secret from family member to family member and now to me. Since I have no children, the 17 Signs might end with me, unless I risk the "curse" and share ... http://www.josephlyons.com/the-17-signs-of-good-luck.html