RESOLVE to Live Forward

For me, the longer I live, the more I realize that grief touches so much more than just when someone or something (living) dies. Death takes the form of so many things. I don't want to get you in a sad, dark place, but we all have experienced many very painful and heartbreaking situations for which we still feel a deep sadness. That sorrow is grief. We will experience more griefs moments as w...

To begin the process of living forward after a devestating loss is realize that we can't leave the loss behind. You don't move on past it, you move forward with it. However, it's even more important to understand that grief is so much more than just about a "death" event. Yes, the death of someone or something (pet) we love unconditionally is TRAUMA! But grief is not just...

Today we start unpacking the struggle of dealing with the "What Now" question after having suffered a devastating and tragic loss. There are a miriad of problems that bring us to a grinding halt after these losses. Finding the means to live forward and do so with meaningful purpose is hard work. One podcast episode will not address these heartbreaking situations, but we can talk about ho...

As we enter the last two months of 2025, I am reminded of November 2017 when I decided to stop failing at New Years resolutions and found success with a PowerWord for Living. Perhaps this might be the new path to you living forward with success. Let's talk about the potential power in your PowerWord. 

It's easy to tell you what can work for you. It's an entirely different thing for any of us to actually do it. As we wrap up this deep-dive into the PowerWord "RESOLVE" and the seven personal, behavioral best praactices embodied in the letters of "RESOLVE", I hope to help us all understand that we will not always feel like being enthusiastic about each day of our live...

If you look up the definition of "Enthusiasm" you may question how much it plays out in the RESOLVE mindset. Today we'll take a closer look at how we can intentionally practice an enthusiastic mindset on the toughest of days. 

FINALLY we have arrived at the last letter of RESOLVE, and it's E for ENTHUSIASM. This is a great word in meaning, but a sometimes tough word in practice. We will talk about the enthusiastic mindset and the practice of intentional enthusiasm over the next few weeks, but today we need to begin to understand what enthusiasm is and realize we have to work at it. 

The principle of having personal vision is not making a WISH. It's about conceiving a great expectation, surrendering fully to the belief in its possibility, and doing the hard work to achive that visionary goal. Today's episode is about a the cultivation of the visionary mindset through the RESOLVE PowerWord formula for personal success. 

Vision is not just about our eyes. In this episode, John fleshes out the power in our minds to see a goal so clearly that we set out to do the WORK necessary to make that vision a reality. The key is "THE WORK" of putting that mental vision into practice.

We'll talk today about Visionary Mindset as a choice. There's nothing random abour it. Consider your vision of what could be based on a belief that you can create the best outcomes. TWO CHOICES: Either you see and expect the best or you see and wait for the worst. 

Before we move forward with the personal best practice of visionary mindsets, I wanted to revisit the concepts of a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. They are not mutually exclusive, nor is one better than the other. Balance is the way to allow for solid core values while engaging in a learning attitude that grows every aspect of our lives. I hope you'll join me in a little mental prep as w...

We've been talking in previous episodes about Lifelong Learning. Today we examine the  learning laboratory that is life. The lessons we learn from our choices can be painful or transformative. Remember the definition of insanity?  If we don't learn and experience change, we will be doomed to make the same mistakes repeatedly. Learning is the most valuable gift this life can give us, if w...

So much is said about our mental, cognative, and physical health as it relates to lifestyle, diet, exercise, etc, etc ... so-forth-and-so-on. You get it, I am sure. There is a passion that I have that any of you can have, and we don't realize just how theraputic it can be. LEARNING simply for the Love of Learning. Let's start a conversation of the incredible healing power of LEARNING.

In my twilight years, especially after my amazing wife passed away in 2019, I have come to love the experience of learning. It's not just a handful of specialties, but so much of everything. It's 2025, I am 75 years old, and learning is giving me new-found life and meaningful purpose. To love learning is to choose learning and committ to it. Today is the first of a handful of podcasts fo...

It was totally unplanned that the center letter of our PowerWord would be the letter "O". When Donna and I chose RESOLVE as that PowerWord, we had not yet started our "drill down" to find a personal best practice for each letter of RESOLVE. We decided on ORGANIZATION as the most desired behavior in our everyday lives. It never occurred to us that organization is the anchor or h...

Service is an important word. Service is many things. Service is needed more now than ever. The letter "S" in my power word, RESOLVE, is for service, but not just any kind of service. Are you willing to sacrifice self for service? 

For those of us who have been around for a while on this conversational podcast, we are familiar with the power of the word RESOLVE, and we are acquainted with the seven letters that spell RESOLVE. Those seven letters represent seven active, intentional, and daily personal behaviors. These BEST PRACTICES are transformative. We're going to do another examination of the first letter "E&quo...

Resilience can determine whether we get up and get going or whether we avoid any effort to move in a forward direction. Most of you know that my power word, RESOLVE, is about having a definite, firm plan of action. It's a choice. The letter "R" in RESOLVE is the behavior of a resilient mindset. There are only two choices. Either we get up and get going, or we stay down and avoid any...

When things happen and you can't see any hope, there are two things that I know for certain. One, you are not alone. It happens to everyone, so don't be ashamed. Two, it's not beneath you to ask for help. Don't let misplaced pride keep you from finding the answers you need. We all need help from time to time.

Last week was a milestone in my podcasting journey. I produced my 50th episode of "RESOLVE to Live Forward", and at the same time, my 100th podcast download took place. To most people, that's not a big deal, but here's why it's a big deal to me. We start at ZERO. Now there's a BUMP UP. That's how Living Forward works. Be consistently persistent, and the results w...

My first-ever podcast guest, and man, am I excited! Steven Shaner is not a Doctor of Chiropractic, but he is active in helping with "adjustments" to your attitude, self-talk, and mindset. Steven is my guest today (Happy 4th of July) and he will talk about 1) Attitude as a Choice, 2) Words matter, and 3) Gratitude is the Key! Please enjoy, because I promise you that he is a relationship s...

Context is everything. No disrespect intended, but believing in something not yet seen, in my opinion, is best expressed in practicing the best behaviors for a successful life, moment by moment, without questioning the FACT that doing the right things will always pay the best results. We've all heard the statement, "Seeing is believing." It's true, until you get DEEP-FAKED. The...

Construction, repair, danger ahead, closures, etc. Everywhere we look, we see safety barricades, safety signs, safety vests, and SAFETY CONES.  Most of the time, these "Safety" devices will be orange. Yes, there are other colors, but it seems like everywhere I drive in Central Florida, there are orange safety barrels, barricades, flags, signs, and cones — miles and miles of cones. They d...

RESOLVE to Live Forward is not just a podcast. It's a behavior. It's a choice. It takes work, and for it to work, you need a PROCESS. Join John as he steps through how you can change your mindset by living out, each day, the seven behaviors for a transformed mindset and a new vitality for living forward.

Ever left your home or place of business only to arrive at your destination and suddenly wonder, "Did I Remember to Do That?" Most of us have forgotten something important at some time. We almost always regret it, and hopefully, we learn from it. But ! That's a big word, "BUT". What if someone who should be responsible for "Doing That" fails to Do That, but you w...