Had an interesting conversation with Mike O'Brien and Nick Jimenez at climber.com a few days ago and when I asked them how I can improve my blog, they said 'transparency'.  They wanted to know why I blog -- so here it is:

Why do I blog?

This is a view from our balcony of the morning sun on the front range. We moved to Boulder Colorado last year from Florida after seeing my health deteriorate steadily for about five years. The move itself was so difficult that I got much sicker and practically stayed in bed for three months. Since I know people are curious and I want everyone to know I don't have anything life threatening, I'll try to explain a little more about my illness and show you some more pictures of Boulder.

The greatest wealth is health. ~Virgil

This is a difficult topic for me to write about. I’ve been dogged by health problems since my second daughter was born four and a half years ago. But for a number of reasons I’ve said little about my struggles to the LatPro team.

I just watched 'The Secret' DVD and can't recommend it enough. I picked it up because it was mentioned by Verne Harnish of www.gazelles.com. Then in a blog about The Secret, I noticed it features Jack Canfield who's another of my gurus. That sealed the deal for me and I ordered it online.

I'm still having a hard time putting into words how I feel about this DVD. I have read and listened to a lot of motivational authors - Brian Tracy, Jim Fanin, Steven Covey, Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, etc but for me there's some magic in this DVD that I didn't find elsewhere. For me, watching it was powerful, but if it doesn't do that for you, at least it should add a bit of gasoline to your fire. Check it out at www.thesecret.tv and ENJOY!

books that I like or have found useful:

buddhism

• the miracle of mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
• training the mind: and cultivating loving-kindness by Chogyam Trungpa
• true meditation by Adyashanti
• the wisdom of no escape: and the path of loving kindness by Pema Chodron

business

• built to last by Jim Collins
• don't shoot the dog, the new art of teaching and training by Karen Pryor