The True Story of Thanksgiving

One of the Goal-Free Living secrets is “Want What You Have.” Therefore it is timely to share with you the true story of Thanksgiving as told by Ben Franklin. Mark Skousen granted me permission to reprint the following story from his new book, The Compleated Autobiography, by Benjamin Franklin, due to be released next month. […]

Salutation to the Dawn

Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence: The bliss of growth The glory of action The splendour of beauty For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow only a vision But today well lived makes every […]

Second Wind Dreams Video

During my travels two years ago, I met some amazing people at Second Wind Dreams. This organization grants dreams to people in nursing homes. In the book I tell of the dreams granted to Mae Bailey. She wowed CNN and most of the nation as her dream of riding all the rollercoasters at Six Flags […]

Goal-Free Economics?

I found some of the dialogue around Ben Bernanke, the potential replacement of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, quite interesting. It felt like a debate about goal-setting. According to a recent Associated Press article by Rachel Beck: “If Bernanke is confirmed, the central bank could for the first time in its history adopt a specific […]

Great Article on Goal-Free Living

There is a new article on kansascity.com about Goal-Free Living entitled: “Without a goal, we don’t have to keep score.” I really enjoyed the perspective of the author, Cindy Hoedel . Click here to read the article (free registration may be required). I particularly liked the story of Cindy’s challenge with her goal-oriented financial advisor. […]

Quote of the Day — Harpo Marx

“I don’t know whether my life has been a success or a failure. But not having any anxiety about becoming one instead of the other, and just taking things as they come along, I’ve had a lot of extra time to enjoy life.” – Harpo Marx I am told that Harpo’s autobiography is an excellent […]

Riots at Conference During Goal Exercise

Ok, riot is a bit of a strong word. No tables were tossed and no fires were set. However, new ideas did spread like wildfire. And a rebellion of sorts did take place. Let me explain. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I spoke at a conference in Washington DC last weekend. After my […]

The Ant and The Grasshopper

This past weekend I spoke at the Worldblu event in Washington DC. While there I met so many interesting people. One such person is Alexander Kjerulf from Denmark. His website has some good stuff. He also has an initiative called “Happiness at Work” (that website is in Danish). Here is something from Alex’s website that […]

Gaol-Free Living?

In a recent goalfree.com survey, 1 in 7 Americans said that they either broke the law or did something immoral to help them achieve their goals. And that is only those that ADMIT to doing it. I find it interesting that the old English spelling for “jail” is “gaol” (pronounced the same as the American […]

Everyone Should Have Goals…Right?

I recently attended a workshop, where a large focus was on goal-setting. Given my contrarian perspective, I was asked to briefly speak to the group about Goal-Free Living. The next day, a woman came over to me and said, “My son is one of the happiest people I know. And he is wildly successful. But […]