Speed Up

RJ "Coach" Ley has had the rare opportunity to meet quite a few famous people in his career. Fortunately for us, over the next year, the "Coach" is going to share some of those "Brushes With Greatness" with us which, of course, is great for us. Let's start with Roger "The Rocket" Clemens. 

Just curious -- how many of you actually have a bucket list? A written-down list of bucket items that you check-off, delete, add to, or toss in the circular file cabinet. Well, our Contributing Editor, Alan Bergstrom, has a list and he's shuffling with it all the time. Read his thoughts on whether it's welcomed or dreaded.

Our Contributing Editor, Alan Bergstrom, has muscle-mass on his mind. Vroom, Vroom is the sound of his gymnasium where he's working-out and working-on his cruising life on the streets in Arizona. His wife Rebecca is riding shotgun, but is she? It seems to us that it's more her car than Alan's. But that's a story for another day. 

MJ Simpson, our Contributing Editor and resident whitewater paddler has a story about possessions. Not accumulating them, hardly. But passing them down from one person to the next, and to the next. It's what we should do with our possessions, it's what the paddling community teaches us to do. 

Our Contributing Editor, Designer-in-Chief, and Chief-Car Enthusiast (not SUV enthusiast) has some opinions about SUVs, cars, cars with convertible tops, and fast cars in the Wisconsin snow. The only thing we're not certain of is if Kurt's been driving since the age of 6. Sort of seems like he has. 

Our Contributing Editor, Pharmacist-in-Residence, and Entrepreneur-in-Chief, Kevin Boeson, has some guiding words about diet and exercise, and, of yes, about the number of medications we're consuming, and how they might all interact with each other; which is pretty much an unknown. Editors Note: Kevin has now opened his second Body Fit Training gym, and you can learn more about it here.

Our Contributing Editor, Bob DeBroux, has been doing a lot of thinking lately. Actually, since he was born. Or quite possibly, even before he was born as in the Zen koan sort of story, dialog, question, statement type of thing: "Show me your original face before you were born." In any event, and Bob's had a lot of events in his 70+ years of life, he's on a path to finding things out about finding things out. We love it, and you will, too!

Our Contributing Editor, Jim Carlson, has been planning his retirement since he was 37 (maybe even before that age). He has it figured-out, which allows him to travel the globe, work wherever he finds himself, and still play and record the music he cares about as a professional singer-songwriter. From our standpoint, he's fine-tuned everything about semi-retirement including the tunes he writes. 

Dr. Scott Mickelesen writes to us about trust. More specifically about the importance of trust in relationships. And it's not just workplace relationships in order to maximize engagement and productivity. Scott's advice transcends any specific segment in our lives and applies everywhere, and anywhere. It's solid advice from the most solid of all humans. 

Perhaps our lives will never be stress-free. But why not try to make it as stress-free as possible? Our skilled, highly trained, and master yoga instructor, and Contributing Editor, Stephanie Barksdale has some lessons for us. It begins with not missing out on LIFE!

From carefree, to careful, to not a care-in-the-world. Mike LaBarbera walks us through; um excuse us, runs us through his active lifestyle like a kid in a candy store. 

Marvin Smith has lived a full life. But certain "Health Signals" have got him thinking and using his brain more than ever. And thinking is something Marvin does extremely well. In spite of the need for some caregiving and paying closer attention to his body, his aspirations of driving sports cars, listening to jazz music, traveling, and spending time with family and friends is never far from his active mind. It's just that some of the internal messaging is changing.