Daring Dreams to Reality

The Teton Range and Jackson Lake

Grand Teton National Park, WY - 2022

How the Making of a Photographic Masterpiece Relates to the Creation of Your Future Lifestyle 

Grand art born of great, visionary artists often arises from a spontaneous idea, an image in the mind’s eye.  The evolution of an idea that culminates in a tangible work of art, whether a painting or a photograph of a spectacular landscape, requires a blending of grand vision and the execution of exceptional technique.

Similarly, in order to create a masterpiece that will be your new lifestyle, you must imagine a clear vision of your future before you begin to create it. The path to doing so is to prepare yourself by creating and executing a realistic post career lifestyle plan that will guide you to making your new life an exuberant reality.

I am, by nature a serious person, yet strive to not take myself too seriously.  Certainly, there are some things in life like faith, family, country, etc...

Proud Peony - 2020

Nevada

Honor Mom…from me to mine, from you to yours.

I am confident that each of us has reasons to be grateful. Beyond life itself, there’s our world of people that each of us can think of that warm our hearts and cause us to smile.

We have been graced by the benevolence of others. We recognize it and quietly think kindly of them. 

Sometimes, we want to thank them personally, in the manner that we were taught when we were growing up. To express our heartfelt gratitude. To do so brings joy to those who have given of themselves for our benefit, as well as satisfaction to ourselves.

I know that many of our blessings are divinely ordained. 

Another source is fellow human beings.  We know them as family, friends and acquaintances. Then there are those we do not know, but know who we are. They manifest their goodwill toward us even as we are unaware. 

Each has their unique version of love and goodwill that benefits each of us.

Grace and Goodwill

It’s rewarding to...

Magical Reality - 2021

Sierra Nevada, NV

Language Influences Your Perspective

The end of your career is one of the most significant events of your life. It’s a time when you may feel joy, pride, excitement, grief, regret, uncertainty, and other feelings that are unique to you.

You may be looking forward to this new phase of your life with stressful uncertainty or joyful  anticipation…or perhaps both.  For many, it’s also a time when you may experience a sense of loss of what you are leaving behind. 

An optimistic view is that this is a moment of your life that presents you with the opportunity for ongoing personal achievement that’s manifested as renewal and fulfillment.

Life Lessons

I have experienced some of those feelings and more. 

My life experience includes three lessons and observations.

One, is my own End of Career transition. It was difficult and painful. But it provided me the challenge to grow, evolve and succeed again on my terms in the service of others.

The sour...

Joy and Renewal!

USA

My best wishes to you and your family for a joyous and healthy New Year!

Enrique

Sparkling the Season

Home, USA

My best wishes to you and your family for a joyful holyday season!

Enrique

Expressing Gratitude - 2006

Sonoma, CA 

May you have wonderful holidays!

Enrique

The Alaska Range - 2015

Alaska

Resilience

When the topic of human resilience comes up in writing or conversation, it’s natural to think about strength, toughness, adaptability, flexibility, etc. These attributes are commonly associated with an individual’s character, personality and is reflected in his responses to significant challenges.

In the course of your life, you may encounter major trials, trauma and perhaps tragedies. I refer to these as “life’s exclamation points.” They have in common that they often elicit resilience born of urgency and at times, the desire to survive.

Endurance

There’s another human quality that is the companion of resilience. The kind that is not readily evident in a person’s response to occasional crises. That attribute is endurance.

While resilience is a manifestation of flexibility, the ability to “bounce back,” endurance is the will to persist toward a grand goal, deliberately and purposely…sometimes over a long period of time. 

Endurance is a ...

Glorious Expression - 2009

Florida

Summary:

An Unspoken but Common Challenge to Your End of Career

The anticipation and actual experience of the end of your career is a major life transition. It will present you with unfamiliar challenges in addition to financial concerns.

Some of the concerns will be obvious to you, others are not. Yet, they are profound, common and often unspoken.

These are some of the less evident, but important ones:

• Not knowing how to go about the process of transition. 
• Not clearly distinguishing Who you are as an individual vs. What your title has been…your sense of identity and how this is relates to your transition.
• Not knowing What you will do in the future that fulfills your purpose and desires in a balanced manner.
• Not having the confidence that after the end of your career you will continue to feel relevant.

In this audio I discuss these and, specifically, why the topic of relevance is important to you now and as you approach your end of car...

Autumn Splendor - 2013

Colorado

Summary: 

Planning and Execution: How to do it

This is the familiar story of Alex, a fictional character like many accomplished individuals from all walks of life. Alex is at that time of his (or her) career when he can see his end of career on the horizon.

He has had a successful career. The discipline of creating visions, actionable plans executing them is familiar to him. He has done it repeatedly during his career. But a powerful insight in a moment of clarity revealed to him the source of his angst. It is that he is about to enter an unknown phase of his life…that this is all new and he is not prepared. So how do you go about creating your Post Career Lifestyle Plan _TM?

First, it will serve you well too pause and reflect. Clearly describe your character and your life’s purpose. State the endeavors, activities that fulfilled your purpose. Think about the things that are fun and you enjoy doing. Then consider that a fulfilling lifestyle is chara...

Equanimity Reflects Tranquility - 2021

Buffalo River, ID

Summary:

To Experience Tranquility and Equanimity As a Way of Life…is to Live

When it comes to time, our choices and perceptions, there are three things that differentiates us as individuals:

• How we choose to use the precious time of our lives.
• How those choices reflect the value we attribute to how we use our time.
• How we perceive the speed at which time passes.

As your choices and perceptions are uniquely yours, you can change them. 

Your perception of time and how you experience your life are related to the degree that you have a sense of tranquility and equanimity.

This may not come easily, especially for great achievers. It may require a personal discipline of deliberately practicing your sense of tranquility and equanimity. The goal is to live peacefully in harmony within yourself.

Some things to consider:

• Focus and favor your allocation of time on that which you know is essential to accomplish. 
• Consider
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