ZEN WITH LOREN

What are you committed to? What are you working towards? Is it success, and if so, why? Do you want to make a difference in this world? Each of us has a commitment to ourselves, and if we don't choose what that is, it will be chosen for us. There are 24 hours in a day, and within that time frame, we all make choices. We make choices to sleep in or exercise, go to work or call out sick, give a compliment or curse at someone. These choices become habits that shape what we are c

I never understood the "5 AM Morning Routine." Did millionaires think that waking up at 5 AM made them special? Was it just some club that made them feel better about themselves? If I woke up at 9 AM, and did the same things as they did throughout my day, wouldn't that be the same thing? Turns out, there's a difference. The 5 AM morning routine is like building yourself with a suit of armor before your day starts. It is one of the only times in the day when less than 10% of p

A concept I've been thinking about a lot lately is consumption versus creation. Following versus leading. How is it that we get herded, as human beings with free will, into these separate bubbles? Is our fate in this regard pre-determined or carefully chosen? We are here to create something, and yet some of us spend eighty years solely consuming the creations of others. Are we lazy or incapable? Insecure in our talents or simply dismissive towards the idea of creation? Do we