A Double Life
I have a secret to share: I’ve been leading a double life. For many readers of this blog, I’m Christopher Laney, writer. But there’s another side to me…
Guest Post at EXTRAordinary! Inc.
This week I have a guest post on EXTRAordinary! Inc., the website of an excellent friend, Rich Schlentz. I first met Rich after he hired my wife as a wellness coordinator for one of the...
Guest Post on "Lessons from the Monk I Married."
I'm pleased to announce my guest post on Katherine Jenkin's blog, "Lessons from the Monk I Married." Katherine spent every single day of 2010 blogging about 365 lessons she had learned or…
Flawed Beauty: Why You Must Embrace Your Imperfections
Several years ago I drove to a friend’s mountain cabin near West Jefferson for ten days to get my novel jump-started. I’d dabbled…
Act On Your Dreams
Last Friday morning I flew the Cirrus to Charlottesville, VA to visit a buddy of mine, John Hart. John is an excellent friend and wonderful writer who’s had four books on the New York Times Bestseller List including…
Get Uncomfortable
Fitness has been part of my life for a long time. I’ve worked out enough to have a little insight into building muscle. One absolute truth is, muscle doesn’t grow unless you…
Live Your Future Now
If you suddenly found yourself with enough money so you no longer had to work, what would you do with your time? When I ask that question to a variety of people, most answers are not…
Hope for Humanity
There is a person you are meant to be. You know this because you’ve dreamed of it. Perhaps that person is a painter or a photographer. Maybe it’s an entrepreneur or a scientist. But whatever the goal, many of us have…
Life On The Outside
Who knows why most pilots felt the urge to learn to fly? Perhaps some grew tired of staring at cloud bellies and wanted to see their tops. Maybe others vowed to…
Find Your Song
I’ve always loved the quote, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” It gets misattributed to…
Spirituality Guest Post
Inspirational speaker and award-winning author Janae Bower co-hosts a blog currently featuring an A-to-Z series on spirituality. This week's letter is "C"—as in Christopher—and Janae has…
The Downside of Deadlines
In May 2009, I left a high-paying job to write a novel, and I’ve never regretted it one bit. Navigating the traditional publishing route—versus self-publishing—takes vast patience, but…
The Most Important Promise
Most people I know try to honor the promises they make to others. And if something prevents them from keeping those promises, they feel bad about it. But there is a certain type of promise that most of us break quite often and…
How to Overcome Doubt
Doubt. It’s arguably the single most insidious obstacle that stands between individuals and their dreams. There’s a universal wind that’s eager to…
Just… Trust
When it comes to chasing our dreams, what are so many of us frightened of? Who made the snide coworker…
Universal Perfection
Have you ever had moments when you’ve been struck by an intense clarity, a knowing that we’re all integral parts of something much bigger than we’ve ever dared imagine? For me, it always occurs when I…
Find Your Mantra
I love to fly. But unlike career pilots with thousands of hours of flight time, I do it for fun and personal growth. Yet, I’m continually surprised how…
The Real Questions Are...
What do you want to do with your life? What do you really want to do? Why aren't you doing it?
What Boosts You?
My youngest son, Cort, didn’t enjoy his first airplane ride. He was four and from the moment we took off, he kept asking…
Connected for Life
I often speak to groups about networking. People think I have a secret to success around it. But I’ll tell you the same thing I tell them: I don’t like networking…