What's in YOUR way of engagement?

Well, today was a very easy day. Compared to Day One of this vacation, today was like a day hike on a fire road!

With the ability to breathe easily (my heart rate was a low 130, and we were below 8,000ft for most of the day) came some space to think.

The question I formulated, and gave myself all day to bring in and out of my focus, was:

What gets in people's way of full engagement?

Right then, while reading and journaling before "lights out," I put together these words:

Anxiety, stress and negativity diminish power.

I am NOT saying that those three concepts are not powerful; in fact they are, more than we may now know! But, as we address these three issues, we will identify the "space" and time we need to advance.

The physical nature of something like riding a century (a one-hundred mile bike ride, like we'll do Friday) goes a long way in eroding those three "power-takers."

Question: What are YOU anxious, stressed or negative about?

Bonus Question: How do you want to "be" in/to/with the world.

Here's something I've found valuable:

Practice short bursts of being fully here, now. The carry-over effect may surprise you!