Brian Weiner

Everybody starts out as a winner. It’s just a biological fact. I’ve often wondered if philosophically, it would be advantageous to allow people to really understand that at the earliest of ages. There is an incredible benefit to having a mindset in which you believe you are a winner. Embracing…

I grew up on a Schwinn stingray bike. It was my pride and joy. We would set up crates that were used to reclaim and recycle soft drink bottles and lay a small piece of plywood on top and turn that into a ramp so that we could ride down…

Einstein stated that “everything in life is vibration.” All things in our universe are constantly in motion, vibrating. Even objects that appear to be stationary are in fact vibrating, oscillating, resonating, at various frequencies. Resonance is a type of motion, characterized by oscillation between two states. And ultimately all matter…

Catapulting a dream into reality is one of life’s most precious experiences. Dreams come in all sizes. They are as elaborate or as minute as one’s vision and aspiration dictates. Regardless the size, a dream is the impetus that launches a series of behaviors. And in that experience comes the…

Sometimes, when everything else feels like it is falling short of giving you the depth of encouragement you are most seeking, that is the moment when perhaps you might dig deepest within yourself and find something to share with another. It plays against logic, for if you are running on…

Living life with everything you’ve got is a daily practice. We are so accustomed to our daily rituals, we often times find ourselves going from circumstance to circumstance in almost a trance. Waking up and recognizing that every day is precious and every day that is wasted is a valuable…

Living to work, or working to live… that is the question. Shakespeare said it best: To be, or not to be, that is the question:Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them.…

In a moment in history in which we are coping with one of our most dystopian societies, one of the most essential ingredients that any person can bring to the equation is kindness. Kindness comes through tone of voice, behavior, willingness to extend of oneself, deeds and actions, and an…

Some friends are for a day, some are for a season and some are for a lifetime. Each have their value in life. Each add their own degree of influence on our lives, our decisions, our feelings and our perceptions. Some share your hobbies, some share your professional interests, some…

I think it is natural to start to feel certain self-deprecating feelings while one is pursuing life with everything that one has. If one has very high expectations for oneself and they are not being met at the rigorous timetable that one has set for oneself, it is natural to…