“Sometimes You Need Those Bad Days, to Help You Appreciate the Good Ones.”-Unknown
About Ric Burnett
Morning Walks and Life Talks
What’s your morning routine?
What’s Your Morning Routine?
Time Is Too Valuable to Waste
How is it that time seems to have the ability to speed up when we aren’t paying attention?
How is it that time seems to have the ability to speed up when we aren’t paying attention?
Why You Should Write When You Don’t Feel Like It
I gave myself a goal — to write at least one post a week for a year — how hard could it be, right?
I gave myself a goal — to write at least one post a week for a year — how hard could it be, right?
Cape or No Cape, Our Heroes Are Closer Than We Think
We are all capable of being heroes and I challenge you to look a little closer to home and find them in your everyday life.
We are all capable of being heroes and I challenge you to look a little closer to home and find them in your everyday life.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Everywhere we go and everything we do provides limitless possible outcomes.
Everywhere we go and everything we do provides limitless possible outcomes.
The Unfortunate Tale of the Halloween Socks
What I learned about bad days from my worst day in middle school.
What I learned about bad days from my worst day in middle school.
The Real Key to Happiness
Patience isn’t a passive practice. Patience is doing what needs to be done to get through the good times and the bad.
Patience isn’t a passive practice. Patience is doing what needs to be done to get through the good times and the bad.
When Was the Last Time You Did Nothing?
We are on a constant quest for more time; I think we just need to find more time to do nothing.
We are on a constant quest for more time; I think we just need to find more time to do nothing.
The Power of Generosity
Somewhere, somehow, we’ve lost the ability to give without expecting something in return.
Somewhere, somehow, we’ve lost the ability to give without expecting something in return.
Why the Status Quo is Making You Unhappy
The social ideals we have about what brings us happiness are wrong.
The social ideals we have about what brings us happiness are wrong.
If At First You Don’t Succeed…Fail, Fail, Again
I think the way we become better people is by failing and learning from it.
I think the way we become better people is by failing and learning from it.
Working Through Sadness and Finding Happiness
Understanding the full complexity of our sadness will allow us to begin to heal and work towards finding our happy again.
Understanding the full complexity of our sadness will allow us to begin to heal and work towards finding our happy again.
What Happens When We Give Thanks?
Being grateful is contagious and helps us live our happiest lives.
Being grateful is contagious and helps us live our happiest lives.
With a Little Help From My Friends
We’re told from a young age, “There is no ‘I’ in team.” Why, then, does our society glorify a select few for the success of an entire team?
We’re told from a young age, “There is no ‘I’ in team.” Why, then, does our society glorify a select few for the success of an entire team?
Finding Happy in the Kitchen
There is something about the smells of a kitchen that put a smile on my face!
There is something about the smells of a kitchen that put a smile on my face!