Mark CravenMay 42 minFind Yourself AgainSomewhere along the way you got lost To reconnect with yourself means to remember who you are. Remember what you like. You did like...
Mark CravenApr 253 minShowing Up for YourselfYou can do very little for other people, if you haven't done enough for you It's a bit too easy to get caught up with the waves of life...
Mark CravenAug 8, 20212 minFind Your Gift Photo by Scott Evans on Unsplash Why should you spend any time looking for and working on your strengths and gifts? What's the payoff?...
Mark CravenApr 12, 20212 minRedirectionYou start on some paths with absolute certainty that this is where you’re supposed to be. But then you hit a few bumps, and your...
Mark CravenJan 6, 20213 min3 Things You Don't Need To Be A Good DadI was always of the mindset that if I had a kid, all of my dreams would die. That’s a pretty bright outlook on fatherhood isn’t it? I...
Mark CravenNov 2, 20201 min35This isn't what I thought 35 would look like. I didn't realize that becoming a dad would be so important to me. I didn't realize I had it...
Mark CravenSep 26, 20201 minAn Awfully Big AdventureKai is my proof that magic exists. Becoming a dad was something that I always feared. I feared it for a number of reasons. One being that...
Mark CravenMay 22, 20202 minIn-Ground PoolToday my cousin Vicky called me at 7am. She knew I’d be awake and I was. She told me that Lefty had passed away. Well she said that “pap”...
Mark CravenMay 3, 20202 minThere’s Nothing More Important Than FamilyMy younger cousin is graduating from college. Penn State University Class of 2020 School of Engineering. I’m so proud of this dude I...
Mark CravenApr 25, 20202 minQuarantine I hate this so much. There isn’t one part of me that that finds anything appealing about where we are right now. Shut in from friends and...
Mark CravenApr 18, 20202 minI Don’t Ever Give UpDoes that resonate with you? It didn’t matter how much had come against you in previous pursuits, you just kept getting up and doing what...
Mark CravenApr 10, 20202 minIn The Same Year So much can happen in just a year. It was within this last year that, first I went bankrupt and then I got hired in the highest paying...
Mark CravenMar 20, 20202 minWe Have To Hope The last thing I’m feeling right now is hopeful. What I’m mostly feeling right now is what most of us are probably feeling right now…...
Mark CravenMar 9, 20202 minHow to Handle the IntangibleWhat if I handed you a strange looking object that you really weren’t sure about? You didn’t know what it was, what it did, what it could...
Mark CravenMar 7, 20203 minThe Dad I Didn't Have I’m going to be a dad. And I’m going to be a dad to a boy. Erin and I found out that we were going to have a baby back in December. When...
Mark CravenFeb 22, 20201 minWhy Not You?Don’t answer that! It’s a stupidly easy question to answer. I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources. I don’t have the talent....
Mark CravenFeb 13, 20202 minMaintaining Mediocrity A good friend at my recent book signing looked down at the five books I had on display at the signing table and asked, “How the hell do...
Mark CravenFeb 4, 20202 minEverything HurtsI moved back to Pittsburgh from Los Angeles in 2017. My heart was broken and so was my bank account. The only thing that I seemed to be...
Mark CravenJan 28, 20203 minCouple Things It takes some time to figure out what you really want to do with your life. Or at least figure out something that you’re passionate...
Mark CravenSep 16, 20193 min“Therefore I Tell You…”Once you’ve read several different books or articles on success or watched different speakers teach on the subject of attaining that...