Breathing is something most people take for granted. I am taking a class called Outdoor Emergency Care where I learned some new things about breathing and how an area of the brain stem, controls breathing. I think breathing is something we need to focus on more. The very process of breathing both clears our mind and opens us up to new and better thinking. So today I write about things related to breathing - after all, we can’t be RICH if we can’t breath in air and breath in life. 

- Tuesday was National Organize Your Home Office Day (NOYHOD). I read about it on professional organizer and National Speakers Association colleague Barbara Hemphills blog. Barbara provided 15 useful tips including - my favorite, take a deep breath – and smile! Good advice. A good, well-timed breath makes me smile.

- Just for fun, I Googled breathing and found out that there was a song called breathing by a group named Yellowcard. Hmm!

- Professional speaker colleague Jeff Davidson paraphrased some dealing with stress tips from best selling author and business speaker Harvey McKay on his Breathing Space blog 

- I received a package in the mail this week from a great friend, New York City based comedian and professional speaker Victoria LaBalme. In the package, she sent Victoria Lip Balm. Clever! I met Victoria with some speaker friends at Catch a Rising Star in New York ten years ago. She is indeed a rising star. When I first saw her perform, she imitated Marcel Marceau for whom she took acting lessons. I can see her now imitating him as he told her, “breathe”. 

- Some people have trouble breathing . Lance Mackey is a throat cancer survivor who won his second Iditarod this week. It’s people like Lance that make me appreciate how something I do subconsciously is so under appreciated. Take a deep inhale and appreciate that you haven’t had to go through what Lance has.

- Just yesterday, I read in the New York Times that the Environmental Agency tightened smog standards - hopefully we’ll all breath easier.

- My wife just came and hugged my neck as I wrote. Her gentle touch and scent made me appreciate the best breathe of all… breath on.

Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies, associations, and national conventions. He is the founder of the The Worlds Biggest Blog Party an event which will connect bloggers from all over the world to raise money for charity. He is also founder and president of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund and co-founder of the Jeffrey Roth Cycling Foundation. Click here for more information on professional speaker Tim Richardson.