Today I had a great run in San Francisco with four friends. One was Adoni Maropis, who played Fayad in the TV series “24″.

Adoni is in great shape but the 9 mile run that we surprised him with today, a distance that he is not used to, got him pretty sore as we walked around SF tonight for dinner.

It got me thinking that even though Adoni works out regularly, and you can see that Adoni is in great shape, trying new things and flexing new muscles can really help us grow.

The running experience today will make Adoni stronger and healthier.

When I thought about Adoni, who is in such good shape, getting sore, it made me think of my own life and conditioning.

I reminded myself to develop disciplines to regularly flex NEW spiritual, mental, and emotional muscles.

I need to be pushing myself in all areas to grow and experience life in its fullest.  Life is really about balance.

I’m reading a book a week. I’m taking time to meditate. I’m setting out on new emotional paths. This is an exciting time for me.

Are you taking time to exercise all aspects of your being? When was the last time you were sore?

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The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true go-getter, though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he works, the further away his goals seem to be. And so one day, desperate to land a key sale at the end of a bad quarter, he seeks advice from the enigmatic Pindar, a legendary consultant referred to by his many devotees simply as the Chairman.

Over the next week, Pindar introduces Joe to a series of successful “go-givers”: a restaurateur, a CEO, a financial advisor, a real estate broker and “The Connector,” who brought them all together. Pindar’s friends share with Joe the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success and teach him how to open himself up to the power of giving.

Joe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving—putting others’ interests first and continually adding value to their lives—ultimately leads to unexpected returns.

Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a heartwarming and inspiring tale that brings new relevance to the old proverb “give and you shall receive.”

Today I completed my transition from PC to Mac. I gave my super-charged Dell Desktop in my office to Andrew. Now my computing hardware consists of a 27″ iMac at home and the 17″ MacBook Pro for office and travel.

My first computers were and Commodore 64, Radio Shack TRS-80, Apple IIe, Apple IIc and the Original IBM PC/XT.

In fact, in 1984 I published software with Prentice Hall for the Apple II and Radio Shack TRS-80 computers called the “Readability Machine”. When was the last time you heard someone talk about Radio Shack computers?

After years of PC advocacy (XT, 286, 386, 486, etc.) I am now I full-time Mac user and I am no longer afraid of that change. Rich in my office said it best:

“The Mac takes away the uncertainty and mystery in personal computers. You no longer have to guess how long it will take to boot up or if you will boot up at all!”

As I gave away my desktop PC today, the 5 minutes it took to boot and load all my software was a comforting reminder that I was making the right decision. With web based computing and applications changing the way we communicate, that PC has just lost its stickiness.

So my two new Apple computers are loaded with Adobe Creative Suite 5 and the new Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. I’m loving my 27″ iMac and am getting used to the keyboard on the MacBook Pro. I love the fact that both boot in seconds and shutdown equally as fast.

I also love that my iPhone 4 integrates with my computers and that I have seamless integration of my email, data, and music.

So, farewell PC! The last 28 years have been filled with ups and downs but I can no longer waste 1-2 hours a week in downtime. When you add up the boot-time and downtime each month on the PC compared to the Mac, most professionals will see that the Mac operating system pays for itself in 30 days.

Are you ready to change?

Brian

Brian Pasch, CEO

PCG Digital Marketing