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Envy….or Inspiration?
Envy….or Inspiration?
When you behold the success of others; what first comes to mind? Are you truly happy for them? Or is there a twinge of resentment?…
April 11, 2024
Only the Best Obsess
Obsession has gotten a bad name in some circles but directed and managed, it is the gift of the gods. I think of obsession (and…
March 21, 2024
Fan the Spark, Guard the Flame
Within each of us lies both goodness and talent of some form, the ability to improve the world and to sculpt ourselves into our best…
March 14, 2024
Problems are Pathways
Life is a school, and problems are the homework. The penalty for not doing your homework is that the lessons repeat until you do. Everyone…
March 7, 2024
Your Emotions are a Signal… Not a Command
Emotions are just a message about how we are interpreting events and situations in the world around us. They flow out of our expectations and world…
February 27, 2024
Happiness is Not the Goal… Neither is Eliminating Unhappiness!
Happiness is Not the Goal: Happiness can be very elusive when directly pursued. Rather, happiness is best achieved as a byproduct of living a life…
February 22, 2024
Beware of Intellectualizing Your Emotions
“Intellectualizing emotions is a defense mechanism that serves as a shield against the overwhelming intensity of feelings. It’s the process of suppressing emotions by overthinking,…
January 25, 2024
5 Ways to Give Feedback Better, 21 Soft Ways to Say Hard Things
Note: The following is 90% from a 2018 Blog by Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Team (http://knowyourteam.com). “My life’s mission is to help people…
January 18, 2024
The Intolerable Cost of Myopic Perfectionism
Myopic Perfectionism: An excessive focus on a single topic to the exclusion of other important topics; an obsessive interest or preoccupation with a particular subject…
January 16, 2024
It’s Never a Good Idea to Count on Prosperity Lasting Forever… Good Times Are in Part Opportunities to Save up for Bad Times
Okay, here is a crazy idea for the New Year… live beneath your income. That year-end raise you hopefully got? Stick it in your 401K…
January 2, 2024
I Want to Be a Good Person, I Want to Be a Good Citizen… But How Best to Help?
Many kind souls have helped me along my way and I want to give back, in part out of a sense of duty, an obligation…
December 21, 2023
Your Emotions are Messages not Masters
Folks often use their feelings to justify their behavior. Within reason, all well and good. However, reason is frequently not on the checklist before proceeding;…
December 12, 2023
Who Runs You?
The reflexive answer is “I do, of course!” But do you really? How much of our behavior is unthinking, unanalyzed routine? Goalless habit? Or simply…
November 28, 2023
The Great Multiplier
Do you desire happiness? Contentment? Do you want to attract good things and positive, supportive people into your life? Do you want more energy? More…
November 23, 2023
Want to Sabotage Your Relationships? Shut Them Down
Feelings buried alive never die. There are many ways to get our way but all too many come with a price, a cost we often…
November 9, 2023
Building Power in the Plateau
In every life, at some point of time, for some period of time, one’s motivation may fade, focus may blur, your drive gets stuck in…
October 24, 2023
Four Mindsets You Are Better Off Without
Desire for constant comfort and ease. Ok, this is one of mine. Life is often messy and inconvenient, stuff happens. Doesn’t mean I have to…
October 10, 2023
Three Guidelines to Make the World a Better Place
Treat all with respect, kindness, and civility; even if you disagree with them; especially if you disagree with them! It’s easy to be nice to…
October 5, 2023
An Act of Far Greater Power
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than hanging on or defending.” – Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth: Awakening to Your…
September 26, 2023
Success is Dangerous
Success carries its own set of pitfalls, chief among them over-confidence. Success tends to breed contented self-satisfaction, a belief that you got it all covered,…
September 19, 2023
There are No Secrets to Success
There are no secrets to success… or to happiness; just stuff you don’t want to do! Particularly over and over and over again! The ‘stuff’…
September 14, 2023
The Immutable Law of the Harvest
“As You Sow, So Shall You Reap” is the Law of the Harvest and of Life. What you put out there is what you get…
August 29, 2023
The Key that Opens Doors
Like many, at times in my life I’ve struggled with the concept of discipline. I mean ‘Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.’ Does that…
August 22, 2023
Passing Trees
After having read it years ago, I am now listening to Micky Singer’s ‘Untethered Soul’ on Audible in my car. Micky uses the analogy of…
August 8, 2023
The Upside of a Little Bit of Financial Paranoia
I experienced a period of poverty in my youth and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me, for it instilled…
June 22, 2023
4 Things to Release to Create Your Best Life
#1 Release Obsession with Possessions: Once beyond that basic level of Maslow’s hierarchy (a roof over our heads that doesn’t leak, reasonably healthy food in…
June 15, 2023