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Your Own Worst Enemy
Your Own Worst Enemy
All too many of us are not fully on our own side. Ralph Marston once said “There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow…
October 17, 2024
The Power of Silence
Oh, how we love the sound of our own voice, and I plead as guilty as any and probably more so than most. Yet a…
October 15, 2024
Never Settle for the Default Settings of Life
Folks, life is complex and we are all often caught up in the whirlwind of being busy about this and busy about that. Routines, habits,…
October 10, 2024
Praise EFFORT over Outcome, PROCESS over Result
When you praise the EFFORT rather than the outcome and focus on the PROCESS (and improving it!) more the result, you foster a growth mindset.…
October 8, 2024
Hara Hachi Bun Me (腹八分目)
Hara Hachi Bun Me is a Japanese phrase meaning ‘Belly 80 % full’ and refers to the Confucian concept of not eating to satiation, of stopping…
October 3, 2024
Wabi-sabi
Wabi-sabi is a Japanese philosophy that finds contentment and peace of mind by embracing the inevitability of imperfection and impermanence. It is an aesthetic principle that…
October 1, 2024
Be Bigger than the Moment
To be bigger than the moment is to rise to the occasion, especially in emotionally charged moments that can potentially sway us off true north.…
September 26, 2024
Reach for the Broom
Are you willing to step up when the need arises? When the call comes, do you step forward? Raise your hand and say, ‘I will’?…
September 24, 2024
Have You Checked Your Alignment Lately?
Just like the tires of your car, your desires, actions, and beliefs need to be in alignment; anything else and you are working against yourself,…
September 19, 2024
8 Truths to put you in the Top Tier of the Mentally Strong
The past is a place of reference, not residence. Focus forward, make plans, set goals, excelsior! Stress is not an event but a learned reaction…
September 17, 2024
Assume a virtue, if you have it not
The quote is from Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 3, Scene 4 and I share it not to ask you to fake a virtue but rather to…
September 12, 2024