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Forget New Year’s Resolutions
Better a small promise kept than a larger one broken. Most New Year’s Resolutions fail because they are lofty goals with insufficient foundation. If it…
January 2, 2020
A DAY OF THANKS, A MOMENT OF PERSPECTIVE
“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” —…
November 28, 2019
But Then I Won’t Have Time to Finish My Emails
A Senior Team Member at The Collier Companies was encouraging someone to get out on site more often (we rent Apartment Homes). The response? “But…
October 15, 2019
Dismissive Positivity v. Validation and Hope
We all want (need!) to be heard, to be understood especially in times of stress and troubles. “When you’re weary, feeling small When tears are…
October 10, 2019
The Provocative Power of Plateaus
Most of my life I’ve lived with mood swings. Bigger, wilder, and scarier in my youth, milder and moderated in my mature years, the benefit…
August 8, 2019
Are You Capable of Second Order Thinking?
First Order thinking is simplistic, short term, single move, single player, linear thinking i.e. the “thinking” level most stop at. Second Order thinking is much…
July 16, 2019
Finding My Best Self
Sometimes I lose my best self; find myself distracted and drifting off course. Usually it is because I get busy, then wake up to find…
June 13, 2019
How to Build a Ship
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them…
May 16, 2019
The Golden Mean
How good do we have to be? Life is so much more than just “feeding the beast”. Simply attempting to “satisfy appetites” is an endless,…
May 14, 2019
Choosing to Find Peace Today
The mind, the ego, the subconscious often have multiple reasons why peace must be just around the corner. Or, why it is difficult/impossible because of…
April 11, 2019
Are you Watering Dead Flowers? Stop Watering Dead Flowers
Where in your life are you wasting effort and energy? With who or where is your life force not being valued? Sometimes you have to…
January 15, 2019