Category: Balance

accusing

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Don’t Hear the Attack

Ah, we humans! We are sensitive creatures; highly reactive to criticism, quick to defend our egos, our territory, our self-esteem. Our quick

living the question

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Living the Question

I’ve spent my life looking for answers; burning curiosity about what makes things work the way they do, why the world is

task completion bias

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Beware “Task Completion Bias”

Next is often not the same as most important. Yet when we are stressed or tired or when the work starts to

commitment (1)

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Five Ways to Turn Disagreements into Diamonds

1) Frame it as a discussion, as a search for understanding and mutually acceptable solutions; never as conflict. There is a REASON

positive thinking

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Leave Space Between Everything

Even in my 7th decade, I’m as task-directed, goal-focused, and achievement-oriented as they come. Yet with the passing of the years, I’ve

mettaprayer

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Metta

Have you ever longed for “peace of mind”? For quiet contentment? To still the monkey chatter in your mind, to quiet your

swordlessness

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The Art of Swordlessness

“If you have attained mastery of swordlessness, you will never lack for a sword. The opponent’s sword is your sword.” – Yagyū

debt

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Business Debt v. Personal Debt

Morning Mr. Collier; I hope all is well with you. When you get a moment would you mind answering the below questions?

A few small stacks of coins that increasingly get larger, with a person adding a coin to the tallest one

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Questions on Wealth

What net worth would you consider a person to be wealthy? What monthly cash flow would you consider a person wealthy? Webster’s

big-rocks

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Stop Sorting Gravel

Stephen R. Covey, author of “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, used a dramatic illustration to teach the value of time and

Two overlapping circles, one that says "things that matter" and one that says "things you can control". The area where they overlap is colored in and labeled as "what you should focus on"

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Practicing Ta eph’hemin, Ta ouk eph’hemin

Ta eph’hemin, ta ouk eph’hemin is a Stoic saying dating back two millennia which translates “What is up to us, what is