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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,…

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’…

Life is a Teacher, Every Day is a New Class

When I choose to think of life as one big classroom, it helps me to be less reactive, to take events less personally, to not…

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…

The Fun Superpower Anyone can Cultivate

Curiosity! Curiosity opens wide the doors of the world. To an inquisitive mind there is always something interesting to explore, to investigate, to learn. The…

A Brutal Truth Few Speak Of

A good heart is not enough and that is a hard truth that few openly acknowledge. Yes, for sure be a good-hearted, good-natured, well-intentioned, kind…

How to Develop Strong EQ

Two prong process; inner and outer: First, know thy self.                 Gain self-awareness: journaling is very helpful; reflecting back on the day is akin to…

Windshield Wipers for the Soul

Julia Cameron (The Artist’s Way) once described journaling as “spiritual windshield wipers”. I can personally attest to the power of journaling to calm one’s soul,…

Oh, How I Love the Balcony!

It is SO easy to get caught up in the drama of life, to let emotions hijack your day. A technique I’ve been using more…

You Already Know the Secret

The secret to success, the secret to life… is that there is NO secret. Or at least not one “big” secret; merely dozens, hundreds of…

How Strong is Your Wille zum Leben?

“Wille zum Leben” is German for “will to live” and in modern psychology, the “will to live” generally refers both to humans’ basic survival instinct…

The Discipline of Perception

We see and we think we understand and thus we tell ourselves we know but life is much more complex. First, what we “see” depends…

6 Traits That Virtually Guarantee Failure

1) Renting out space in your head to your opposition: Heck, some of us don’t even charge rent. You’ve GOT to believe in yourself, you…

Did I Do My Best?

I was doing my early morning reading one day and this inquiry popped out at me. The question “Did I Do My Best?” resonated deeply…

Act Above Yourself

A major challenge in life is to do as well as we know. We all aspire to better ourselves; the test is how to do…

Trust and Confidence are Not Synonyms

Trust is about integrity, confidence is about competence. Too often in the workplace, a supervisor will say “I can’t trust you to handle this yet”…

Questions from a Mentee, Part 2

Do you believe in luck? If so, how would you explain it? Luck is simply the intersection of preparation and opportunity combined with the courage…

The Law of Unintended Consequences? Or The Law of Inadequate Analysis?

The Law of Unintended Consequences refers to the tendency of our actions to have outcomes other than our intentions and often at odds to our…

Success is Just a Skillset

Success, however you personally choose to define it, is just a skillset and a very learnable one at that. To be more precise, anyone can…

Never Attribute a Lower Motive if You Can Imagine a Higher

We tend to give ourselves the benefit of our good intentions, carried out or not, yet we all too often attribute our most fearful interpretations…

You Never Arrive

The journey never ends. Personal growth, developing and cultivating your best self, the search for insight and wisdom, is a never-ending process. And mental muscles…

What Are Your Self Stories?

Self-stories are the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. We humans desperately want things to make sense, so we make up stories to explain the…

Sculpting the Self

I’ve come to believe that one of the most fundamental determinants of a person’s success in life is their Sense of Self, their self-concept. Since…

One Sure Way to Sabotage Your Growth

One sure way to sabotage your personal or professional (which are tightly intertwined) growth is to react emotionally to feedback. We are taught from an…

Working Smart is Harder than Working Hard

Sometimes standing outside ourselves, stepping back and looking dispassionately at our lives, our work, our day-to-day activities can be interestingly difficult. Momentum is powerful, inertia…

E + P = O

E + P = O stands for “Event + Perception = Outcome” and serves as a reminder of how powerfully our world view and our…

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