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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
What Are Your Self-Stories?
The world is complex, and we all seek to make sense of the events and experiences of our lives and we do so by weaving…
September 10, 2024
Listening Past the Attack
“I’m sick and tired of putting up with your moods. Can’t you just stop moaning and groaning and complaining and just be happy for once…
August 27, 2024
The Invincible Summer Within
There is a famous quote by Nobel Literature Prize winner Albert Camus: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me…
August 20, 2024
Think the Right Thought
What does “Think the Right Thought” mean? First, acknowledge that you have the ability to choose the thoughts you think. Now it may be a…
August 13, 2024
True Grit: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
True Grit: Call it resilience or perseverance or determination or courage or fortitude or toughness. Call it all of those things and more: steadfastness in…
August 6, 2024
Do You Experience Goal-incongruent Emotions?
Negative emotions such as doubt, fear, anxiety, depression, despair, guilt, or shame all weaken us, detract from our focus, sap our energy and drive. It’s…
August 1, 2024
Be the Bee, Not the Fly
How you approach life powerfully impacts the life you experience. Do you stand outside yourself and observe how, in ways small and large, you are…
July 4, 2024
Per Aspera Ad Astra
“Per Aspera Ad Astra” is Latin for ‘through hardship to the stars’ and can be taken several related ways including it is through adversity we…
May 28, 2024
Extraordinary Comes From How You Do the Day-to-Day Ordinary
Most of us have heard the quote attributed to Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”…
May 21, 2024
What ill Discipline Adds to Our Plate
Folks, life is challenging enough without you defecting to the opposition. Yet all too many of us decline to follow the 3 Simplest Rules of…
May 14, 2024