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Are the Emotions You Are Creating Helping or Hindering You?
Are the Emotions You Are Creating Helping or Hindering You?
The formation of emotions is complex and almost always occurs beneath the level of our conscious awareness and there is also usually a delay between…
April 25, 2024
Problems are Pathways
Life is a school, and problems are the homework. The penalty for not doing your homework is that the lessons repeat until you do. Everyone…
March 7, 2024
Your Emotions are a Signal… Not a Command
Emotions are just a message about how we are interpreting events and situations in the world around us. They flow out of our expectations and world…
February 27, 2024
Happiness is Not the Goal… Neither is Eliminating Unhappiness!
Happiness is Not the Goal: Happiness can be very elusive when directly pursued. Rather, happiness is best achieved as a byproduct of living a life…
February 22, 2024
Ask What You Can Do
During his inaugural speech on January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy famously said: “Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you…
February 20, 2024
You are the Creator
I am continually amazed at the extent to which our belief systems create our life. Whether we realize it or not, at some level, we…
January 30, 2024
5 Ways to Give Feedback Better, 21 Soft Ways to Say Hard Things
Note: The following is 90% from a 2018 Blog by Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Team (http://knowyourteam.com). “My life’s mission is to help people…
January 18, 2024
I Once Left My Christmas Tree Up for 3 Years…
Why you might ask, and I assure you my wife did… repeatedly : ) Well, it helped that it was artificial and I safely could…
December 25, 2023
Boosting The Virtuous Cycle
To get to work every morning, I must exit a very quiet residential street onto a busy highway. Wonderfully frequently someone slows down to let…
December 5, 2023
The Great Multiplier
Do you desire happiness? Contentment? Do you want to attract good things and positive, supportive people into your life? Do you want more energy? More…
November 23, 2023
I Woke Up In America
Of late, when folk politely inquire as to the quality of my day, I respond with a cheerful ‘I woke up in America and that…
November 21, 2023
How Good is Your Doorman?
Every day, every moment, we are bombarded with a tsunami of impressions and potential inputs into our consciousness. What we choose, and we DO have…
November 16, 2023
Three Secrets to Happiness
One, there is no secret. Generally speaking, there are no hidden, esoteric keys to happiness, just obvious things, the impact of each small and easily…
August 31, 2023
The Lie We Keep Telling Ourselves… Even Though We Know Better
“I’ll be happy when…” is a refrain that echoes around the backroads of our minds, a micro program that runs all so often just beneath…
August 24, 2023
Den of Lions
Nigh on 30 years ago I read the Den of Lions by Terry Anderson, the journalist who was kidnapped by Shiite militants in Beirut, Lebanon…
August 10, 2023
Passing Trees
After having read it years ago, I am now listening to Micky Singer’s ‘Untethered Soul’ on Audible in my car. Micky uses the analogy of…
August 8, 2023
How Vibrant is Your Prohairesis?
Prohairesis is Greek and translates as “choice”, “will”, or “volition” and was a favored topic of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus (50 – 135 AD). Essentially,…
July 18, 2023
I’m Busy Now; Maybe Later
We humans tend to have this incessant inner dialogue going on inside our heads; an endless chatterbox. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes the form of a…
July 4, 2023
Running on “Soular” Power
Running on “Soul” Power means tapping into your true purpose, living your life awake, vigorous and vital. As inspirational and invigorating as it may sound,…
May 25, 2023
Self-belief: The Foundation
You gotta believe in you. So much starts there. The world will take you at your word, the world will accept your unconscious self-appraisal as…
May 11, 2023
Respect: The Nitty/Gritty Daily Practice
Folks, respect is a nice word, and we all nod our heads in agreement, believing in our minds we honor it in word and deed.…
May 9, 2023
Highlight Reel or Bloopers/Worst Moments? What does Your Internal Film Editor Feature?
You spend more time inside your own mind than anywhere else. We continuously interpret events; filtering them through our world view, telling ourselves stories to…
April 25, 2023
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…
April 18, 2023
Craft Your Self-Concept with Care
Who do you think you are? What do you believe yourself capable of? And where did those beliefs come from? Do they serve you or…
April 4, 2023
Worry = Negative Visualization
The mind is a powerful thing, more powerful than we often realize. Our thoughts influence our emotions, our energy levels, and our resilience far more…
March 9, 2023
E + P = O
E + P = O stands for “Event + Perception = Outcome” and serves as a reminder of how powerfully our world view and our…
March 7, 2023