An Act of Far Greater Power

“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than hanging on or defending.” – Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose). I must confess, I like nice things! I…

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’…

The Immutable Law of the Harvest

“As You Sow, So Shall You Reap” is the Law of the Harvest and of Life. What you put out there is what you get…

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…

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…

The Upside of a Little Bit of Financial Paranoia

I experienced a period of poverty in my youth and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me, for it instilled…

4 Things to Release to Create Your Best Life

#1 Release Obsession with Possessions: Once beyond that basic level of Maslow’s hierarchy (a roof over our heads that doesn’t leak, reasonably healthy food in…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Finding the Upside

The words we choose to use, the tone we take: they all speak volumes about us, revealing our world view, our perceptions and interpretations of…

Life is often Jolie-Laide, Embrace it!

Jolie-Laide is a French term of affection that translates roughly as Pretty-Ugly and is used to describe something that is unconventionally beautiful. No one’s life…

AMY isn’t Your Friend

The amygdala, or AMY for short (from AMYgdala) is an almond-shaped cluster of nuclei located deep within the temporal lobes of your brain. AMY is…

Memento Mori

Memento mori literally translates from the Latin as “remember death” or remember that we all die, that death is inevitable. Rather than being depressing or…

What is Better than Perfect?

Excellence! Excellencism is a healthy alternative to perfectionism. Excellence is achievable, perfection is not. Perfectionism is control, excellence is flow. Perfectionism is often born of…

Four Traits of Happy People

1. They Choose Their Mindset They remain optimistic, solution-oriented, forward thinkers in all circumstances. They know that no matter what, a positive outlook will achieve…