Envy….or Inspiration?
When you behold the success of others; what first comes to mind? Are you truly happy for them? Or is there a twinge of resentment? Does your admiration come with a begrudging side order of…
READ MOREWhen you behold the success of others; what first comes to mind? Are you truly happy for them? Or is there a twinge of resentment? Does your admiration come with a begrudging side order of…
READ MOREObsession has gotten a bad name in some circles but directed and managed, it is the gift of the gods. I think of obsession (and…
Within each of us lies both goodness and talent of some form, the ability to improve the world and to sculpt ourselves into our best…
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…
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…
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…
“Intellectualizing emotions is a defense mechanism that serves as a shield against the overwhelming intensity of feelings. It’s the process of suppressing emotions by overthinking,…
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…
Myopic Perfectionism: An excessive focus on a single topic to the exclusion of other important topics; an obsessive interest or preoccupation with a particular subject…
Okay, here is a crazy idea for the New Year… live beneath your income. That year-end raise you hopefully got? Stick it in your 401K…
Many kind souls have helped me along my way and I want to give back, in part out of a sense of duty, an obligation…
Folks often use their feelings to justify their behavior. Within reason, all well and good. However, reason is frequently not on the checklist before proceeding;…
The reflexive answer is “I do, of course!” But do you really? How much of our behavior is unthinking, unanalyzed routine? Goalless habit? Or simply…
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…
Feelings buried alive never die. There are many ways to get our way but all too many come with a price, a cost we often…
In every life, at some point of time, for some period of time, one’s motivation may fade, focus may blur, your drive gets stuck in…
Desire for constant comfort and ease. Ok, this is one of mine. Life is often messy and inconvenient, stuff happens. Doesn’t mean I have to…
Treat all with respect, kindness, and civility; even if you disagree with them; especially if you disagree with them! It’s easy to be nice to…
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than hanging on or defending.” – Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth: Awakening to Your…
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… or to happiness; just stuff you don’t want to do! Particularly over and over and over again! The ‘stuff’…
“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…
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…
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…
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…