A surefire way to change your habits And this will also transform your life! I have taught Creativity and Personal Mastery for decades and lots of alumni have shared what they found really useful. Some of these tips could make a big difference in your life. Here is a way to break – …
You Can Make Yourself Like Stuff That is Good For You!
You Can Make Yourself Like Stuff That is Good For You! And you can show temptation the door! In my previous post about the archer who never missed I wrote about accepting and celebrating what came our way rather than bemoaning what we set out to get and failed to acquire. Can we actually …
Be As Little Children
Be As Little Children The Secret for Reaching the Kingdom of Heaven Matthew 18.3 says, "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” I agreed with this in a vague sort of way, but truth of it came home to me viscerally a …
How Do We Get Rid of the Snake?
How Do We Get Rid of the Snake? The serpent terrorizes you. How Can You Banish it From Your Life? Sages and wise men have kept audiences enthralled for more than three thousand years with the story of the snake and how it came to be. It is a tale with many levels. Here is my modern …
The Archer Who Never Missed
The Archer Who Never Missed You, too, can always hit bullseye! And your life will blossom as you do so. Here is a tale that is not in the Mahabharata, the massive opus that is a big part of the cultural heritage of India. But it very well might have been because that work is replete with …
Deliberate Intent and the Journeys You Take
Deliberate Intent and the Journeys You Take Ask yourself repeatedly – “Is this a journey I wish to take?” Yesterday was a good day. I got a lot done and much of it was something that really felt good. A coaching client shared that, after she began working with me, she stopped feeling …
Don’t Let Yourself be Hijacked!
Don’t Let Yourself be Hijacked! You don’t need a guy with a gun to capture you and spirit you away to where you would rather not be! Would you like to be car-jacked? A guy with a gun comes up to you when you are stopped at a traffic light, motions to you to unlock the car, slides into the …
Finding Joy in Meaningless Tasks
Finding Joy in Meaningless Tasks Are You Bored Out of Your Wits by the Drudgery of What You Have to Do? There is stuff you do in life that, frankly, is not very exciting. This is true of even the most glamorous occupations. I was envious – and admiring – of high fashion models. There, …
Yes! You Can Change Your Past
Yes! You Can Change Your Past Are you bound and chained and immobilized by what you thought happened to you? I cannot even count the number of persons who have come to me, bemoaned their circumstances, and then attributed their current situation to something that happened in their past. Some …