Suffering is Good For You! Or is it? There are many, including some I revere highly, who say that suffering is good for you. In India, we have poet-saints who sing of the glories of adversity. One of the more famous of these made a heartfelt plea for more anguish in his life because then …
You Cannot Learn From Others (You Have To Find Out Yourself …)
You Cannot Learn From Others You have to find out for yourself ... One of my students mentioned that he was bothered by something he could not understand. Given that humankind is evolving, how come we have made so little progress in spiritual growth when we have made such revolutionary …
You Don’t Live In The Real World (And This Is Hugely Liberating!)
Have you ever told someone you love to come back to the real world? Of course you have. Most likely you did it because that person was going off into a fantasy that, in your opinion, had no chance of materializing. But do you live in the real world? You think you do but you don’t really. …
Don’t Chase Money, Allow It To Come Into Your Life
Don’t Chase Money Allow it to come into your life We live in turbulent times and anxiety is on the rise. America was supposed a stable country and the world is rubbing its eyes in astonishment to see the economic upheaval and political turmoil convulsing the nation. And I have not even …
Podcast Chat with Michael Neill: “Might Help, Can’t Hurt! Conversations with Leaders, Doers, and Friends”
Hello Friend! Hope you enjoy this conversation with my friend, Michael Neill, host of the podcast, "Might Help, Can't Hurt! Conversations with Leaders, Doers, and Friends", a series of impromptu “private conversations made public” with people who inspire me about life in the pandemic, reimagining …
You Can Have Anything You Want (You Can Also Be Anything You Want)
You Can Have Anything You Want You can also be anything you want America is very much a ‘can do’ society. Or it likes to think it is. No matter how humble your beginnings are, you can hustle and use your smarts to achieve the ‘American Dream’. There is a dark side to this, and it is …
Why Getting What You Want Will Not Make You Happy
Why Getting What You Want Will Not Make You Happy Look for that instant when joy arises Someone recently reached out to me for personal coaching. He is very well known in his professional circle and wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice. He has most certainly arrived. He had accomplished …
Cultivate Good Heart, Not Clever Mind
Cultivate Good Heart, Not Clever Mind Why the economists get it wrong. Dr. Robert Thurman was professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and I believe he was the first Westerner to be ordained a monk by the Dalai Lama. Subsequently, he left monk-hood but continued to …
Only a Toaster Oven But Oh! What A Lesson I Learned
Only a Toaster Oven But Oh! What A Lesson I Learned It’s Holiday Season. Try this exercise. It’s Holiday Season – or soon will be – and I am permitted to ramble. If not the season, then my years give me that privilege. Bear with me. I have an important lesson for you and I can give it to …