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On Labels
We love labels; they fulfill our need to for certainty. And certainty feels more “certain” when labels are opposites in nature, like...
On Worry
Worry is an unconscious-chosen alternative to taking action. “Action” here doesn’t mean fighting your way through the worry; it means...
On the Future
The only obstacle to the life you want to live is the belief you can’t have it. If you allow yesterday to predict what happens tomorrow,...
On Goals vs. Visions
We think goals help us achieve, but they hold us back. A goal says upfront there’s one right answer. This blinds us to other right...
On Uncertainty
Life is uncertain by design. If everything were known, there’d be no reason or place for creative genius. Uncertainty is the cauldron of...
On Tomorrow’s Skills
Our skills of planning/doing/achieving would serve us well in a predictable world; but in a complex, chaotic, uncertain world, we need...
On Acceptance
To see things as they are – separate from any judgment or opinion you have of them – offers a huge opening to your potential and to...
On the Present
If you watched, you’d likely find most of your “thinking” is devoted either to the past – with guilt, resentment or upset about what...
On Trying
We were taught to think that things are not OK as they are, so we need to make them OK … which leads to seeing life as an obstacle (that...
On Personal Responsibility
If you were to notice where your energy goes each day, you’d likely find you spend far more trying to control the world outside you...
On Feelings
Emotions are life’s teachers, offering lessons – about ourselves, others, the world. Yet we’ve learned three [equally ineffective]...
On Problems
We define problem as something being wrong. Therefore, we must have an image of right. Also, if we think something is wrong, we think we...
On Self-Awareness
We often believe that “knowing more and trying harder” will create personal change. Not likely, for you’re neither stupid nor lazy. If...
On Wisdom
As a society, we’re obsessed with knowing, perhaps believing it offers us power or success. We’re often afraid admit we don’t know. If...
On the Past
The past has passed. Yes, it brought you to where you are today, for which you can be grateful (or perhaps complain). Yet beyond that,...
On Habits
Early in life, we tend to use what we’re good at (like getting things right, being responsible) so as to gain approval of others. Over...
On Rights vs. Privileges
Society’s lessons tell us we have many rights. We probably do. Yet personal experience suggests seeing them as rights invites trouble....
On Feedback
Nature listens to feedback, an information flow inherent in all living systems that tells the system how things are going, allowing it to...
On the Rat Race
If you’re driven to run the race every day, stop for just a few seconds and ask yourself two questions: 1) what is the destination you...
Quotes
Three quotes may serve to frame your journey: 1) The issue: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know...
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