When yes means no and no means yes When we say “yes” to doing something then we are saying “no” to everything else. For example, when I say “yes” to a coaching session then that is the only way I can use that one-hour time. All the hundreds of other ways that I could use […]
Self-Imposed Identity Theft
October 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Self-Imposed Identity Theft My friend, Dr James Jackson – founder of Project CURE, learned from his father that he could take what he had and turn it into what he wanted. This bit of wisdom has served him amazingly well. Unfortunately, “take what you have and turn it into what you want” was not the […]
Social Support
October 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Social Support Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage, tells us, “Social support is the greatest predictor of long-term happiness.“ So, one of the best things that we can do for ourselves is to develop a routine of nurturing our connections. Create a habit of connecting with at least one person in your social support network […]
Short term courage to avoid long term pain
August 31, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Short term courage to avoid long term pain How many problems have we caused ourselves by choosing short-term comfort over doing what really needed to be done? In the short term it is far easier to not have that difficult conversation, to not stand up for ourselves or ask for what we want, to not […]
Bump and Swirl
August 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Bump and Swirl We are hanging out at a coffee shop in Anchorage (because I’d much rather hang out here than at the airport). Terry, an artist, had some of his work spread out on his table and we struck up a conversation. He used the phrase “BUMPANDSWIRL!” in talking about life and about his […]
(dis) R…E…S…P…E…C…T
August 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(dis) R…E…S…P…E…C…T There are two flavors of upset: you hurt my feelings and you dissed me ~ disrespected, dishonored, disapproved, discounted, disregarded, devalued, wasted my time, disloyal. This Dose addresses being dissed. Being dissed usually creates resentment and anger. It can also easily lead to a decrease of action and a “why bother” attitude. We […]
Gateway to success
August 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Gateway to success We can only be as successful as our thoughts and beliefs will allow. Good thing we can upgrade our thoughts and beliefs. Much Love, Jonathan I write these Daily Doses because I know that my content does make a difference and helps people live better lives. So, if you know someone who […]
It is always about the stories
June 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
It is always about the stories I’ve talked about stories many times and it is such an important topic that it is worth talking about again. I had a group coaching call today and every issue that we addressed (procrastination, lack of consistency, follow up challenges, hesitancy to ask more from life since it […]
Guilt trip
May 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Transformation vs incremental change
May 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Transformation vs incremental change In your mind, is it possible to experience transformation, a quantum leap? Or does change need to happen in small incremental steps? This is a very important question. If we think that we are in control and that we are in charge of how positive change happens, then small incremental steps […]
