Dull Saw ~ Sharp Saw Abraham Lincoln said something along the lines of – If I had an hour to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first 30-minutes sharpening my axe. I was working on a landscaping project today, cutting flagstone with a wet saw. Over time, the saw started cutting slower and slower. […]
Personal Growth Sing Along
September 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
What Does Success Look Like?
September 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
What Does Success Look Like? Deep down, most people think that they are not a success. But if we ask them what success looks like, they don’t know. They just know that they don’t have it right now, that where they are right now is not enough to be success. Obviously, more is needed. Since […]
Fighting reality is exhausting
September 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Fighting reality is exhausting Any and every time that we think that someone or something should be different, anytime we think that we should be different, we are fighting reality. When we fight reality, we suffer. When we do this, we also create resistance. And, what we resist – persists. Instead, we need to make […]
Best Days
September 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Best Days Are your best days still ahead of you or are you looking at them in the rear view mirror? 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 would benefit from today’s […]
Who says we have to listen?
August 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Who says we have to listen? People share their opinions with us all the time and so often for some reason, we think we have to listen, value their opinions, and take their advice to heart. We don’t. I had 3 separate discussions with people today who were suffering tremendously because of what other people […]
Just Get Started
August 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Just Get Started Just do something – no matter how small. Just get started. We often experience resistance to doing something which means that we have some sort of lousy, uninspiring, or limiting story about it. We can decrease that resistance by lowering the energy of activation (the amount of energy we need to spend […]
Not One of the Others
August 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Not One of the Others Here’s a common limiting belief: Other people (fill in the blank) but not me. Other people get wealth but not me. Other people have great relationships but not me. Other people get what they want but not me. Other people drive nice cars but not me. Other people have vacation homes but […]
Reporters and Artists
August 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Reporters and Artists When we speak, we often think that we are a reporter – factually reporting on what we are observing. But our words are much more like the artist’s brush – painting and creating our experience. Think about something or someone that makes you mad and then say these three different things and […]
Past Present Future
August 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Past Present Future A reader request: Would you please talk about being/living in the moment, for this day and not ruminating about the past. I would like to hear your thoughts about mistakes or difficult things that have happened in the past and the ineffectiveness of dwelling on them. ~ Here you go Debby: Throughout the […]
