Stern Serious and Playful Serious That word “serious” tends to come with a lot of baggage. We don’t want to be too serious and no fun. We don’t want to be around people who are too serious. But we also want to be serious about growing our businesses or getting into shape – and things […]
It Must Be Me
August 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It Must Be Me Let’s imagine a purely hypothetical situation where you go play volleyball with three friends ~ hypothetically named Roman, Karen, and Mike. And in said volleyball playing – you manage to lose every game regardless of who your partner was. Furthermore, they all seemed to play their worst game of the night […]
How To Make It Easy To Get Into Action
August 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Now Go Play
August 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Now Go Play Possibly the biggest trap that people fall into is thinking that there is somewhere to get to. Life will be better when______ (I have more money, am skinnier, am more successful, have that new title, am in a better relationship, etc.) No it will not!!! You will still be you with your […]
Not Having Fun
August 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Not Having Fun When we notice that we aren’t having fun, we have 3 options. Option 1 is to soldier on and keep doing it anyway. What this option fails to take into account is the consequences of lowering our energy, aliveness, and enthusiasm. When this happens, life becomes so much harder. Productivity and effectiveness […]
Remember the Deeper Purpose of LOA
August 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Remember the Deeper Purpose of LOA There is the shallow understanding of the Law of Attraction ~ how do I get more stuff? Then there is the deeper understanding ~ how do I shift my approach to life so that I live a life of kindness, open-heartedness, beauty, love, happiness, centeredness, and acceptance? When we […]
Your #1 Success Strategy
August 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Your #1 Success Strategy I recently finished a month long group coaching program. All of the participants mentioned that they loved the program and that it was quite different from what they expected. That is because we almost always tend to think about success and improved results in terms of “doing” rather than in terms […]
A Penny’s Worth Of Progress
August 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A Penny’s Worth Of Progress I spoke at a retreat a few weeks ago. One of my points of emphasis was celebrating progress and celebrating what we did get done rather than belittling ourselves for what we did not get done. Afterwards, I received an email from Lisa S who came up with a simply […]
Getting Schooled by the Kenai River
August 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Getting Schooled by the Kenai River I’m Salmon fishing in Alaska on the Kenai River. And, man-oh-man has the river been teaching me some lessons the last couple of days. 1) Comparing does not create happiness ~ Guy from Montana is an amazing fisherman. One afternoon he had more salmon on then the other 10 […]
