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 […]
Real reality vs virtual reality
December 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Real reality vs virtual reality The people from facebook had a virtual reality exhibit set up in Center Village at Copper Mountain today. One of the facebook guys asked me if I wanted to check it out. I told him that since I was there skiing (and the skiing was wonderful) I would stick to […]
Theoretical GPS
December 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Theoretical GPS People frequently make where they are at bad and wrong. They, or their results, shouldn’t be there. They should be somewhere else. It isn’t bad or wrong. It is simply where we are at. Once we know where we are at then we can decide what to do next. We can plan, strategize, […]
Experiences and Expectations
December 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Experiences and Expectations I recently wrote a Daily Dose about how easy it was to find our Christmas tree this year and how we were challenged by this and our struggle to allow it to be easy. This little event made it crystal clear to me how our experiences create our expectations and then many […]
Resistance equals opportunity
December 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Resistance equals opportunity In physical training, it is the resistance that makes our muscles stronger. In personal growth training, our resistance shows us where we have work to do. Then we do the work by a combination of 1) pushing through the resistance and doing it anyway and 2) doing the letting go work to […]
Let’s believe in Santa again
December 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Thinking Test
December 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Thinking Test Here’s an easy test to determine if our thinking is on track or off track: Does our thinking entertain us? Does it add quality and possibility to our lives? If the answer is yes, then we want to keep on thinking the kind of thoughts we habitually think. If the answer is no, […]
Two Legs
December 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Two Legs Walking works much better than hopping as a strategy for getting from point A to point B. Using two legs works better than using one leg. Success requires both psychology and tactics. Let’s call these the two legs of success. We need both. The people who are too busy doing things to spend […]
Reverse Cherry Picking
December 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The other kind of identity theft
December 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The other kind of identity theft I heard a presentation about identity theft this morning. Sadly, this is a booming enterprise. However, there’s another kind of identity theft that is far more costly and damaging. And even worse, we have done it to ourselves. We have given up our identity of being brilliant, talented, fabulous […]
