Divisiveness and Unity Yesterday I sat in on part of the Talakag municipal council meeting. They were discussing a boundary dispute with the neighboring municipality, Kalilangan. However, they were speaking Cebuano, so I had no idea what they were saying. But I could observe. One woman presented some information. She seemed friendly, at ease, and […]
Ideal and real
October 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Ideal and Real We create a lot of suffering when we confuse real with ideal. In an ideal world, we would be 100% on the same page with our significant other. In an ideal world, our business partner wouldn’t be in competition with us. In an ideal world, we would have great support and approval […]
Somehow this has to be your fault
September 30, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Somehow This Has to be Your Fault When my brother was in college, he got hit by a car while riding his bike. Instead of inquiring about my brother’s well-being (as he was lying on the pavement), the lady who hit him said, “somehow this has to be your fault.” Behavior such as this comes […]
It is not up to us whether the fish bite
August 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Reasons to divide or reasons to connect
July 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Obligation and False Obligations
July 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Obligation and False Obligations We often manufacture a sense of obligation. This then has us be trapped and not have freedom of choice. We cannot do what we want or what would be best for us because we owe someone. However, most of the time, these obligations are not real. They only exist in our […]
Suffering
September 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Suffering There is so much needless suffering in our world. There’s an old saying that pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. Suffering is a choice ~ a choice about what we focus on, what we give our attention to, how we talk to ourselves, the stories we tell ourselves, our willing to be hurt […]
Fundamental shift in selling
July 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Fundamental shift in selling Many people have head trash about selling because they view selling from a taking perspective – taking their money, taking their time. However, selling done well is a giving thing not a taking thing. It is giving them a solution to their problem, an opportunity to better their lives, an opportunity […]
Different is OK
September 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Perspective ~ Really, It Can Be Changed
September 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I was with a group of people on Sunday who had attended an all-day training the day before. Everyone shared their big take-away. Every single big aha involved a change in perspective, a different way of looking at something, someone, or themselves. So often we think that our perspective (the one we stumbled […]
