Work the Plan Work the plan or work the system is common advice. Work this exercise and diet plan and you will slim down. Work this system and you will grow your business. And sure enough, there are many people who have worked it and got the desired results. However, there are usually far more […]
Mistakes and Forgiveness
June 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Mistakes and Forgiveness We’ve all made mistakes and poor decisions. We have all had things that didn’t go as planned. And chances are very good that when these things happened, we didn’t wake up that morning and ask ourselves, “How can I really screw up today and the rest of my life? How can I […]
Flower Gardens and Personal Growth
June 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Flower Gardens and Personal Growth I was looking at my flower gardens this morning and comparing the 4 different flower beds. One is new this year. Two are three years old. One is older. They are all planted with perennials. The new garden looks good. The plants are small with plenty of space between […]
Relaxed Conversations
June 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Relaxed Conversations I spoke at the Financially Fit Females meeting tonight. I didn’t speak at them, I had a relaxed conversation with them that created a tremendous amount of value (based on the feedback, not my ego). Reflecting on this afterwards, I concluded that the vast majority of situations we find ourselves in will go […]
The Seriousness Trap
June 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The Seriousness Trap Baseball player David Ortiz is retiring after this season. He seems to be enjoying his farewell tour. In a recent game, he hit a single and then gave the first base man a shoulder massage. Ortiz video Now obviously I don’t know what is going on in his head but here are a […]
Puzzling
June 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Puzzling If we dumped a 1000-piece puzzle on the table, we would expect that it will take some time to put it all together. We would expect to be challenged and have periods of fast progress and periods of slow progress. We’d have pieces that don’t seem to fit anywhere and pieces that look like […]
Entitled to their opinion
June 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Entitled to their opinion Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion – even if we don’t agree with it. A differing opinion doesn’t mean that other person is stupid, wrong, or a troll. People often forget this. And, it seems to be getting worse with the ramp up to the presidential race. Here’s […]
Two schools of leadership/ parenting/ supporting
June 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Two schools of leadership/ parenting/ supporting Is our fundamental premise that people are incompetent and need to be managed, prodded, motivated, and controlled or do people need to be unleashed and supported? The former creates dependency and hesitation. The latter creates independence and confidence. If you have created dependent people in your life then a […]
Hopeless and helpless
June 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Hopeless and helpless If we have a situation in our lives that we have been unable to change or even to make progress on over quite some time, there’s a very good chance that we have developed some beliefs that the situation is hopeless and that we are helpless to do anything about it. Check […]
Over-Visualization
June 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Over-Visualization One of the important things to remember with visualization (and affirmations) is that the feelings are the most important part. So often times when people visualize something that seems to be too big of a stretch for them, it creates feelings like doubt and disbelief and brings their energy down. When this happens then […]
