Measuring Your Worth as a Human Being We use situations and circumstances to define our worth as human beings. This is crazy but we all do it. Measuring Your Worth As A Human Being Much Love, Jonathan p.s. 10 minute laser coaching sessions available Help me out please ~ if this Daily Dose spoke […]
Your Chief Safety Officer
Your Chief Safety Officer The amygdala is our chief safety officer. It is a part of our brain and its job is to keep us safe. The amygdala considers anything that is unknown, uncertain, or unfamiliar to be unsafe. When we encounter something that is unknown, uncertain, or unfamiliar, our amygdalas tell us to run […]
I’ve been working on the railroad
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad Imagine working on a railroad crew back in the days when they were building the first transcontinental railway. The engineers and the surveyors knew where the railroad was going and what was up ahead. But for the vast majority of the workers, the job was just to lay that […]
Ideal and real
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 […]
Self-condemnation is not a strategy for improvement
Self-Condemnation is not a Strategy for Improvement Self-condemnation never has been nor ever will be a strategy for doing better or improving performance and results. However, self-condemnation runs rampant in our world. Pay attention today to how many times you say something negative to yourself. Then notice that each time we do that, it saps […]
Tolerating Rat Bites
Tolerating Rat Bites We wouldn’t tolerate a rat nibbling on our toe. But we do tolerate those little negative voice that nibble away on our joy, happiness, peace of mind, and confidence. We need to realize the cost of that nibbling and “change the channel”. Much Love, Jonathan Help me out please ~ if […]
Trained in condemnation
Trained in Condemnation The world had trained us to condemn (ourselves and others). Kids hear things like, “you are a bad boy or girl.” Schools emphasize what we got wrong. We have heard and said “bad” and “wrong” so many times. Consequently, we have learned to think in terms of good and bad and right […]
The opposite of maturity
The Opposite of Maturity If we use indulgence as the opposite of maturity, then maturity can be defined as our ability to make wise choices due to our ability to delay gratification. Immaturity has us make a lot of poor choices because we want instant gratification without any thought to the long-term consequences. This has […]
Somehow this has to be your fault
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 […]