The Walking Offended We’ve all gotten offended. And, we have all given offense, whether intentionally or unintentionally. And, we will get offended again and we will offend again. The challenge is: how quickly can we get over it? How quickly can we let it go? Because, when we are walking around offended, we are missing […]
Falling on your own sword
Procrastination = Resistance
Procrastination = Resistance We can always find a “good” reason to not do something. This procrastination happens because we have some sort of resistance to doing that thing – and often this resistance is happening at a non-conscious level, outside of our awareness. The resistance could be something like: It won’t work anyway What if […]
Knighthood
Harsh judgmental self-perception
Harsh Judgmental Self-Perception An anorexic person can look at you or me and make an accurate assessment about our size. But when they look at themselves, they are no longer seeing with their eyes. They are seeing with their mental construct of themselves, their self-image. And, that mental construct says that they are huge. This […]
Beyond books
Beyond Books I had a discussion today with some friends about the books that had impacted our lives. Everyone had different favorites. That’s the beauty of books – there’s always the right book for the right situation, that will provide us with what we need. And, these books have a miraculous way of finding us. […]
Thinking of reasons to fully engage or to not fully engage
Thinking of Reasons to Fully Engage or to Not Fully Engage We are either thinking of reasons why we shouldn’t fully engage (now’s not a good time, when ____ happens then I’ll engage, I’ll start tomorrow, and the like) or we are thinking of reasons why we should fully engage (I’m worth it, this […]
Of course, I’ll be there (not)
Of Course, I’ll Be There (not) I’m selling some furniture on-line and I’ve been stood up more times than I’ve actually met with someone. And in my history of speaking and events, I’ve had so many people say they’d be there for sure and then they don’t show. Now I could get all bent out […]