A Better Way and Why
Why not to do anything : To pay the bills To avoid pain To please another To get the girl or guy To stay safe …
Mindset
An open, calm, confident mindset. Plugged in, mostly. Opting for feel good, then act instead of get into action to shut down bad feelings.
A Thought Game
Let’s play a thought game… Pretend you make a wish that the craziness stops and everything in your work and personal lives is exactly as …
Hope, Make, or Allow
You can hope that something will happen. And we all know that hope is not a strategy. You can try to make something happen. It …
What Does FAE Say?
We have an odd tendency to pin blame on others instead of the situation. Social psychologists call this the fundamental attribution error (FAE). Think of …
Oddly Effective
Here are two oddly effective steps to improve your relationship and influence with anyone. Say silently to yourself about the other person, “I see that …
Opportunity Knocks and Knocks
They say that Opportunity does not knock twice. Don’t believe them. Opportunity knocks and knocks. Each knock offers a different opportunity, of course. Not better …
Look for the Shortcuts
I wonder what William Blake meant when he said “The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.” Here’s one interpretation: “What you believe …
What Does It All Mean-Examples
Yesterday we saw how we get to define the meaning of things and how liberating it is to do so. Here are some examples to …
What Does It All Mean?
Life, eh? What does it all mean? Why are we here? What’s the purpose? Who am I? Where do I fit in the world, in the …
You Can Handle Anything
When we are worried or angry, we are anticipating that something we don’t want–some threat–might happen. Pause to verify this for yourself: notice something you …