I’ve been working with this question for weeks. It’s a toughy. I know it’s an important question for me to answer because my tendency has been to stay too long. Lacking clarity on what I can contribute or achieve, I …
I was teaching a class how to communicate to relate, not manipulate. We were at the part about honoring our emotions when a woman in the back raised her hand and timidly said, “But if I told them how I …
It’s insidious, the chorus of little voices inside our head that tells us to be afraid—be very afraid!—because the world is a big scary place and we are small and powerless. They are the voices of our parents, teachers, doctors, …
So much for sleeping late today. In my animals’ brains, the appearance of the sun means it’s time to wake the humans so there can be food in the bowls. Cue, routine, reward. It doesn’t matter it’s Sunday. Same is …
I don’t wanna be laid down No I don’t wanna die knowing That I spent so much time when I was young Just trying to be the winner So I wanna make it clear now I wanna make it …
Meeting #1: Unnamed Person X was considered for a career boosting opportunity. Meeting #2: Unnamed Person X exploded in a 60-sec emotional response to a work situation. Meeting #3: Unnamed person X was no longer under consideration for the career …
Funny, how many things I can find to do rather than sit down and write my blog. Does that ever happen to you? Maybe it’s not procrastination. Maybe it’s a time-state mismatch. Throughout the day, your energy and focus levels …
Remember that first-day-of-school feeling? Excited: anything could happen. Nervous: anything could happen! Will they like me? Will I do a good job? Then…stuff happens. Before long, you are in a box. How they see you is who you are, even …
I think you should think what I think because what I think is right. Case closed. You’re persuaded, right? What if I hit you over the head harder, repeating my message more and more forcefully? Will that make you see …
This is week 4 of an 8-week program to dial my wakeup time down to 5:00 a.m. Yeah, you heard me: 5:00 a.m. In the course of my life I have stayed-up more often than gotten-up to that hour. Here’s …