Posted in Manage, Strategize, & Organize, Plans & Action, Reviews on Sep 14th, 2008
You won’t Believe what Happened to Me Today…
Are you the victim of bad drivers, rude salespeople, annoying co-workers, or bosses that never give you credit for anything?
How many times does it take you to get a problem resolved with a bill, purchase, etc?
My wife and I have a standing joke that we always have [...]
Posted in Plans & Action, Possibility & Personal Growth on Sep 3rd, 2008
Nothing is Perfect
Do you get suspicious when someone offers you the perfect investment, opportunity, solution, etc.?
Everything has a limitation or flaw of some kind.
Things don’t have to be perfect, but we need to understand where the flaws are.
When someone offers you the latest personal development method, don’t expect perfection.
And don’t be cynical, and assume [...]
Posted in Hiding From Yourself, Learn, Think, & Decide, Plans & Action on Aug 11th, 2008
The Gatekeeper
Why is it so hard to see the truth about ourselves?
Our desires and fears color everything we think and see.
We’re not completely objective about anything.
But, it’s easier to look at someone else’s situation and see it more clearly, more truly.
Do you ever find yourself going in circles, unable to decide, unable to take [...]
Posted in Learn, Think, & Decide, Plans & Action, Possibility & Personal Growth on May 15th, 2008
In the first two articles in this series, we explored seven ways that choice becomes a burden and a problem in your life.
Then, in the third article, we introduced three tools you can use to overcome those seven problems, and get back control of your life.
Here, we present four more tools to master [...]
Posted in Learn, Think, & Decide, Plans & Action, Possibility & Personal Growth on May 8th, 2008
Out of Control?
Are you in control of your life?
Life is wonderful, and dangerous and unpredictable.
Sure, you pretend that you have everything under control.
But you know that’s not true.
Pretending to be in control makes you feel safe.
And everyone wants to feel safe.
It’s hard to think about personal growth, enjoying life, or anything else, when you don’t [...]
Posted in Hiding From Yourself, Influence & Marketing on Jan 1st, 2008
Where Are They Hiding The Truth?
I’m not sure how I became like this.
And I’m not alone.
Like you, I don’t have all the answers.
I’m so full of questions.
And when I’m honest with myself, my questions burst forth, and haunt me.
And one question comes back, again and again, in many forms.
“What’s being hidden from me?”
“What’s really going [...]
Posted in Influence & Marketing, Possibility & Personal Growth on Oct 28th, 2007
Guilt
It’s not your fault.
You may not always use those exact words when you whisper to yourself.
It may not even be a whisper, only a feeling.
But that feeling has passed through you, so many times.
We look at ourselves, and we don’t always like what we see.
But we hate to feel small. We hate to feel bad [...]
