On Living Life
“That’s the thing about life. You actually have to spend time living it. Or else what the hell did any of it really matter?” This was spoken by Amos Decker, David Baldacci’s main character in his book, Long Shadows (opens … Continued
Getting To Know Yourself
How well do you know yourself? Be honest. Was your response to that question a knee-jerk reaction or was it the result of having spent time thinking about your values and behaviors? My experience has been that I can’t really … Continued
Move Past Fear
The successful among us aren’t exempt from fear; they move past their fear. Typically one of three things enable them to do so: passion, challenge or emotional awareness. Let’s explore each of these in more detail. Passion When asked if … Continued
Control Is An Illusion
If you’re someone who desires control, my heart goes out to you; control is an illusion. We cannot control anything other than our own behavior. That’s true whether we’re trying to control situations or others’ behavior. Situations We can’t control … Continued
Visualization ➠ Result
During a conversation with my dear friend, Deanna Phelps (opens in a new link), co-founder of the Hadron Group, Inc. in St. Louis, I gained awareness of how the time frame between visualization and result changes depending upon whether … Continued
Is Confidence Comfortable?
In order to answer the question: Is Confidence Comfortable?, we need to define comfortable. While we all know what comfortable feels like, most of us (me included) would find it difficult to come up with a definition without referring to … Continued
It’s Not Luck
What we often attribute to luck is not luck at all; it’s the result of passion, persistence and perseverance of work done years earlier. Here are a couple of personal examples to illustrate this point. Examples Years ago I was … Continued
Misleading
In his book, Intellectuals and Society (opens in a new link), Thomas Sowell (opens in a new link) demonstrates how frequently we are fed misleading information on a daily basis. While he doesn’t ascribe any malicious motives to those who … Continued
Choice: Why? or Why not?
When faced with a choice, what’s your natural approach: do you see the reasons why to move forward or the reasons why not to move ahead? One of the things I find interesting is how differently people react to choices … Continued