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What objective measurement do you use to decide who to vote for in a political election - Click To Read Article Recovery is a part of transition-- often the most frustrating part. We hate to admit to ourselves that there is anything to recover from, that we must stop (or at least dramatically slow down), reassess what is going on, and take better care of ourselves. After all, if we had been taking great care of ourselves, we probably wouldn't be in a state of intense transition right now. What does the US need to reevaluate during its current phase of down time - Click To Read Article Imagine this: you have a goal, the perfect strategy, resources, and helpful people around you to attain it--you even have luck! But what you DON'T have is a good feeling about achieving it. Are you likely to achieve your goal? Or will you, more likely, sabotage it? Be Do Have - Click To Read Article If I were to take to heart this profound advice, I would first start by imagining myself to be a writer/editor who could heal and empower by clicks of a keyboard. Then I would do what that kind of person does: write freely with faith. Then and only then, would I have what I want: a feeling of a job well done, and the knowledge that my readers will have breakthroughs via these very words. Now, for the analysis: does this be-do-have formula work?! You bet. I feel fabulous. Dreams and Visions and Your Fast Track to Fulfillment - Click To Read Article How many of us know what we want, feel that we deserve it, take action, and our still waiting around for the manifestation of our goals? What is that lag time for anyway? Top Ten Ways to Ease into Effortlessness - Click To Read Article 1. Decide effortlessness is Easy The only thing standing in your way of an effortless life right now is the thought that effortlessness is unusual/difficult/wacky or wrong. These ideas will leave as easy as they came, easing you in to effortlessness. You can’t struggle your way to effortlessness. Authenticity - Click To Read Article A wise teacher once said "authenticity is in the details." What did he mean by that? And why is authenticity so desirable to begin with? Top Ten Truths to Understand When Transitioning to a Leadership Position - Click To Read Article So many of us have assumed that promotion was something to chase, without being fully prepared for the challenges that new leaders often face. While the rewards are great, the challenges are not easy, and have caused many a would-be leader to quit or never even step up at all. To follow is a list of 10 issues (hardest challenges to sweetest rewards) that will give you the insight you need to gracefully ease your way into leadership, especially if you are being promoted within an organization.... Your Standards Raise em High - Click To Read Article "Never shall a synthetic fiber touch my skin." These have been the words of my father since he was a student. Even when he was poor and sinking in debt, he wore only highest quality clothing of the best materials. Now that he has risen to the top of his field, his high standards have become necessary and financially supported. Row Sow Tow Your Boat - Click To Read Article The great spiritual masters have said that life is but a dream. But here we are in a scientific age with analytical brains and reason to boot. Let’s see... The 10 Minute Way to Boundless Energy - Click To Read Article What if you could significantly increase your energy today? Authentic Self - Click To Read Article From the Advertise for Your Own Life Series (this is Part Two) What is the difference between authority and authentic? And how can knowing this difference give you a clear sense of direction, purpose, and joy in life? Tap Your Natural Motivation - Click To Read Article What would it take for you to run a marathon? Or complete that project you've been putting off? What would it take for you to clear off your desk, or start your dream business? What might you accomplish if you knew that your every action had multiple and far-reaching positive results? The Sage of the Hard Drive - Click To Read Article Today I went to the store where I bought my computer several months ago. My third trip back to uncover the mysteries of a perpetually crashing machine. Many work days have been spent troubleshooting what my intuition told me was a bad hard drive. The software companies even got in on the issue, sharing stories of the bugs that are leaking onto the market. Perhaps I was experiencing that. Just try this one more thing... Legacy and Immortality - Click To Read Article A philosopher/historian once said that the really great ideas have their own objective reality. That they have substance beyond just being wisps in the mind of the individual thinker. Procrastination Meets Meaningful Down Time - Click To Read Article Have you ever noticed that there are some times in life when you love to take action and can't wait to jump into things, while other times you have dragged, delayed and procrastinated the simplest items on your to do list? Responsibility vs Accountability - Click To Read Article In our lives, most of us know exactly what we are accountable for. That is, those things that we have agreed to dominion over and to manage for certain results. But how many of us know exactly what we are responsible for? Coffee or tea Change or consistency - Click To Read Article It seems that one of the most common insults ever handed out in this culture is that something is "inconsistent". Many of us have heard this at times in our lives from someone who wanted to shut us up or cut us down. Sometimes, we've even said that to ourselves as criticism, as a definition of flaw and weakness. "Inconsistent" has often been used as a keyword for all that is not undesirable. In reality, inconsistency generates opportunity and prosperity to those who know its nature. How can you prosper from inconsistency? How will you encourage it to enrich your life? Top Ten Reasons to Write Down Your Life Vision Today - Click To Read Article You've probably heard over and over why defining your vision is a good thing to do. Well, its not just a good thing to do, it's a crucial thing to do, and here's why... Forgiveness - Click To Read Article What does forgiveness mean to us? Does it have anything to do with effectiveness, power, and strength? The Top 10 Signatures of a Simple Life - Click To Read Article 1. Awareness that everything is "just right" as it is which does not mean not changing things on purpose, or not naming problems for what they are... it just means recognizing how everything in your life right now is a part of one seamless, organic, and perfect whole. Risk - Click To Read Article I hope this Idea of the Week finds you contemplating a risky decision, for this is the stuff that an extraordinary life is made from Become a Beauty Maker - Click To Read Article Have you ever wondered why it is that you can describe something exactly the same way to two different people, and walk away from one feeling worse about yourself, and the other feeling nearly transcendent What emotions do leaders attempt to stir in their followers to control them rouse them to revolt tax them or empower individuals - Click To Read Article I'm reminded of a quote from a cartoonist "most people believe the world is a confusing place that ultimately leads them to a buying opportunity." I laughed so hard when I read this, I laughed 'til I cried Authenticity Draws Attention Wings Story - Click To Read Article When my dog Wing acts on his authentic nature, he almost always draws extra attention-- and it is not always applause. It may be that this is not so different from what we humans experience when we are so bold as to act in accordance with our nature.... you decide... What makes a word a seed - Click To Read Article What makes a word a seed? Good Seed grows into Belief (the first storm arrives. The sprout survives...) Tested Belief grows into Faith (another storm comes. The sapling bears it with less danger) Strong Faith grows our Hearts (a third storm comes. Birds and squirrels take shelter within the large tree) Good Hearts bring Peace on Earth (storms fell limbs, but the trunk grows stronger. More are sheltered, more can rest beneath...) Blessings to you this holiday season. The Top 10 Methods of Meditation - Click To Read Article Readily recommended throughout the ages, meditation serves as our own personal fountain of peace. Whether studied or spontaneous, meditation fulfills our deepest need for serenity and self-knowledge. To follow are several classic routes to realization. Remember, know the modality JUST enough to know thyself-- then let the method fall away into the truth of your being... Where is the purpose of your life hiding that it needs to be found - Click To Read Article I remember growing up in the 70's hearing one adult after another discussing direction and purpose; almost always in terms of a some kind of quest. I thought that these things were elusive, difficult to get to, impossible to define, mysterious. Action and Passion - Click To Read Article All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players, was something Shakespeare wrote. A play within a play- and a profound truth to boot (if you like it that way) The News - Click To Read Article When something happens like the tragedy of yesterday, everything else falls into perspective. Evolution of America - Click To Read Article The solutions to questions asked by an evolving people are different than the solutions to questions asked by barbarians. As Americans, it is more important than ever to ask ourselves meaningful questions about the events of the past month, and how we want for our world to be in the future... Anxiety Free - Click To Read Article I've heard it said that everyone, with every word, is selling something. And today, I am selling freedom from anxiety. What I hope for you, is that you are a responsible consumer, and choose wisely. So where are you on the struggle continuum - Click To Read Article If you’ve ever wondered why an effort at self-change or improvement hasn’t worked as quickly as you might like, you might want to consider how much you value struggle. What makes your values so special what did you say they were again - Click To Read Article If you were given 30 seconds to recite your values in order, the ones you base your life around, the ones you live, love and die by, could you do it? The Top 10 Things to Know When Interviewing for a Senior Level Position - Click To Read Article We all know that the interview process can be harrowing, especially when it involves a leap in our previous status. Below are 10 key points to help you focus better and better yourself by getting a higher level position. Managers, Senior Staff and CEOs only need apply these... Top Ten Ways to Design Your Destiny - Click To Read Article 1. Decide you can do it. You already are. Every decision you make every day makes YOU! Awaken to this and drive your destiny. The Top 10 Phrases That Evidence Your Excellence at Work - Click To Read Article In business, your word is your power. Results always hit the mark, and the sharp arrow of language points perception in direction of YOUR imminent success. This is not self-promotion, but precision of thought made audible in the world. Wouldn’t it be useful to employ the power of language to color your image? Use these phrases and showcase your greatest strengths… Zen and the Best of Them - Click To Read Article What exactly does spiritual attainment mean to you? Strategies and Answers - Click To Read Article On my mother's birthday last week, she and I and our dog went walking on the deserted beach we've combed a hundred times before. I followed the "birthday girl's" lead and climbed onto and around some rocks previously unexplored by us. Our dog was in salt-water, crab-shell-eating heaven. We marveled at the new mussel beds and contemplated a late-season harvest But entertainment is sacred you say - Click To Read Article You've probably heard that television and movies put people into highly receptive states... Dark rooms with colorful flickering lights, telling stories, emoting noises. Top Ten Statements People Say to Control You - Click To Read Article To follow are ten common expressions typically spoken by controlling people that rarely contribute to YOUR quality of life. This list shines a flashlight on ways in which you may have been manipulated, and includes specific tools to set you (and the manipulator) free BE IN LOVE - Click To Read Article Every time I go to write another Idea of the Week, I intend to write something that will be of value to you. I just realized, however, that not everything of value is necessarily of interest A Revolution in Resolutions - Click To Read Article Have you noticed the overwhelming abundance of simplicity books, videos, lifestyle choices that are out there right now? Do you wish that your life could somehow-- this year-- be simpler, more meaningful, more serene? How do your resolutions reflect this? How could they bring you naturally into a simpler mode of enjoying life? Seven Keys to Leading a Successful Volunteer Venture - Click To Read Article Have you ever wanted to make a difference in your community, but haven't known how to make it really work? Whether you want to start a mentoring program, a soup kitchen, a library drive, or a clean up project, these keys will give you guidance as to how to enroll voluteers and get the job done! Is Your Life by Design or by Default - Click To Read Article A colleague today brought this to my attention: he said we all either create our lives by design or live them by default. Well Being v Misery - Click To Read Article It's been said that each person has a choice to cultivate one of two things: either well-being or misery. What You Really Want Feeling States - Click To Read Article Recently, I sat down with a piece of paper and pen, determined to write my goals in a coherent fashion once and for all. I had been experiencing confusion about my direction and I needed to make a road map, I told myself, and stick to it. I pulled up memories of what I had wanted to achieve at various times in my life, even if I doubted their relevance today. Advertise for Your Life part one - Click To Read Article While driving to Providence a few years ago, I noticed a swath of a certain color blue on a billboard, and immediately found myself humming the jingle of a bank whose logo is that same color. Within moments I was thinking about opening a new bank account and feeling a mild sense of urgency about doing so. My drive had become drastically different: what had started out a pleasant day-dreaming drive to the city became a whiteknuckled rush to get somewhere so I could get somewhere else to fix a problem with my banking (which was just fine). Top Ten Tips on How to Live Amidst Meaningful - Click To Read Article Many of us have experienced-- even if fleetingly-- a time when our life is woven in synchronicity. We think of someone and they call, the perfect item literally falls off the shelf at our feet, and more. These are the times when our intention meets our concrete reality in a very easy way. It is also a state of being that carries with it great responsibility. To follow are 10 keys for living cleanly within this state, and creating consciously. (Note: living by these principals even when one is NOT Amidst Meaningful CoincidenceTM can often usher in an experience of it) career transition&Success paradigms - Click To Read Article There was an old paradigm of career success that could be codified as 1) choose one career or company 2) give it ALL you've got 3) move and shake your way to the apex. You could think of it as starting at point A on a pyramid and drawing a line straight up to the top. The only problem is.... it never seemed to work. Only one person could get to the "top." Most others wound up staying staid, loyal and dependent "specialists" somewhere toward the bottom. What WORKS in Resolutions - Click To Read Article Remember your resolutions from last year? How many of them were you planning on putting on this year's list? Meteor Showers - Click To Read Article My alarm sounded at 4:15 am, and I startled out of bed. "Why Am I Here?" I asked myself. "Oh yes, the Meteor Showers. They are supposed to be this morning," the answer came quietly. I checked my bedroom window for a preview. Couldn't see a thing. "Must be cloudy," I imagined, "I'm going back to bed," I told myself. Mind Metaphor - Click To Read Article If you could direct the fundamental functioning of your mind, how would you do it? What metaphor might you use to describe the workings of an "Ideal Mind"? Formula to Just Do It - Click To Read Article What if there were a formula you could apply that would end procrastination? Would you use it? The Top 10 Limits to Liberation - Click To Read Article These are surefire brakes to slow down an experience of a wonderfully expansive life and unbounded freedom. Use with caution, or refuse with great faith. Top Ten Ways to Liberate Yourself From Troubling Emotions of a Past Situation - Click To Read Article The Top 10 Ways to Liberate Yourself from Troubling Emotions of a Past Situation We all face a confusing cocktail of emotions now and again. This list holds ten keys to liberate you from the dehabilitating effects of nontemplation (aka: negative contemplation). Do any one of these things and bring your focus where it most pleasantly could be: right here right now! Slow Down In Order to Speed Up - Click To Read Article What if you could use rest as an active element in creating success? Or slow down and actually get more accomplished in your life? MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - Click To Read Article My favorite line in Mission Impossible II is when Anthony Hopkins says to Tom Cruise after a comment on the difficulty of something; "this is mission impossible, so difficult should be a walk in the park for you." Put it Creatively or Put it Out of Its Misery - Click To Read Article Many of us have learned how important it is that we formulate our desired goals and outcomes in positive terms...but why exactly is that? Why isn't it effective to state a "don't want" for the future? Why must we spend our energy creating mental pictures about our what we want? Why watch our words? Respond in Kind Multi Level Communication for Better Results - Click To Read Article If you have a highly evolved sensory range, then you probably have experienced a great deal of confusing emotions in your life. You may even have been criticized for your remarkable talent. "You are too sensitive," you may have been told, or "don't take it personally," when you reacted with great emotion to a seemingly innocuous event or communication The Top 10 Beliefs That Transform a Life - Click To Read Article Whether we think that we are hopeless or holy, alluring or estimable, our beliefs make a filter through which we experience our world. An empowered creed creates a powerful life; and transcendence comes from amending the beliefs that bind us. Infuse yourself with a potent psychological cocktail of belief … the following ingredients selected from the greatest leaders of our day… Discernment - Click To Read Article How can we experience our authentic voice? As discussed in Part Two, authentic messages can be recognized as internal positively-phrased directives. In this way they are unlike authoritative "no" messages which direct us not to do something, even if these also come from within. Getting it Done - Click To Read Article Getting things done is a fine art that is often misunderstood. Many people spend time getting good at knowing why things should be done, or could be done, but few become artists at doing them. Yet these 'artists' are the ones who we learn about through history and the media, and are the ones who inspire us quietly in our daily lives. And yet everyone who walks the face of the earth gets at least something done, even if it is not notable. So what is the difference? Idea of the Week A Clients Thanksgiving - Click To Read Article This past week, a client of mine presented a family situation that needed tending to. If this problem wasn't handled, then Thanksgiving was bound to set a few feathers flying. My client’s challenge was with an in-law who spoke negatively about the rest of her family. She didn’t want to hear her family bad-mouthed and had repeatedly threatened to lose her temper if it didn’t stop. This had very little effect on the critical in-law who may have thought she was still in-bounds if no tantrum was forthcoming. Relationship Forecast - Click To Read Article What if you could tell, within the first 2 minutes of meeting somebody, exactly what the dynamic of your relationship was all about.... and what would likely occur in the future... Ever notice how some people can relentlessly pursue their goals while others languish in minutiae - Click To Read Article Ever notice that the first group invariably achieves what they set after, while the later group often falls victim to "might have been's"? We all think that there is something special about those people who pursue singular goals against all odds...and there is: their ability to focus. People who see their goals plainly and regularly tend to achieve them, and enjoy the process just as much. Like this article? Share it with your friends
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