How often have you failed to attain something, and then blamed someone or certain circumstances for falling short? We all do it. Recently, I was hoping to be hired by a new client, but he decided not to hire us. Oh well. It’s his decision and...
Some people seem to be visionaries— they have been grabbed by a vision and are propelled by their passionate dedication to it. Whether it be a musician, entrepreneur or doctor, these people seem to be captivated early on by what they’re going to...
I find there are two modes of experiencing someone: judging or accepting. When I’m judging, my mind goes to work comparing and contrasting, which is what the mind is for. The mind is a problem solver; it looks at similarities and...
In business, I always had an initial vision and just drove towards that one specific goal. I’d encounter and obstacle, learn from it, adapt and keep moving towards the vision. When the vision was fulfilled, I’d rest in it, thinking “well...
One of the issues I’ve been bothered by in my life has to do with a fear of not having enough money. I express this anxiety through worrying about what stuff costs, denying myself and loved ones purchases of things because of the cost, and not...
One of the ways fear has worked in my life is by preventing me from dreaming of what I could be, do, have, or become. When I was young (into my 20s), it scared me that I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. Before then, I always...
Forgiveness is close to the heart of nearly every religion and spiritual tradition in our culture. And while we all come at that in different ways, I notice one interpretation that i find off base (for me): that if you’re really “doing...
If we want choices in life, if we want to create the life of our dreams, we must master ourselves. And the foundation of that is realizing two things: (1) we create our own emotional experience in life all the time. Nothing and no one else...
As a teenager and young man, my reaction to emotional pain was to pull any lesson, any value, that I could from it. “If I can at least learn something,” I’d tell myself, “then this isn’t pointless suffering.” I began at some point to believe...
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