If only…
Now there are some potentially dangerous words! If only… leads you to spend time and energy focusing on something that didn’t happen. It leaves you regretting — wishing and pining for something that isn’t. And probably can’t be.
My friend and thought-leader Dick Richards, writing in the discussion group dedicated to his excellent book on […]
It’s an old saying, but worth hearing and thinking about again…
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood!
The first step, decide to enjoy yourself.
And often that means leaving behind the many little and large hurts of your chronological childhood. You can’t undo or erase them, but you can transcend them — moving on, giving […]
Life’s too short and you have too much else going on to tolerate the many annoyances that sap your attention and drain your energy.
Life coach Debbie Call describes such “tolerations” as:
…things that we put up with that drain us of energy. Like an often-used drawer that sticks, or a light bulb that goes out that […]
If you plan to make resolutions for the coming year, make it worth your while. Don’t just dream and dash off a wish list. Give yourself the gift of New Year’s resolutions that truly give you the life you imagine.
Here’s how.
The following seven powerful techniques will help you take the resolutions you make for the […]
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A recent post addressed the limiting consequences of most self-descriptions. The challenge goes deeper than simply excising self-descriptive labels from your vocabulary.
Anything that follows the words “I am…” is potentially very limiting because I am is both defining and confining. Saying I am declares, to yourself […]
You are so much more than your job title, any role description or anything that tries to describe you.
You’re Too Grand for Words
I was delightfully reminded of this by the opening statement on Evelyn Rodriguez’s Biography page: “No one should be constrained by their bio — it’s just a fleeting glimpse of a multidimensional being.” […]
“You don’t have to push the river, it’s already flowing” says Elizabeth Jeffries, a management consultant who found herself pushing her life too hard. She had her saying about the river put into beautiful calligraphy. She hung the declaration over her desk to remind herself to flow with the river not fight against it.
Not having […]
Find yourself with a compelling need to control? Consider this:
What drives controlling behavior is fear of the unknown. As odd as it may sound, holding on to something familiar, even if it’s misery, is often more comfortable than stepping into the uncontrollable, the unforeseen, and the unexpected.
Facing the unknown is difficult because we feel […]
You have a special gift that only you can give to the world to make it a better place, suggests Dick Richards in his new book, Is Your Genius at Work? 4 Key Questions to Ask Before Your Next Career Move.
The four questions Richards wants you to answer:
(1) What is your unique gift — […]
How would I live if I was exactly what’s needed to heal the world?A wonderful perspective from physician and author Rachel Naomi Remen:
Many people feel powerless in today’s situation. I think that we all feel that we’re not enough to make a difference — that we need to be more somehow, either wealthier or more […]