While waiting for a friend in the arrival area of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, I noticed a young Korean woman pulling a large cart of luggage. As she passed customs, she found an empty seat right across from me.
Just before she was about to sit, she pulled out from one of her [...]
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7 May
The Frequency of Love
19 Mar
See the Fundamental Similarities in All of Us
While stopped at a traffic light at a busy intersection in the city of Los Angeles on a late Saturday night, a young bearded man wearing a blue flannel shirt walked between the stopped cars holding a sign that read, “Please help me.” Walking up to the right side of my car, I rolled [...]
5 Mar
Your life may be fuller than you’ll ever know!
Every summer as a child, my father would take the whole family to my Aunt’s house in the country for an all-day bar-b-que. I remember those days like they were yesterday, not because of the wonderful times we had there, which we did, but rather because of the stomachaches I always got from eating way [...]
8 Feb
Happily Ever ??????
If I were to ask you to finish these three phrases, what would you answer?
“Once upon a __________”
“In a land, _____,__________”
“And they lived happily ever __________”
If you answered time, far, far away, and after, you’re not alone, in fact, you’re part of a large group I like to call everybody.
Now how is that possible?
As children, [...]
5 Nov
If I were Love…Imagine, Ask and Be
Searching for my keys as I was running late for a red-eye flight home to see my mother before her surgery, I did something I had never done before. Instead of panicking and asking, “Where are my keys?” over and over again until I turned my home upside down, I closed my eyes, took a [...]
13 Aug
Imagine Love
“If I were to imagine only one thing today, it would be love.”
Imagine Love Exercise
1. Find a quiet place where you can sit comfortably and not be disturbed. Close your eyes and relax.
2. Imagine you are standing in front of someone you love with all your heart.
3. Now imagine you have the ability to [...]
5 Aug
Go for the Gold – “Love Yourself”
One of the most remarkable characteristics of gold is its ability to be forged into almost anything without breaking. Applying this same principle to The Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would want done unto you,” I created a few new rules from the same vein.
The first two, and my favorite, are The Golden [...]
10 Jul
Decide and Live Your Dream
“The moment you decide to pursue your dream is the moment you begin to live it.” -gruberism
On a recent trip back to Ohio, while visiting my sister Pat and her family, Eli, the youngest of her three boys ran up to me and asked if I would go fish’n with him. Looking [...]
8 May
Awaken Your Inspiration!
Within all of us lies something quite magical, loving and uniquely our own, we need merely to awaken it!
About five years ago, I picked up a magazine featuring a series of articles on some of the world’s most creative minds. Just as I was finishing the last article, it occurred to me. All [...]
23 Apr
Run Barefoot on the Grass!
If I were to ask you to finish the statement, “The grass is always greener,” you would mostly likely answer “on the other side of the fence.” Am I right?
Now, how did I know that? Could it be that I, like you, have accepted this seemingly harmless idiom as true, made it [...]
19 Mar
You Were Whole All Along!
“You were whole all along
How could you be not?
You are nothing but love.
You just simply forgot.”*
At the moment you arrived into this world, you were whole. So much so, you had to expel fluid from your lungs just to take your first breath.
You were whole. Take a moment and let that [...]
5 Mar
Create an Echo in Your Youniverse
Get more out of your affirmations with this powerful technique I call affurmations.
An affurmation is an affirmation that is redirected back to you by replacing the “I am” with a “You are.”
By directing your affirmations back to you, you activate another aspect of your being. In essence, you complete the cycle. It can feel [...]
12 Feb
The Next Big Thing in Communication!
Your ability to effectively communicate is paramount, hence the birth of bottom lining, the ability to express yourself succinctly.
While much has been written on bottom lining, little has been written about the ability to express what you have heard succinctly.
I call this ability, Headlining. Much like an editor that reads an article to determine [...]
7 Feb
My Wish is My Command
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.” – Anatole France
What did these great thinkers discover about the power of imagination? I have a theory, a simple but profound one. I believe they were able to tap into the hidden and powerful [...]
23 Jan
Once Upon a Present Moment
Once upon a present moment, an old queen looked into her mirror and asked, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, whose the fairest of them all?”
The mirror answered back, “I am the fairest, reflecting only what I see.”
Enraged by the mirror’s answer she exclaimed, “That’s not what I meant. Who is [...]
10 Jan
Listen and You Shall Hear
While waiting in line at a local coffee shop, I overheard the young woman in front of me order “a medium coffee with room for cream.” The barista, not listening, quickly handed her a medium coffee filled to the rim.
Seeing the full cup, she replied, “Excuse me, but I asked for room for [...]
17 Dec
Assistapants Unite! – We First Technology
At the end of a workshop I recently attended, one of the instructors expressed her sincerest thanks to the assistants that were occasionally asked to participate in some of the lessons, by whimsically saying, “I would also like to thank our lovely assistapants for all their wonderful assistance and participation. Thank you.”
While I realize [...]
27 Nov
Live a more Balanced Life. Create a Two-do List.
You’re always busy doing everything you can to succeed. You make your lists and manage your time, but still, you feel out of balance.
Add a little balance back into you life with a Two-Do List!
The Goal of the Two-Do List
To create a system to get you to focus all the areas of [...]
17 Oct
Live a Life of Ease. Choose Your Path of Least Resistance.
When I first moved to New York City, I did what most artists do. I sublet an apartment. In the first three years, I moved a total of 6 times until I found the neighborhood I would eventually call home, Hell’s Kitchen.
The first couple of moves were effortless. I packed up my [...]
1 Oct
For a Lasting Change, Try The 90/90 Principle
If you want lasting change in your life, consider this.
Dr. Maxwell Maltz, author of Psycho Cybernetics , discovered that it takes approximately 21 days of conscious and consistent effort to create a new habit.
While the creation of a new and healthy habit is a good place to start, it may not be enough [...]
24 Sep
The Secret and Powerful Gift within the Insult or Critique
Recently, an artistic colleague of mine did something quite remarkable and courageous. He had an idea, developed a plan, executed it faithfully and invited the critics. I call this remarkable because rarely do our ideas get past the idea stage, and courageous, because he invited the critics.
I salute him for that. [...]
16 Aug
Six Degrees of Manifestation or The Six P’s
Six Degrees of Manifestation refers to the fact that you are a mere six degrees or steps away from manifesting anything you want in your life.
The Six Degrees of Manifestation are:
1. Be Present. The first step is to become present once again. Once again? That’s right. When you were [...]
13 Aug
Traveling at the Speed of Sight!
Change your speed, change your life!
Let’s face it. Most of us have a tendency to travel throughout our days at the same relative speed. At this relative speed, we see the same things we’ve always seen and process them in the same way we’ve always processed them. But what if we changed our [...]
10 Aug
Test Strips 101 – A Present Moment Exercise
This is a snap shot into a process I call TEST STRIPS.
Copyright 2007
TEST STRIPS are a quick way to evaluate where you are in the present moment in relation to where you aspire to be.
1.Choose a aspect of your life you wish to focus on and acknowledge its opposite.
2.Place the two opposing ideas across [...]
3 Jul
Celebrate Your Life in Every Moment!
“It was my birthday last week and I haven’t stopped celebrating.” – gruberism
I remember the first time someone asked me the question “How many birthdays does the average man have?” Not knowing it was a riddle, I thought long and hard and guessed 76. I was wrong, of course, because the average [...]
19 Apr
From Idealist to Idea List Maker…How to live a fuller life!
Stop being an idealist and become an idea list maker!
What’s the difference you ask? Well, a lot!
Idealists…
Aim for perfection.
Rarely achieve the perfection they seek.
Pass up many comparable opportunities.
Wait most of their life for ideal situations.
Never appreciate anything outside their ideal.
Idea List Makers…
Think in concepts.
See endless possibilities.
Embrace new experiences.
Enjoy the process [...]
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