At the wide-eyed age of twenty, well before the Internet and armed with a only telephone book and a rotary phone, I purchased my first airline ticket to fly across the country to begin interviewing for jobs after college.
Never having bought a plane ticket, I wrote down everything I thought I could possibly say or [...]
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26 May
Live by a Greater How!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
31 Jul
Harness the Power of Questions!
I am often asked, “What do you think?” I often reply, “You’re asking the wrong person.”
Did you know you can begin to live the life you want by asking yourself questions?
Try this technique I call “A Book of Questions.”
A Book of Questions is a series of questions created by you [...]
23 Jul
It’s a Wonder-full Life!
It’s official, there are 7 New Wonders of the world. It’s all over the news.
So I wondered…Why only seven and what was wrong with the old ones? Did they lose their wonder? Who got to decide and why wasn’t I asked?
In all this wondering, I came to the conclusion that there are an [...]
11 Jun
Create a Compelling Future!
There are numerous studies that show that goal setting works, but few people actually set goals. Why is this? One response, or excuse, I often get from my clients is that they don’t know where to start.
Today I would like to turn goal setting on its head and start at its very end.
Whether [...]
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 [...]
19 Jan
Absolute Positivity Journaling
Journaling 103 – Absolute Positivity Journaling – Stage 3
The goal today is to introduce you to Positivity Journaling.
Before you begin, write in the inside cover of your new Positivity Journal the following:
These are the things…
I am grateful for.
I appreciate.
I am thankful for.
I love.
I like.
I imagine.
I respect.
I adore.
I aspire to.
I dream of.
I visualize.
I wish [...]
5 Jan
How to get what you want faster! Newton’s Second Law
How to get what you want faster!
Apply Newton’s Second Law!
Newton’s Second Law states that the acceleration of an object, is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.
In iwicty English, it states that the increase in speed (A) toward what you want in life is [...]
28 Dec
“It’s the journal not the dissertation.”
Journaling 102 – Placing Your Focus – STAGE 2
The second present moment journal exercise I would like you to do involves focusing on an external object that interests you in a public place you feel comfortable in.
The goal of this journal exercise is to increase your ability to focus (stay present) in an external [...]
8 Dec
A journal of a thousand pages…
“A journal of a thousand pages begins with a single word.” – gruber
JOURNALING 101 – WRITING WITHOUT JUDGEMENT – STAGE 1
One of the exercises that I have my clients do, to stay as present as possible, is to start a journal. A journal can be a life-changing and eye-opening experience.
The biggest [...]
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