Archive for the ‘self improvement’ Category
19
Aug
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, awareness, coach, development, focus, growth, life coach, love, mindfulness, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, wholeness, wish. 12 Comments
While tending to the small vineyard in our backyard, I noticed the grapes growing up and over the garage were not as plentiful as last year. Thinking it was due to the new Los Angeles water restrictions the city implemented to move towards sustainable water conservation, I accepted the few grapes that had came forth [...]
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7
May
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, awareness, coach, create, development, focus, growth, happiness, imagine, life coach, love, manifest, positive, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, wish. 10 Comments
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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25
Feb
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, awareness, development, focus, imagine, life coach, love, manifest, positive, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, thought. 20 Comments
On a cool summer morning, at the impressionable age of six, I joined the swim team at the neighborhood pool. Decked out in my new warm-up suit, Speedo and goggles, I was ready to go.
When Coach Thomas blew his whistle and hollered, “Let’s go guys, let’s get in there and warm up.” I [...]
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11
Sep
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, awareness, development, focus, growth, imagine, life coach, love, manifest, positive, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, wish. 15 Comments
The phone rang. It was my sister, 3000 miles away, telling me that our mother was rushed to the hospital. As she shared with me the news of her condition, I hung on her every word. But as soon as I hung up, my emotions overtook me. I wanted it to be different. I wanted [...]
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5
Aug
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, awareness, create, development, focus, growth, happiness, imagine, life coach, love, manifest, meditate, moment, motivate, positive, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, thought, wish. 6 Comments
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 [...]
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13
Jun
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, awareness, coach, development, focus, imagination, imagine, intention, life coach, love, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, think, thought, time, wholeness, wish. 2 Comments
While having tea with a friend on her garden patio, her playful and loving orange and black tabby cat, Tig, jumped up onto the table, gently placed a lifeless little field mouse in front of me and jumped back off.
Shocked, I gasped.
My friend’s reaction was quite the opposite. She simply smiled and commented, “Awe, look. [...]
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12
May
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, awareness, development, focus, gratitude, happiness, imagine, positive, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help. 2 Comments
While assisting a local preschool program for children in an economically challenged area, I had the rare opportunity to see through eyes of a child that had so little but saw so much.
It happened on their lunch break. That day, I was in charge of handing out small, brown-bag lunches to ensure they would each [...]
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8
May
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, awareness, balance, coach, create, development, focus, gratitude, growth, happiness, how, imagination, imagine, journal, journaling, life, life coach, love, manifest, meditate, moment, positive, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, thought. 4 Comments
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 [...]
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23
Apr
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, awareness, coach, create, creativity, development, focus, growth, happiness, imagine, journal, journaling, life, life coach, love, manifest, moment, motivate, motivation, now, positive, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, think, thought, visualization, wish. 2 Comments
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 [...]
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19
Mar
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, art, attraction, awareness, coach, create, creativity, development, formula, growth, happiness, imagination, imagine, journal, life coach, love, manifest, manifesting, meditate, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, wholeness, wish. 6 Comments
“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 [...]
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8
Mar
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, art, awareness, coach, create, creativity, development, focus, formula, growth, happiness, hope, imagination, intention, journal, journaling, life coach, love, manifest, manifesting, moment, permission, positive, present, present mmoment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, wish. Leave a Comment
Hello Folks,
Today I would like to announce a new collaborative page called The iwicty Registry.
It is here you will be able to claim your very presence in the here and now!
Simply click on the folder tab above marked “The iwicty Registry” and sign the registry.
Carpe Praesentium!
Sincerely,
Rob Gruber
Copyright 2008 Rob Gruber
Present Life Mastery Coach
i wish i [...]
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5
Mar
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, art, attraction, awareness, coach, create, creativity, development, imagination, imagine, intention, life coach, love, manifest, manifesting, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help. 3 Comments
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 [...]
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17
Jan
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, art, awareness, creativity, development, focus, growth, imagination, imagine, life coach, manifest, manifesting, meditate, moment, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, wish. Leave a Comment
On a recent trip to the theater, I had the pleasure to see a production called The Rat Pack. The show transported me back in time to a night at the Sands Hotel in Vegas with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. at their very best.
Watching the confidence of Frank, the charm [...]
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10
Jan
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, awareness, balance, coach, create, creativity, development, growth, happiness, life coach, love, motivation, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, wish. 1 Comment
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 [...]
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26
Dec
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, art, awareness, life coach, motivate, motivation, permission, positive, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, think, wish. 2 Comments
The expression Carpe Diem, “seize the day”, has always held wonderful connotations for me. I love the intention. Just saying it aloud makes my heart beat a bit faster. But more often than not, the idea of seizing a whole day leaves me a bit overwhelmed.
So, to remedy this situation, I did what [...]
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17
Dec
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, art, awareness, balance, coach, create, creativity, gratitude, growth, happiness, imagination, imagine, intention, life coach, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help. 1 Comment
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 [...]
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5
Dec
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, attraction, awareness, coach, create, development, focus, formula, how, imagination, imagine, intention, life coach, love, manifest, manifesting, metaphysics, moment, motivate, motivation, physics, present moment, rob gruber, secret, self improvement, self-help, wish. 10 Comments
An Alchemist, in ancient times, was a philosopher and metaphysical chemist that sought to transform common metals into gold or create the elusive elixir of life.
While I have yet to transmute any common metals into actual gold or brew the elixir of life, I do consider myself a modern day alchemist and am [...]
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20
Nov
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, art, awareness, coach, create, development, focus, imagination, imagine, intention, life coach, manifest, manifesting, permission, positive, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help, wish. 2 Comments
This is an excerpt from a children’s book I am writing.
“We all have a path, a path all our own.
And when it is time, it makes itself known.
If I had just told you, you would not have heard.
You would have just laughed, and then thought me absurd.”
I am sharing this with you as part of [...]
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9
Nov
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, awareness, development, focus, gratitude, imagination, imagine, intention, life coach, meditate, moment, positive, present, present moment, rob gruber, self improvement, self-help. Leave a Comment
I was having a wonderful conversation with a colleague over coffee about coffee, something we both dearly love and attempt to give up from time to time, when she shared with me something quite profound. With sincerity and joy, she looked me in the eye and said, “I’ve spent the last thirty years of my [...]
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17
Oct
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, art, awareness, create, development, focus, how, imagination, imagine, intention, motivation, positive, present moment, self improvement, self-help. 1 Comment
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 [...]
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10
Oct
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, art, awareness, development, focus, happiness, intention, love, positive, self improvement. 1 Comment
“Life is a Selection Process, not a Rejection Process.” – Gruberism
When you woke up today, did you think to yourself, “I’m going to reject my way to what I want?” At the restaurant you last ate at, did you purposely reject everything on the menu before you chose what you wanted? Of course not, that’s [...]
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1
Oct
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, awareness, create, development, imagine, journal, manifest, manifesting, meditate, motivate, motivation, present moment, self improvement, self-help. 1 Comment
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 [...]
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24
Sep
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in action, actualization, art, attraction, awareness, create, development, focus, moment, past, positive, present, present moment, secret, self improvement, self-help. 3 Comments
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. [...]
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16
Sep
Posted by iwishicouldtellyou in actualization, attraction, awareness, development, focus, imagine, intention, law of attraction, manifest, manifesting, meditate, moment, present moment, self improvement, self-help. 3 Comments
Expansion Theory via Travel Log
5:30 a.m. My cell phone alarm goes off. Despite the early hour, I awake feeling well rested. (I’ve just spent the last two days living on the south rim of the Grand Canyon with my better-half Kristy and now we’re off to Sedona.)
5:45 a.m. I begin packing up the car [...]
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