Make no mistake about it, everything we do in this lifetime is about learning. We learn to walk, talk, socialize, make a living and countless lessons in-between. The choice of learning Without getting into the esoteric considerations of life, we are always at choice as to what we learn. How many times have you learned […]
There comes a time when the best thing one can do is simply stop. As much as we may want to continue a project, doing so is a fight that requires too many compromises. The level of frustration begins to overwhelm us when we attempt to push-on-through regardless of the cost. At these times you
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Connecting with people requires us to go far beyond simply seeing that there is a person in front of us. In the movie Avatar “I see you” was the greeting the People used with each other. Think about that; when you look at another person do you actually see them, or their appearance? Appearances
Titles are what we are given to get other people to respond to us in a certain way. The grander the title, the more exalted we ought to be viewed, don’t you think? The lie of the title On the surface having the title CEO, or CFO makes us more important than having the
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We define hearing as actually listening. Most of us would consider ourselves pretty good listeners. Unfortunately what we most often do is quite the opposite of being good listeners. Rather than actually listen for content, we most often listen to comment. Our partners speak, but we do not hear their message, we only hear the
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You have talents, please never doubt for even one moment you have unique talents the world needs. If this were not the case, you would not be here. Some people have the talent of creating inspiring works of art, others have the talent of verbal communication, some have the talent of helping others find their
We are all products of our past, no matter how much we want to overcome our past, even our attempts to overcome our past defines us. Every experience we have ever had, even those we did not necessarily experience, but just heard about, are part of our beings today. This is something we cannot get
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One of my dear friends recently gifted me with a bumper sticker that carries with it a message I dearly love; Pono. This is one of those Hawaiian words that carries with it many subtexts depending upon its context, but generally Pono is defined as righteousness, morality, goodness, virtuous, fair and kind. It’s context in
Sunday was Fathers day. As a group we dads often get less attention on our day than mom does on her day. This is not worth an argument; the point is along with the lesser attention and hoopla comes the question “What have I done to be proud of?” I am so happy to say
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Guilt is a cesspool in our lives. Guilt is junk in our garage. Guilt is cement waiting to harden. You would not go into your yard and jump into a cesspool. We know the junk in our garage needs to be cleaned out, if for no other reason than so we can park our cars.
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