Throughout our lives we have been guided to live our lives certain ways by others. Our parents, teachers, society, our heroes, are all possible examples of how we think we should live our lives. Your life is your life, no one else can live it, and even more, we can only live our lives the way […]
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Remember that chant from grade school? How about “I know you are, but what am I?” How could we fully understand the truth behind these two phrases when we were but 10 years old? Yet there it is, there is a big persons truth in these words too, although we might not want to use
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We can sing and dance around a topic, trying to avoid expressing a judgement, still, whatever we say after the word “but” is our real message. Have you ever noticed how peoples voices even change right before they get to what they want to say, bust before the “but” appears? The words drag out a
So, here it is Thursday evening. I just ordered a proof copy of my newest book called “It’s All About Me, the involved observer.” I will have to wait 120 hours before the book is due in my hands. Waiting Bites. Do you realize how incredible it is that I am complaining about waiting 120
Some people labor under the misconception that we communicate most effectively on the visual plane, but your eyes will lie to you! Have you ever looked at one of those hidden image posters which were so popular in the 90’s? You could look at it for hours an see only the upper image, but if
So, to complete this go round with Drama Oriented Power Exchange, or DOPE; now that we are aware of the presence of DOPE, now that we are awakened to how easily we can get sucked into its vortex, what can we do about its effects? We can become the Involved Observer in our lives. As
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I wish I were…(add the thing or things you wish you were here) is one of the most destructive ideas we can put in our own heads. Why? Because in saying “I wish I were smarter”, for instance, we convince ourselves we are not smart at all, and this is not true. “I wish I
Claiming that It’s All About Me at first blush may seem to be the most egocentric posture one can adopt, no question about it. But, It’s All About Me is about recognizing that we are not victims, powerless peons surviving day-by-day, unless we choose to have that experience. Even then, ironically, we will be demonstrating to
Earlier I wrote about the idea of Forgive and Forget. As I look back on that blog which is available at Choicefullingseminars.com, I realize there is another step which we must consider in the forgiveness process. You see, if we do choose to forgive someone for doing something we did not like, or approve of,
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No, this blog is not about the number of returns being sent to the IRS, it is about how we can find ourselves working longer, and getting less from the effort. In a few days I will be heading to Akron, Ohio to work with the All American Soap Box Derby, one of the truly
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